What was happening in the South 150 years ago on any given date during the Civil War? A website posting just that, every day for four years, is planned by the University Library. The site will be among numerous library activities commemorating… read more
Monty Cook ’86, who left his job as senior vice president and editor at The Baltimore Sun last spring to head an innovative online news project in UNC’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication, resigned from the school Tuesday after… read more
John Ratey, best-selling co-author of Drive to Distraction, will discuss how aerobic exercise enhances brain functioning for students with learning and attention disabilities in a seminar on Wednesday at Carolina. Ratey, associate… read more
Frank Bruni ’86, former restaurant critic for The New York Times, will give a free, public lecture in the Carroll Hall auditorium at 4 p.m. on Nov. 5. Bruni’s talk is titled “An Extraordinary Journalistic Adventure.” He will… read more
For the first year since a 2007 pledge to achieve climate neutrality by midcentury, the University has reduced its greenhouse gas emissions. Emissions in 2009 were 20 percent lower than the previous year, reflecting the compounding effects of… 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
An amended medical investigative report for Donna Sykes, who died from head injuries in her daughter’s dorm room just before the start of the semester, indicates she did not fall from a lofted bed, as indicated in the initial report. The Aug. read more
The University has ordered 800 bed rails to meet anticipated demand after a student’s mother died following a fall from a lofted campus bed while staying in her daughter’s room just before the start of the semester. By mid-September, more… read more
Demario James Atwater received a life prison sentence in Federal District Court in Winston-Salem Thursday for the killing of former Student Body President Eve Carson ’08, who was shot to death two months before she was to graduate in… read more
Demario James Atwater appears to be headed for a life sentence without the possibility of parole in the kidnapping and shooting death of Eve Carson ’08. Atwater pleaded guilty Monday to state charges of kidnapping and murder, according to media… read more