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