This fall, some UNC sophomores took the chance to start all over again — sort of. In late September, student government offered its first “sophomore reorientation,” in which second-year students attended workshops geared to help them… read more
For senior David Steele, receiving the “key to the city” of Chapel Hill means having access to 14 unique tones that in combination create the town’s soundtrack. As master bell ringer of the Morehead-Patterson Bell Tower, Steele is responsible for… read more
A $5 million gift will increase the number of first-year students in UNC’s honors program by 30 percent and recognize the contributions of two alumni by creating five professorships in their names. The gift, from an anonymous donor, qualifies for… read more
Senior marshals representing the class of 2008 have voted unanimously to give to Carolina for Kibera as the students’ parting gift to the University. Carolina for Kibera is an international, nongovernmental organization based in the Kibera slum… read more
They were, in the words of class Treasurer T.J. Abrams ’05, “already experiencing change and uncertainty.” They were three weeks into their freshman year when the attacks in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania suddenly replaced their… read more
More than 100 biomedical graduate students and postdoctoral fellows from UNC will visit more than 65 N.C. high schools on April 25 for National DNA Day. Through this visit, students in the classroom will have a chance to interact with people… read more
Jason Kendall Ray, who performed with the Carolina cheerleaders as the mascot Rameses, died Monday from injuries received when he was struck by an SUV Friday while walking to the hotel room in Fort Lee, N.J., where he was staying as part of the… read more
At noon on Valentine’s Day, students massed in the Pit in a mob. They packed the upper-level windows of Top of Lenoir dining hall and Student Stores, sat on each other’s shoulders and stood on surrounding walls. A long “shush” erupted to silence… read more
If an insect can be born, live and die in three weeks, then the average Carolina student should be able to complete a course in the same amount of time. “My friend in the laboratory says the life cycle of a flea is three weeks,” said Bobbi Owen,… read more
After enduring months of mental competency tests and deliberation with his public defender, the UNC alumnus who drove an SUV through the heart of UNC’s campus last year will plead not guilty on all counts. Mohammad Taheri-Azar ’05, who turned… read more