As expected, the number of applications for admission to Carolina last fall went through the roof with the use of the Common Application. UNC received 5,468 more applications than the previous year’s 23,753 — a total of 29,221 and a 23… read more
Students and alumni in need of copies of their transcripts from Carolina can now order them online. Until now, individuals wanting copies of transcripts had to request them in person, via mail or fax. Also for now, the transcripts will still be… read more
UNC Health Care has broken ground for a physicians’ office building and a 68-bed hospital in Hillsborough. Expected to be complete by 2015, the hospital will include an 18-bed intensive care unit, six operating rooms, two procedure rooms, an… read more
Leading innovative thinkers and entrepreneurs who make up President Barack Obama’s National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship has chosen UNC for the site of the group’s first public forum, set for March 15. The 24-member… read more
When some of the nation’s brightest minds come together to talk about the future of the American economy, Carolina will be in the spotlight. UNC — represented by both Chancellor Holden Thorp ’86 and students — is one of two universities to… read more
Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School will offer its master of business administration program in a new, online format designed for working professionals around the world. “The new MBA@UNC program will continue our tradition of excellence… read more
Chancellor Holden Thorp ’86 will share his ideas for inspiring innovation and an entrepreneurial spirit at Carolina in a talk on Oct. 28 at 7:30 p.m. “Beyond the Sciences: Why the World’s Problems Need the Whole University” will outline how… read more
Carolina received $268.1 million in gifts in fiscal 2010 from a total of more than 73,500 donors. In commitments for the year, which ended June 30, UNC secured $292 million. Commitments include pledges as well as gifts. The commitments total… read more
A multi-day celebration of science and technology in North Carolina, being organized by UNC’s Morehead Planetarium and Science Center, will take place in venues across the state in September, marking the first-ever statewide science festival in… read more
More than 3,200 historic maps of North Carolina are now available online as part of the digital North Carolina Maps project. Visitors to the site can see the results of a three-year collaborative project to identify and scan nearly every… read more