Grade point average requirements for UNC Greeks who want to participate in rush activities will inch up under new guidelines approved by the UNC trustees in March. The Office of Student Affairs also is setting up a new and expanded Greek affairs… read more
One of the greatest intercollegiate rivalries on the planet has been put aside to get incoming students at Carolina and Duke on the same page. For the first time, new students at the two campuses will be asked to read the same book as part of the… read more
The School of Law is preparing to offer foreign lawyers an opportunity to improve their knowledge of U.S. law and legal process through a one-year master of laws degree program. Michael L. Corrado, Arch T. Allen Distinguished Professor of law,… read more
UNC’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication has launched an experimental multimedia news Web site that explores U.S. energy use and its relationship to the country’s demographics. “Powering a Nation” is Carolina’s contribution to the News21… read more
Freshmen entering UNC next fall will be asked to read Covering: The Hidden Assault on Our Civil Rights before they arrive. read more
As lessons from Hurricane Katrina continue to unfold, UNC’s School of Public Health is helping prepare officials to better manage the next disasters more effectively. The school recently established graduate program in disaster management and… read more
Carolina is earmarking $11 million to increase its focus on environmental research, education and engagement. Its launch this week of the UNC Institute for the Environment – formed through expansion of the existing Carolina Environmental Program -… read more
A nonfiction account of the relationship between a nun and two death-row convicts, their families and individuals on either side of the death-penalty debate has been selected as this year’s summer reading program book. The Death of Innocents:… read more
Carolina’s African studies center has received a federal grant designating it as one of 11 National Resource Centers in the specialty. The Department of Education award – about $220,000 annually for four years – will allow the UNC center to… read more
Carolina’s graduation rate is better than all but four of the nation’s public universities. But the four that do a better job happen to be the ones that currently outrank UNC in the most popular national ranking, that of U.S. News & World… read more