William Friday ’48 (LLB), who guided the UNC System through often tumultuous waters as its president for 30 years, died this morning, on University Day. Friday was 92. History will remember Friday as a sensible agent for its enduring lessons… read more
After 19 years and 20 campus visits by noted writers — including Joan Didion, Tim O’Brien and Alice Walker — the Morgan Writer-in-Residence program came to an end in March. The residence program, established by Allen ’65 and Musette… read more
Carolina appears on 18 lists of schools, degree programs and specialty areas newly ranked in 2012 by U.S. News & World Report for the 2013 edition of “America’s Best Graduate Schools.” Following is a summary of the new rankings… read more
“Brilliant!” “Generous.” “Charismatic!” “Indispensable.” These are a few of the descriptions students and colleagues have used to describe the 2012 University Teaching Awards recipients. Twenty-four people in nine categories are… read more
The Shallows by Nicholas Carr will be the 2012 summer reading book for incoming students at Carolina. A nine-member selection committee of students, faculty and staff selected the book from six finalists. Students on the committee… read more
The Board of Trustees has honored four recipients with the William Richardson Davie Award, its highest honor. They are: Joan Gillings of Chapel Hill, adviser and philanthropist; Bernadette Gray-Little of Lawrence, Kan., chancellor of the… read more
Lawrence R. “Bubba” Cunningham, who has been athletics director at the University of Tulsa since 2005, is the next AD at Carolina. Cunningham, 49, has signed a six-year contract that will pay him an annual salary of $525,000 and provide… read more
Julius Nyang’oro, whose name has surfaced in connection with three different aspects of the investigation into the UNC football program, has resigned as chair of the department of African and Afro-American studies, effective… read more
In a program marking the 10th anniversary of 9/11, a former member of the federal Department of Homeland Security will speak at Carolina on Sept. 12. The free public program will be one of numerous events at UNC and N.C. State and Duke… read more
Chancellor Holden Thorp ’86 has named a 13-member search committee to recommend candidates to become the next director of athletics. Committee members include representatives of the Rams Club, trustees, faculty and administrators, athletics… read more