Following two years of dramatic rise in the number of faculty members lost due to failed attempts to keep them out of the hands of other schools, Carolina had a big improvement last year in keeping professors at home. In 2009-10, in the early… read more
The University paid outside lawyers $467,406 during a 17-month period of the NCAA investigation into the football program. At the start of the probe in June 2010, UNC augmented the work of its own legal staff with Rick Evrard, an attorney with… read more
Andy Griffith ’49, one of North Carolina’s most famous sons, has died at his home in Manteo. Griffith was best known for his portrayal of a down-home country sheriff with an unmistakable Southern drawl on The Andy… read more
UNC’s School of Medicine and Kenan-Flagler Business School are partnering to launch a dual-degree program offering medical students the opportunity to earn doctor of medicine and master’s of business administration degrees in five years. Unlike… read more
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