Carolina posted a 72 percent success rate in keeping faculty members who were recruitment targets of other universities in the last year – the highest in five years. In the 2006-07 academic year, 87 faculty members received offers from other… read more
Staff and students in three campus buildings that were found to have unacceptable lead levels in their water in March and April were notified in early June that testing is complete, water use is unrestricted and that no elevated lead levels were… read more
A few months ago, Mohammed Taheri-Azar issued a venom-filled tirade in an Orange County courtroom, shouting obscenities and calling his court-appointed lawyer a moron. Now, the man accused of striking nine people on the UNC campus with an SUV… read more
“Does racism make us sick?” is the question addressed by the 13th annual Summer Public Health Research Video Conference on Minority Health, sponsored by UNC’s School of Public Health’s Minority Health Project and the University’s Office of Diversity… read more
The University turned off water restrictions for the Campus Y in mid-May, using the 100-year-old building to host graduation celebrations after corrective measures to reduce unacceptable lead levels reach their final stages. The facility hosted a… read more
Three new campus buildings and another where renovations recently were completed have been found to have water with unacceptable levels of lead. The buildings are Caudill and Chapman halls, the first two in UNC’s new science complex; the new… read more
A Bible in hand, Gary Birdsong has preached at universities across the U.S., including campuses in California, Arizona, at N.C. State University and at Carolina, he says, encouraging students to read the Bible and giving them a testimony of his… read more
At noon on Valentine’s Day, students massed in the Pit in a mob. They packed the upper-level windows of Top of Lenoir dining hall and Student Stores, sat on each other’s shoulders and stood on surrounding walls. A long “shush” erupted to silence… read more
This June marks the 25th year of the fight against HIV/AIDS, and that milestone is the focus of UNC’s 28th annual Minority Health Conference. Titled “AIDS at 25: It’s Time to Deliver,” the daylong conference takes place Feb. 23 at the William and… read more
The American Council on Education recently honored Chancellor James Moeser with an award for his leadership in the launch of UNC’s nationally recognized Carolina Covenant, which provides a debt-free education to deserving low-income students. The… read more