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
Advocates for the preservation of tiny West House have encountered another obstacle with the release of a relocation study that estimates it would cost more than $500,000 to move the structure out of the way of a proposed arts complex. read more
A new $1.8 million program, spearheaded by UNC, that is designed to serve the families of National Guard and Reserve personnel is included in the Defense Department appropriation bill that was finalized this month by a joint House-Senate conference… read more
Federal authorities are opening a new investigation of UNC’s treatment of laboratory animals in response to allegations made by a national animal rights group. It is the second such investigation in two years. read more
The U.S. economy is well on its way to posting a growth rate in real gross domestic product in 2004 higher than in any other year since 1984, a UNC business expert says. read more
For the second time in two years, University researchers have responded to allegations of animal cruelty lodged by an advocacy group and documented by an undercover investigator working as a lab employee. read more
An anti-abortion group called Carolina Students for Life had hoped to be part of UNC’s annual Women’s Week, which began March 21, and wanted to bring pro-life speakers to campus to participate in a dialogue with pro-choice speakers as part of the… read more
Hugh L. McColl Jr. ’57, retired chairman and chief executive officer of Bank of America and chairman of McColl Brothers Lockwood, will speak at Kenan-Flagler Business School on May 5 at 5:30 p.m. as part of the Dean’s Speaker Series. read more