Photo by Jock Lauterer ’67 for The Daily Tar Heel A marker to the students who worked to get the infamous Speaker Ban Law repealed in the 1960s will be erected in McCorkle Place. A granite marker with bronze plaques approximately 30 inches… 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
Three UNC faculty members will speak and lead a public discussion on Thursday, March 24, about the unfolding crisis in Japan. The discussion, “Japan: Earthquake, Tsunami, Nuclear Crisis,” will include: Jonathan M. Lees, a seismologist and… 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
During his undergraduate years at Oxford University, Oliver Smithies attended a series of lectures by world-renowned chemist Linus Pauling. Now Smithies, a Nobel laureate and the Weatherspoon Eminent Distinguished Professor of pathology and… read more
Despite a chronic shortage of nurses and the graying of the nation’s nursing work force, Carolina finds itself in the budgetary position of having to cut overall undergraduate enrollments by about 25 percent. “The budget challenges have left… 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
A browner, grayer and more culturally diverse population and work force will dramatically transform the nation’s social, economic and political institutions, according to a new report by researchers at UNC. The report, “Six Disruptive Demographic… read more
A town hall-style meeting to draw attention to the problem of youth sports concussions and other brain injuries among children and young people is being held at Carolina on Jan. 29. The event, “How Do We Prevent, Identify and Treat Concussions in… read more
Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, who has led an effort to build a controversial interfaith cultural center in lower Manhattan, will deliver the 2011 Weil Lecture on American Citizenship at UNC in mid-March. The biennial lecture, supported by private… read more