About 2,700 applicants for fall 2007 admission to Carolina were notified mistakenly on January 23 that they had been accepted. In fact, decisions on these applications have not been made, and the students were not expecting decisions until March… read more
The Maya people of Central America, whose civilization thrived from about 1800 B.C. to A.D. 1200, charted the heavens, mastered mathematics, built elaborate temple-pyramids and developed the only true writing system native to the Americas. All… read more
About 30 protesters, including UNC students and area residents, turned out Friday before a scheduled ceremonial opening of an Army recruitment station in Chapel Hill. Three people were arrested. The protesters identified themselves as members of… read more
The SmartCommute Challenge, a program of the Environmental Protection Agency, has presented UNC’s public safety department and the University with a regional Super Achiever Award for efforts to promote commuting by bus, carpool, vanpool and other… read more
Even before Sept. 11, 2001, Carl Ernst’s publishers had doubts about asking him to write a book about Islam. When Ernst submitted a manuscript just months after the terrorist attacks, the publishing house decided to drop the project. The reason,… read more
“Closing the Racial Achievement Gap: What Works?” is the title of conference set for Oct. 6 at UNC and Oct. 7 at Duke University. The event, the 2006 Youth and Race conference presented by UNC’s Institute of African American Research, is… read more
An alumnus who drove through the heart of Carolina’s campus with a rented SUV in March, hitting nine people, is likely to plead not guilty, his court-appointed defender said after a Sept. 19 hearing. Since his first appearance in Orange County… read more
The Morehead Planetarium and Science Center will launch its new show, Destination: Space, with a weekend of activities from Sept. 28-Oct. 1, including live appearances by a moonwalker and a current NASA astronaut. The public is invited to… read more
Education reformer Diane Ravitch will discuss “The Past and Future of No Child Left Behind” in delivering UNC’s 2006-07 Frank Porter Graham Lecture. The lecture, which is free and open to the public, will begin at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 20 in Memorial… read more
Carolina’s School of Information and Library Science invites the community to the launch of its 75th anniversary celebration next week. “Illuminating the Past, Imagining the Future!” will be the theme of the anniversary year, starting with a free… read more