This year, seniors will be encouraged to choose as their class gift something a little less tangible. Rather than giving to a physical gift to the University, seniors will be able to select an area of campus to support financially. There are more… read more
The photo Rosemary took for the new book LightBox shows her cousin washing clothes in a small basin, at home in the Nairobi, Kenya, slum, Kibera. Rosemary’s caption reads in part: “She is the only girl in the house and she has a big… read more
Five individuals and two UNC units have been honored with this year’s awards presented by UNC’s Carolina Center for Public Service for exemplary scholarship and service benefiting North Carolina. Florence Soltys ’84 (MSW), clinical associate… read more
The “Big Four ACC Canned Food Drive” has concluded with four North Carolina universities collectively raising $15,809 and 2,623 pounds of physical donations – for the equivalent of 81,669 pounds of food. The amount of food will provide about… read more
More than 500 spectators, volunteers and hospital employees plan to crowd into UNC’s Fetzer Gym on Feb. 24 to witness more than 850 student dancers from UNC stay on their feet for 24 consecutive hours. The 2006 Dance Marathon will be the… read more
The UNC School of Nursing is holding an artisan fundraiser on Tuesday, Feb. 7, to raise money to send volunteers from the School of Nursing and the School of Public Health to participate in the Gulf Coast hurricane relief effort during Spring… read more
Feb. 1 marks the start of the annual “Beat Hunger, Beat Duke” competition, which raises money and collects cans of food to assist needy families in North Carolina. At Carolina the competition is sponsored by the Campus Y and receives promotional… read more
The Peace Corps’ latest ranking of college graduates who are serving as volunteers shows Carolina has moved up three spots, to No. 11, on the top 25 list for large schools. A total of 59 UNC alumni currently serve as volunteers, and 921 have served… read more
More U.S. hospitals are getting a jump on Code Blue situations – when person’s heart or lungs, or both, stop working – by establishing what are called “rapid response teams.” As these teams develop, they mainly have been attending to adult patients. read more
Students, staff and faculty are looking for ways to assist those who have been affected by Hurricane Katrina, both on campus and off. read more