Increased materials and labor costs have blown the roof off of construction estimates and taken University residence hall renovation and construction off its building timeline for the first time in 21 years, departing from an aggressive fast track… read more
Carolina’s law school could move to the 1,000-acre satellite campus known as Carolina North within the next 15 years. The School of Public Health could expand to the new campus, and UNC Health Care might open an ambulatory care center there. read more
Staff and students in three campus buildings that were found to have unacceptable lead levels in their water in March and April were notified in early June that testing is complete, water use is unrestricted and that no elevated lead levels were… read more
Carolina is putting down roots in the old country. In May, the University dedicated Winston House, an all-purpose compact satellite campus in the “academic heart” of London. Situated in Bloomsbury in Bedford Square, the last intact Georgian square… read more
The University turned off water restrictions for the Campus Y in mid-May, using the 100-year-old building to host graduation celebrations after corrective measures to reduce unacceptable lead levels reach their final stages. The facility hosted a… read more
Three new campus buildings and another where renovations recently were completed have been found to have water with unacceptable levels of lead. The buildings are Caudill and Chapman halls, the first two in UNC’s new science complex; the new… read more
Effective this fall, the UNC Board of Trustees has approved a lease with Raleigh-Durham International Airport that will allow for the $3.5 million construction of a new hangar and office space on about 1.7 acres of land for the University’s Medical… read more
Carolina will re-name a south campus residence hall on Tuesday in honor of Paul Hardin, Carolina’s seventh chancellor. Known since its completion in 2002 as Morrison South, the four-story building will be dedicated as Paul Hardin Hall. It houses… read more
The dedication Monday of the George Moses Horton Residence Hall will mark the first time that a building at Carolina has been named in honor of a slave. Horton Hall also is believed to be the first university building in the nation to carry a… read more
Housing for UNC faculty and staff is in the works on 63 acres of land on Homestead Road, marking the University’s first attempt to help with lower-cost housing. Carolina Commons will provide 60 condominium units to UNC employees. Roughly 53 of… read more