About 80 ROTC cadets and midshipmen will assemble in dress uniforms at 11 a.m. Friday for the annual Veterans Day ceremony at UNC. Veterans and town spokespeople believe that Carolina’s is the only Veterans Day ceremony in Chapel Hill. The public… read more
University Day 2011 was observed with the dedication of a marker to the students who worked to get the infamous Speaker Ban Law repealed in the 1960s. The new marker to an enduring principle of freedom of speech sits on the stone wall between… read more
Carolina celebrated its history as the nation’s first public university on University Day, Oct. 12. The featured speaker, UNC System President Thomas W. Ross ’75 (JD), gave the keynote speech for the convocation, which began at 11 a.m. read more
A new exhibit in Wilson Library traces students’ extracurricular lives for two centuries. “From Di-Phis to Loreleis: A History of Student Organizations at UNC” features 157 records, photographs, publications and other items that document the… read more
Carolina hosted a celebration in honor of Peace Corps’ 50th anniversary on Monday in the Pit. UNC’s campus recruiter and returned Peace Corps volunteer, Suzannah Ellis Johnston ’06, and other returned Peace Corps Volunteers were available to… read more
What was happening in the South 150 years ago on any given date during the Civil War? A website posting just that, every day for four years, is planned by the University Library. The site will be among numerous library activities commemorating… read more
The state’s most famous indigenous art form — objects created from clay — is being celebrated throughout this winter at the Ackland Art Museum. “Tradition in Clay: Two Centuries of Classic North Carolina Pots” includes more than 100… read more
Under a brilliant blue sky and surrounded by the colors of autumn, several hundred people gathered at the Carolina Alumni Memorial in Memory of Those Lost in Military Service on Thursday for the campus’ annual Veterans Day ceremony. ROTC… read more
ROTC cadets and midshipmen will assemble in dress uniforms at 11 a.m. Nov. 11 for the annual Veterans Day ceremony at Carolina. The free public ceremony will be outdoors at the Carolina Alumni Memorial in Memory of Those Lost in Military Service,… read more
The University celebrated its 217th birthday on Tuesday on a theme of innovation and entrepreneurship. A year ago, Chancellor Holden Thorp ’86 appointed the Innovation Circle, chaired by Lowry Caudill ’79 and led by special assistant Judith… read more