UNC’s history News

Roy Cooper ’79 (’82 JD), North Carolina’s 75th governor, will deliver the keynote address at this year’s University Day commemoration. read more

Paul Hardin III, the steadfast lawyer and Methodist bishop’s son who steered UNC and three other campuses as they grew through tumultuous and historic times, has died. He was 86. read more

A new grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation is enabling the Southern Historical Collection to further develop its transformative model for community-driven archives. read more

As part of a promise from South Building to the students to publicly confront the University’s racial history, a seven-panel exhibit opened in the Carolina Hall front lobby in mid-November. read more

Unbeaten college basketball teams are rare. The 1957 Tar Heels knew they were good, and Lennie Rosenbluth ’57 recalls how they got that way. read more

As part of a promise from South Building to the students to publicly confront the University’s racial history, a seven-panel exhibit has been opened in the Carolina Hall front lobby. read more

“It’s not where we start; it’s the miles we travel. I don’t know that this was the truth that Hinton James was seeking, but it seems to me it’s at the heart of the place he found, or at least the place we have become and are becoming.” -… read more

Carolina marked its 223rd birthday on Tuesday with the debut of an initiative to name grants and fellowships to honor 21 people who represent important firsts in the University’s history. read more

Overcrowded and on thin rations, Carolina ventured into its southern forest, and way up into the air with high-rise dorms, to transform the culture of campus residential living. read more