Chancellor James Moeser has spent much of the summer traveling throughout North Carolina as part of the first “Carolina Connects” tour, reminding North Carolinians how UNC serves the state at large. read more
UNC’s men’s basketball program delivered three checks in late June totaling $36,000 to the Interfaith Council Homeless Shelter on Rosemary Street, the Ronald McDonald House of Chapel Hill and UNC’s Student Aid Fund. read more
Raising awareness of the health hazards of secondhand smoke is the goal of a new media campaign being undertaken by UNC in partnership with local programs in two North Carolina counties in opposite ends of the state – Buncombe in the west and Chowan… read more
A new clinical cancer hospital for UNC inched closer to reality in mid-June when the N.C. House of Representatives voted to pay for it in part with money from health trust funds. read more
Chancellor James Moeser is traveling across the state this summer to remind North Carolinians that UNC truly is a “university of the people.” read more
UNC Hospitals administrators hope the third time will be the charm for a bill that would fund the construction of a new cancer treatment and research hospital at the University. read more
For all they do, all year long – from giving financial assistance in the community to providing food for those with HIV and AIDS – staff, faculty, students and organizations are getting a pat on the back. read more
The parking crunch being as it is, buses that deliver schoolchildren to the Morehead Planetarium and Science Center no longer stay in the parking lot but proceed to a satellite lot to wait until the show’s over. On rainy days, that leaves the kids… read more
More than 1,000 spectators, volunteers and hospital employees plan to crowd into UNC’s Fetzer Gym on Feb. 20 and 21 to witness more than 600 student dancers from UNC stay on their feet for 24 consecutive hours. read more
The environment where we live, work and play profoundly influences our health. That intersection between health and the “built environment” will be the focus of the 26th Annual Minority Health Conference sponsored by UNC’s School of Public Health. read more