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A campus contract worker died at midday on Aug. 9 while working in Kenan Stadium, according to UNC police. Leland S. Williams, 31, of Burlington and his co-workers of Kemco of Burlington Inc. were replacing light fixtures and bulbs on banks of… read more

Three dozen of the University’s newest faculty members boarded a bus Monday for a weeklong introduction to the state, its history and people as the Tar Heel Bus Tour makes its ninth journey across the state. Since 1997, the UNC chancellor has… read more

After a national search, a faculty member from the University of Rhode Island has been named director of the Carolina Women’s Center. Donna Bickford, who also earned her doctorate from Rhode Island, has been a lecturer in Rhode Island’s women’s… read more

They’re called the “red spots” on the Campus Master Plan map – the places designated in red where consultants and UNC architects believe new buildings and additions logically could go but that are on the back of the stove, unfunded and in some cases… read more

How much learning can Carolina professors and students pack into just three weeks? That’s what UNC’s proposed Maymester program aims to find out. In May 2007, UNC hopes to pilot a new academic mini-term that will give students an alternative to… read more

UNC’s summer reading program book selection committee has made The Namesake, by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri, its choice for incoming undergraduates to read and discuss. read more

The Department of Defense is putting $3 million into the UNC-led Citizen-Soldier Support Program to strengthen outreach to the families and loved ones of those serving in the Army and Air National Guard and the reserve components of the armed… read more

Carolina is one of six universities chosen as partners with the Aspen Institute and the U.S. State Department in the Edward R. Murrow Journalism Program to promote excellence in journalism internationally. read more

Sarah Michalak, a librarian with more than 30 years of experience in higher education, is Carolina’s new University librarian. She succeeds Joe Hewitt ’60, who retired June 30 after 29 years. read more