Joseph Cooley High ’76 and Kathleen Cullins High ’78 have endowed a scholarship to support Black students attending Carolina. The $300,000 gift will fund The Joseph Cooley and Kathleen Cullins High Scholarship, which will be part of the Light… read more
Ayana Monroe began coding when she was 8. She learned about it at her elementary school in Columbia, Maryland. Her teacher, Vernecia Griffin, recognized a talent in Monroe. “Ayana had an uncanny way of drawing people in when she walked into… read more
The University announced today that it had surpassed the $4.25 billion goal for its campuswide fundraising drive months before the campaign was scheduled to end. The Campaign for Carolina, launched in October 2017 and scheduled to close this… read more
More than 1,300 graduates took stock of what all they had achieved despite the tremendous obstacles posed by the pandemic. read more
As UNC continues to address a “mental health tsunami,” campus leaders also announced other measures aimed at mitigating the crisis. read more
An advocacy group that wants to end consideration of race in college admissions filed suit against UNC in 2014. read more
Bell Tower climbs, selfies in caps and gowns, champagne toasts and a keynote speech from Roy Williams ’72 gave them a special time to savor. read more
The break is intended to give students and other members of the campus community time to reflect on mental health and seek help if needed. read more
Faith Danielle Hedgepeth ’14 was found dead in a friend’s off-campus apartment on Sept. 7, 2012, and Chapel Hill police have been investigating with the SBI and other agencies since then. read more
As the University begins teaching about 95 percent of its classes remotely on Monday, undergraduates will have the option to take all courses pass/fail rather than for a letter grade. read more