An often-controversial process that started in fall 2003, when Carolina approached a major donor about a curriculum enhancement in Western civilizations, climaxed in early April with the donor dissatisfied. The Pope family of Raleigh is not likely… read more
A federal judge issued a ruling on March 3 forcing the University, at least for the time being, to officially recognize a Christian fraternity that refused to sign a nondiscrimination policy. read more
Eastern North Carolina native Timothy B. Tyson’s Blood Done Sign My Name is the University’s choice for incoming undergraduates to read and discuss in the 2005 Summer Reading Program. read more
In the widening wake of Chancellor James Moeser’s cancellation of an award named for Cornelia Phillips Spencer, Spencer’s heirs have asked the University to remove her name from the dorm named for her in 1927. read more
A U.S. District Court judge has granted summary judgment in favor of UNC women’s soccer Coach Anson Dorrance ’74 and other University defendants in a sexual harassment lawsuit filed six years ago by two UNC women soccer players. read more
In recognition of both the long history of French-American friendship and the present tensions in this enduring alliance, a panel discussion on the history and changing nature of French and American relations will be held at UNC featuring prominent… read more
A five-month civil rights investigation at UNC has determined that the University responded appropriately to a harassment incident in February. read more
Peruvian economist Hernando de Soto, a finalist for the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2002, has the ear of heads of state across the political spectrum as well as impoverished farmers and black-market street vendors around the world. In October, he… read more
Jonathan Sarna, a noted American Judaism scholar and Brandeis University professor, is among the speakers in the second-annual Carolina Center for Jewish Studies Lecture Series, which runs through Nov. 9 with a total of four free lectures held at… read more
Three soft-spoken members of a Christian fraternity silenced the din of the lunchtime Pit on the second day of fall classes with the announcement that they had filed suit in federal court against the University for violating their First Amendment… read more