The two-year renovation of Morrison Residence Hall is coming to a close, and it is expected to reopen in August with a distinctly environmental flair. The 10-story brick high-rise on South Campus, known to many for its 1960s architecture and lack… read more
An $8 million gift from the William R. Kenan Jr. Charitable Trust will create 16 full music scholarships for Carolina undergraduates and complete funding for a new music building, to be called the Kenan Music Building. The gift, the largest ever… read more
Dr. Richard Goldberg, associate director of clinical research at the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center and chief of the division of hematology and oncology in the UNC School of Medicine, will be physician-in-chief for the N.C. Cancer Hospital,… read more
After years of debate about the fate of West House – a 1,141-square-foot structure that had straddled the parking lots behind Swain Hall and Hill Hall – the building is being torn down to make way for the University’s new Arts Common The… read more
There was a time when the Campus Y and its front courtyard were the best place on campus to meet friends, exchange ideas and try out unpolished folk songs. Before South Campus dormitories shifted the center of campus in that direction, Lenoir… read more
John P. Evans, a longtime faculty member and administrator who has helped oversee a number of special projects, has been tapped to be executive director of Carolina North, the planned research park on University property two miles north of the… read more
A note taped inside a window of the Rathskeller in Amber Alley announced that the landmark restaurant would close for renovation June 10. Printed austerely on a sheet of copy paper, the notice read, in part, “The building is in need of long over-due… read more
In 2003, when William Ferris left behind 18 years at the University of Mississippi to accept a history professorship at UNC, the former chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities and co-editor of the Encyclopedia of Southern Culture… read more
Artifacts suggest that the South Carolina site that UNC archaeology students and faculty have been excavating was indeed the home of UNC founder William R. Davie, but they contradict the local lore that Union troops burned the house in… read more
Students at UNC have awarded $210,000 to help build a “green” visitor education center at the N.C. Botanical Garden. The student-run Renewable Energy Special Projects Committee made the group’s largest award to date to help construct a geothermal… read more