In Memoriam News

Dick Spangler believed that no matter where a person may start in life, he or she could grow to unimagined heights with the support of a community that valued equality in education. read more

The beloved and iconic Hall of Fame voice of Carolina basketball and football for 40 years died peacefully at home from complications from primary progressive aphasia. read more

On paper he was an unlikely choice, but Paul Hardin never doubted that he was destined to be Carolina’s bicentennial chancellor. read more

The annual ceremony at the 9/11 Memorial Garden featured updates on the families those lost left behind. read more

Paul Hardin III, the steadfast lawyer and Methodist bishop’s son who steered UNC and three other campuses as they grew through tumultuous and historic times, has died. He was 86. read more

Oliver Smithies, the University’s first full-time faculty member to win a Nobel Prize and a world-renowned giant in the field of gene targeting, died Tuesday at UNC Hospitals after a short illness. He was 91. Smithies, the School of… read more

Bill Guthridge’s loyalty to his family, his friends, his mentor, his alma mater, his players, his adopted university and hometown made it clear to all who had the joy of knowing him that he was a man who had long ago achieved inner peace. read more

Time and again, former Chancellor William B. Aycock ’37 defined duty — for himself, for the University, and for the people who sometimes questioned whether Carolina fell on the right side of history. No one was better suited to the task. read more

The University and the Dental Foundation of North Carolina are establishing a new memorial award in memory of two of three Muslim-American students who were shot to death in February. read more