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This is part of a series on the 100th anniversary of the GAA hiring its first full-time, paid professional staff member for an organization that for 80 years prior had been run by volunteers. Badges, nametags, posters, cards: all printed… read more

This is part of a series on the 100th anniversary of the GAA hiring its first full-time, paid professional staff member for an organization that for 80 years prior had been run by volunteers. In his diary entry for Aug. 16, 1927, his… read more

This is part of a series on the 100th anniversary of the GAA hiring its first full-time, paid professional staff member for an organization that for 80 years prior had been run by volunteers. For a university to be accredited, it has to… read more

This is part of a series on the 100th anniversary of the GAA hiring its first full-time, paid professional staff member for an organization that for 80 years prior had been run by volunteers. A century ago this spring, UNC’s General… read more

Where are we now, Carolina, 20 years after the fall of the towers stopped our hearts? read more

James R. Walker Jr.’s absence from from a photograph this magazine published 18 years ago led to an assumption that the four men pictured were the complete group. It shows with what ease pioneers can be forgotten. read more

UNC was picked for one of four Navy preflight schools during World War II, and also hosted smaller-scale military training programs. The impact was profound on a small town that normally serviced 4,000 college students — 18,700 men trained at UNC… read more

In May 1970, student body president Tom Bello ’71 rallied students to strike in protest of the U.S. military presence in Southeast Asia and the deaths of four students at Kent State. read more

The Town of Chapel Hill has dedicated a monument to the Chapel Hill Nine, a group of African American high school students who were arrested in 1960 for trying to order lunch at the Colonial Drug Store. read more