Humorist, writer and National Public Radio panelist Roy Blount Jr. will speak Oct. 6 at Carolina. Blount will receive UNC’s 2009 Thomas Wolfe Prize and deliver the free annual Thomas Wolfe Lecture at 7:30 p.m. in Carroll Hall… read more
A charge against UNC senior Haley Koch for disturbing the peace at an educational institution was dismissed Monday in Orange County District Court. Koch, a Morehead-Cain Scholar, was arrested in April after using a banner and chanting during a… read more
UNC students will have to prove they have health insurance starting in fall 2010. Their class registrations will be placed on hold until they do. The new administrative policy, known as a “hard waiver,” will require a student to choose the… read more
Faculty, advisers and administrators from UNC and N.C. community colleges will convene in Chapel Hill on Sept. 18 to consider how best to support transfer students. Participants plan to exchange information with higher education experts and… read more
UNC senior Haley Koch, charged with disturbing the peace after protesters interrupted a speaker in April, had her court case continued until the fall along with six others, none of whom are enrolled at Carolina, who were protesting a speech eight… read more
UNC police used pepper spray and the threat of a Taser to break up a crowd of protesters on April 14 in Bingham Hall after the planned protest halted a talk about illegal immigration by former U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo. Members of Students for… read more
After many years of discussions and planning, UNC’s Carolina Commons below-market housing plan is starting the long process of becoming a reality. Carolina Commons would offer UNC faculty and staff single-family town homes and condominium homes… read more
Former U.S. poet laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner Mark Strand will give a free public reading Wednesday, Feb. 25, at Carolina. The New York Times called Strand an American luminary whose “poems resonate with a shimmering sense of… read more
Athletics and higher education will be discussed at an upcoming conference hosted by the College Sport Research Institute, which recently relocated to UNC, and UNC’s department of exercise and sport science. The 2009 Scholarly Conference on… read more
Muhammad Yunus, winner of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize, will be on campus this week to discuss his vision for eliminating poverty worldwide. The free public lecture will be at 11 a.m. Thursday in Koury Auditorium at Kenan-Flagler Business… read more