Carolina celebrated its 214th birthday Oct. 12 with a marked emphasis on the University’s place in the world. The keynote speaker for University Day, history Professor Michael Hunt, examined the expansion in international programs that UNC has… read more
Oliver Smithies took some time out Sunday to fly his motor glider (he also spent some time in the lab, not an atypical weekend activity). It was an uneventful day, as the winds were light and he couldn’t gain altitude. The “up-current,” as he… read more
Michael Hunt, the Everett H. Emerson Professor of history, will be the keynote speaker at the 214th annual University Day celebration Oct. 12 in Memorial Hall. The FedExGlobalEducationCenter will be formally dedicated at 4 p.m. the same day. The… read more
They were, in the words of class Treasurer T.J. Abrams ’05, “already experiencing change and uncertainty.” They were three weeks into their freshman year when the attacks in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania suddenly replaced their… read more
It’s a fall tradition. Each year for the past two decades, the display gardens at the N.C. Botanical Garden sprout a crop of unique creations by North Carolina artists. Nearly 50 one-of-a kind sculptures placed amid the native wildflowers and shrubs… read more
The dedication Monday of the George Moses Horton Residence Hall will mark the first time that a building at Carolina has been named in honor of a slave. Horton Hall also is believed to be the first university building in the nation to carry a… read more
Erskine Bowles ’67 celebrated his first University Day as president of the UNC System by iterating his love for the Chapel Hill campus and outlining a plan to make Carolina the best public university in the nation. Serving as the president of… read more
A campus memorial to Thomas Wolfe ’20 was dedicated Tuesday, honoring Carolina’s most celebrated literary alumnus on what would have been his 106th birthday. The memorial, moved last spring to a new location, is an 850-pound bas-relief bronze… read more
The University will celebrate its 213th birthday on Oct. 12 with a speech by UNC System President Erskine Bowles ’67 and an awards presentation in Memorial Hall. Students, faculty, staff and the public are invited to the free public ceremony,… read more
James Taylor and the N.C. Symphony performed Taylor’s widely beloved – and UNC’s unofficial anthem – Carolina in My Mind before a capacity crowd in Memorial Hall on Sunday. The event marked Chancellor James Moeser’s presentation to… read more