UNC’s proposed regional medical schools in Charlotte and Asheville have been put on hold indefinitely due to a lack of funding related to a decline in overall state revenues. The plan, which would have had students entering the regional campuses… read more
Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School has announced the creation of the Luther H. Hodges Leadership Center to support leadership education and honor the late N.C. Gov. Luther H. Hodges ’19. Kenan-Flagler established the leadership initiative… read more
Beginning in fall 2009, graduate students of German at UNC and Duke will be members of both universities’ communities. The UNC and Duke trustees have approved the merger of the two programs in hope of creating a larger, stronger program amid… read more
Carolina raised more money for athletics from private donors — $51 million — than any other school in the country last year, according to research by The Chronicle of Higher Education. But University officials say UNC is an… read more
For those who prefer, UNC could come to stand for University of No Classrooms. The UNC System has launched UNC Online, a one-stop shop that is meant to rival for-profit online education heavyweights such as the University of Phoenix. A Web… read more
Carolina is putting down roots in the old country. In May, the University dedicated Winston House, an all-purpose compact satellite campus in the “academic heart” of London. Situated in Bloomsbury in Bedford Square, the last intact Georgian square… read more
Education reformer Diane Ravitch will discuss “The Past and Future of No Child Left Behind” in delivering UNC’s 2006-07 Frank Porter Graham Lecture. The lecture, which is free and open to the public, will begin at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 20 in Memorial… read more
UNC’s School of Public Health has established a Center for Infant and Young Child Feeding and Care, the first center of its kind in a school of public health. The center will advance and support research and practices that enable mothers and… read more