Gov. Pat McCrory toured UNC’s School of Medicine’s Berryhill Hall with Chancellor Carol L. Folt, assessing the dilapidated facility and the goals of a $2 billion bond referendum. “This is really critical,” Folt said. “This medical school… read more
On March 15, N.C. voters will decide whether to approve a $2 billion bond issue. The proposed $1 billion for public universities includes $68 million for a new medical education building to replace Berryhill Hall. read more
One of UNC’s newest courses — “Carolina Cooks, Carolina Eats” — blends equal measures of the past and present, exploring the history and contemporary politics of food across North Carolina. read more
Carolina has launched a new distance-learning initiative, UNC Core, to serve members of the military — wherever they are serving in the world. read more
The Round House by Louise Erdrich, a Pulitzer Prize-nominated author, will be the 2014 summer reading book for incoming students at Carolina. A nine-member selection committee of students, faculty and staff selected the book from five… read more
Home, the latest novel by Nobel laureate and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Toni Morrison, will be the 2013 summer reading book for incoming students at Carolina. A nine-member selection committee of students, faculty and staff selected… read more
Amy Locklear Hertel ’97, of the Lumbee and Coharie tribes of North Carolina, will become director of the American Indian Center at UNC on May 1. The American Indian Center at Carolina is one of few centers on the East Coast to focus solely on… read more
The Shallows by Nicholas Carr will be the 2012 summer reading book for incoming students at Carolina. A nine-member selection committee of students, faculty and staff selected the book from six finalists. Students on the committee… read more
John Clark, general manager of WRAL.com, the web presence of the Raleigh TV station, is the new executive director of the Reese Felts Digital News Project, at reesenews.org, a student-led experimental venture in digital newsgathering, dissemination… read more
For more than a decade, Carolina faculty have deliberated about how to address grade inflation. On April 15, the Faculty Council approved a contextual grading resolution that will alter the reporting of grades on transcripts for Carolina students… read more