If you suffer a heart attack while walking down the street and are taken to the hospital quickly, your chances of survival are very good. But if you have a heart attack while already in the hospital for something else, you are 10 times more likely… read more
Over the past five years, the University of Virginia has landed the top spot four times on The Princeton Review’s annual list of the “Best Value Public Colleges.” The only school to displace UVA since 2009 has been Carolina, which… read more
Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine has cited Carolina’s “stellar academics” at a bargain price in naming UNC — for the 12th time in a row — as the No. 1 value in American public higher education. In the new rankings,… read more
The UNC Symphony Orchestra has taken first place in the American Prize competition for recordings of Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances in a performance in April 2011. The 100-piece UNC orchestra won in the college/university… read more
UNC Hospitals is among four in the nation that have been recognized for leadership and innovation in quality improvement and safety. It was one of two finalists for the American Hospital Association-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize in a review by a… read more
Seniors Amber Micole Koonce and Cody Mitchell Poplin have earned 2012-2013 scholarships from the Henry Luce Foundation in New York. The Luce Scholarship funds a year of living and learning in East and Southeast Asia for recent college graduates… read more
The history of the Blue Ridge Parkway, America’s most visited National Park System site, is now online. The new collection, “Driving Through Time: The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina,” was created through a collaborative… read more
UNC ranks as the No. 1 value in American public higher education because it offers students high-quality academics at an affordable price, according to Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine. For the 11th time in a row, Carolina ranks… read more
An HIV prevention research study led by UNC Professor Myron S. Cohen has been named the 2011 Breakthrough of the Year by the journal Science. The study, HIV Prevention Trials Network 052, evaluated whether antiretroviral drugs can… read more
Six Carolina faculty members have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The association, the world’s largest general scientific society, elects fellows to recognize their efforts toward advancing science… read more