A nonfiction account of the relationship between a nun and two death-row convicts, their families and individuals on either side of the death-penalty debate has been selected as this year’s summer reading program book. The Death of Innocents:… read more
UNC is no longer tops in merchandise sales. After ranking No. 1 for five straight years among colleges and universities for royalties generated, UNC fell to No. 5 in the 2005-06 fiscal year, according to information released by the Collegiate… read more
The University will celebrate its 213th birthday on Oct. 12 with a speech by UNC System President Erskine Bowles ’67 and an awards presentation in Memorial Hall. Students, faculty, staff and the public are invited to the free public ceremony,… read more
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