A Wall Street Journal reporter who wrote a book about finding a home after the 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and a lawyer who helped trace terrorists’ finances for the 9/11 Commission have received the UNC General Alumni… read more
Recent Carolina graduates will help advise low-income high school students as part of a new $10 million partnership. Carolina is one of 10 colleges and universities joining the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation in creating the program, which will be… read more
A recent Carolina graduate – whose parents immigrated to the United States 25 years ago with $63 between them – has won one of the nation’s most generous merit scholarships for graduate school. Thomas A. Thekkekandam ’04 of Durham, who as a… read more
The photo Rosemary took for the new book LightBox shows her cousin washing clothes in a small basin, at home in the Nairobi, Kenya, slum, Kibera. Rosemary’s caption reads in part: “She is the only girl in the house and she has a big… read more
With his ankles in shackles, Mohammed Taheri-Azar ’05 shuffled from a squad car into a back door of the Orange County Courthouse in Hillsborough on Wednesday. In those few seconds, two television reporters asked the questions of the day:… read more
Two recent UNC graduates, Nicholas Love ’05 and David Chapman ’03, have been awarded 2006 Luce Scholarships to live and learn in Asia – two of 18 scholarships awarded nationwide. Carolina has had a total of 26 Luce Scholars since the program… read more
A former NBA All-Star, a theoretical physicist and a member of the Federal Communications Commission were honored by the UNC General Alumni Association with its Distinguished Young Alumni Awards at a dinner ceremony Oct. 8. Bradley L. Daugherty,… read more
Natalie Anter ’02 was part of the Italian national softball team in the the 2004 Olympics. When she graduated from Carolina, she held four single-season records and six career records. Perhaps most notably, she is the home run leader with 34… read more