The first-year class includes the highest numbers of first-generation college students and students from North Carolina’s rural counties since the University began collecting this data 15 years ago. read more
Participants in the 24-hour event dance through the night to raise money for patients and families of UNC Children’s Hospital. read more
More than 200 students — and more than twice that many family members and friends — attended the GAA’s Official Class Ring ceremony at the George Watts Hill Alumni Center. read more
40,926 applied for admission (14 percent more than last year and second-largest increase in 25 years) 9,710, or 24 percent, were admitted 4,373, or 45 percent, are expected to enroll 61 percent… read more
Anson Dorrance ’74 was selected by the class of 2017 to deliver the Last Lecture on the west lawn of the Morehead Building as the sun began to set. The talk is based on the premise, “If you knew this was the last lecture you would ever give,… read more
Carolina baseball has a new teammate this year, but this member has four legs, not two. Remington, a 2-year-old golden retriever, is Carolina’s first athletics training room assistance dog. He’s also the first in the ACC. read more
The Daily Tar Heel has cut print publication to four days a week and is appealing to its audience for donations. read more
The 4,254 first-year students expected to start classes this week were chosen from 35,875 applicants. An additional 779 students are arriving as transfer students. read more
The University has settled with the family of former football player Jackson Boyer — said to have suffered a concussion in an incident during pre-season camp in 2014 — according to media reports. read more
The University’s new physician assistant program got underway this semester with an entering class of 20 — nine of them military veterans. read more