Lee Scouten is a supervisor in the ticket office at Monticello, home of Thomas Jefferson, who in addition to being the nation’s third president, founded the University of Virginia. Scouten is a 1983 graduate of UVA, but his… read more
The Carolina-Duke basketball rivalry graduated years ago from a Tobacco Road brawl to an integral part of the national sports scene. The bitter rivalry has spawned a cottage industry of books, videos and gear cashing in on the enmity of the two… read more
About two years ago, Wilson Library added more copies of Carolina’s yearbook to its digital archive. Now the question is: Will there be any more to add to it? The Review reported two years ago that the 2011 Yackety Yack… read more
University Day 2014 was highlighted with the presentation of Distinguished Alumna and Alumnus Awards to five alumni. The award recognition, a practice begun by the faculty in 1971, recognizes alumni who have made outstanding contributions to… read more
The University attracted $297.5 million in private gifts and grants in fiscal 2014. The total marked the second-best year in UNC history and was 9 percent higher than the $272.8 million raised in 2013. Commitments also rose 9 percent, to $310… read more
Bill Guthridge struggles to put his feelings into words. Every week, he sees his longtime friend and former boss in the office, as he has since he joined the coaching staff of the Carolina basketball team in 1967. He and former head coach… read more
First the Bell, Then the Tears Debra Pickrel ’80 was just fine until the bell sounded. On a University Day that threatened rain and even sprinkled a few raindrops at times, Pickrel, a member of the GAA Board of Directors from New York, had… read more
A little more than a year ago, a physicist named Peter Higgs made startling news with what’s now known as the Higgs boson, the idea that a background field permeating all matter was responsible for mass. It was at Carolina in 1965 that Higgs… read more
Remarks delivered by Chancellor Holden Thorp ’86 on April 5, 2013 Thank you for inviting me to deliver the annual Frank Porter Graham Lecture on Excellence. It is an honor to be Argonaut Number 1664 and to join so many who have done so much for… read more
Davie Hall opened in 1908 in an idyllic setting next to the 5-year-old Arboretum. By 1926, it needed an addition, and in 1967, it suffered the demolition of its oldest portion, replaced by what is acknowledged as one of the least-attractive… read more