Public Service News

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

A textile town pulling through hard times and beauty parlors doling out health information were among the highlights of this year’s Tar Heel Bus Tour. read more

The 2005 Dance Marathon raised nearly $184,872 in late February to benefit the N.C. Children’s Hospital. read more

John Edwards ’77 (JD), North Carolina’s former U.S. senator and the Democratic Party’s 2004 vice presidential candidate, will lead a new center being launched by Carolina to seek solutions to poverty. The Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity… read more