A coal-burning power plant has been a fact of UNC’s life since the 1890s, and coal is responsible for about half of the carbon dioxide the University sends into the atmosphere. As the new green movement begins to take hold, coal is starting to get a… read more
The University has narrowed the search for its next provost to three candidates who will visit Chapel Hill beginning this month and will give public lectures. A fourth candidate who had been scheduled to be on campus this week has withdrawn from… read more
UNC is turning to an alumnus to serve as a consultant and to review Greek life at the University with an eye toward recommendations about ways to improve the system. In a letter to D. Jordan Whichard III ’79, trustees Chair Robert Winston III… read more
Actor and producer Danny Glover will give the 29th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Lecture on Jan. 21 at Carolina. The free public talk at 7:30 p.m. in Memorial Hall will be preceded by a candlelight vigil starting at 6:30 p.m. at the Old… read more
Carolina is significantly restructuring the Citizen-Soldier Support Program to focus primarily on the behavioral health needs of returning combat veterans and their families. Bob Goodale, a retired grocery executive and state commerce official,… read more
With $7.5 million spent on a pilot program run by the University to provide the families of deployed National Guard and military reserve personnel with support services similar to those offered to families of regular military, the results are… read more
The latest chapter in UNC’s recent free speech debate started with a touch of the bizarre but, for the most part, was as quiet as an 8 o’clock math class. In the minutes before a speech by former U.S. Treasurer Bay Buchanan Thursday night, senior… read more
In a pilot project designed to harness the power of the ocean breezes along North Carolina’s coast, UNC and Duke Energy have signed a contract to place up to three demonstration wind turbines in the Pamlico Sound. The project builds on a… read more
The Galapagos Islands are undoubtedly among the most famous places on Earth, thanks to Charles Darwin, giant tortoises and the archipelago’s dramatic land- and seascapes. But with fame comes strain, and the Galapagos has had its share of… read more
Faculty members dedicated to the First Amendment right to freedom of speech have secured the near future of a UNC conservative student group that attracted national attention when its guest speakers were met with protests on campus in… read more