The Marlboro Man will have to ride a careful trail across the UNC campus to comply with a near-complete ban on smoking that takes effect Jan. 1. Having first banned smoking in classroom and administrative buildings, then in residence halls and their… read more
Increased materials and labor costs have blown the roof off of construction estimates and taken University residence hall renovation and construction off its building timeline for the first time in 21 years, departing from an aggressive fast track… read more
Effective this fall, the UNC Board of Trustees has approved a lease with Raleigh-Durham International Airport that will allow for the $3.5 million construction of a new hangar and office space on about 1.7 acres of land for the University’s Medical… read more
More than four tons of food were kicked to the curb last year through UNC’s dining services operation, deepening a six-year profit deficit of about $1 million. “The last two years we have lost money, but it can be associated with the Rams Head,”… read more
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