Timothy Beatley ’85 (MA, ’86 PhD), a pioneering researcher in the field of “green urbanism” and sustainability, will be the keynote speaker for UNC’s 2014 doctoral hooding ceremony. Beatley is the Teresa Heinz Professor of… read more
The Round House by Louise Erdrich, a Pulitzer Prize-nominated author, will be the 2014 summer reading book for incoming students at Carolina. A nine-member selection committee of students, faculty and staff selected the book from five… read more
Renovations to Hill Hall will include naming its auditorium for former Chancellor James Moeser and his wife, Susan. Work will center on improvements to Hill Hall’s rotunda and 550-seat auditorium in the century-old building, which… read more
Carmichael Auditorium served the men’s basketball team for 20 years. The Dean E. Smith Center is now 27 and has some acknowledged shortcomings, such as a single concourse and no private suites, so naturally renovation-or-replacement talk comes up… read more
Carolina’s Chi Phi fraternity is in trouble with its national office for alleged alcohol and hazing violations, and the office has suspended it from all chapter activities, including meetings and social events. A second fraternity, Pi Lambda… read more
The fire in Cobb dorm on Nov. 5 started in a recessed lighting fixture in a bathroom, University officials say. Beth Koza, director of environmental health and safety, said the fixture showed a charring and a “V” burn pattern that indicated… read more
Seventy-six students who live on the fourth floor of Cobb dorm won’t be able to return to their rooms for the rest of the semester following a Tuesday evening fire in the building’s attic. The other 280 Cobb residents were not allowed… read more
An attic fire in Cobb dorm on Tuesday evening forced the evacuation of 380 students who had to move somewhere else to spend the night. No injuries were reported. The Chapel Hill Fire Department responded to an alarm at the residence hall… read more
Thomas Donilon, former national security adviser to President Barack Obama, and Barton Gellman, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author, will discuss “Foreign Policy and National Security” in a free talk on campus Oct. 30. Hodding… 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