The UNC School of Education will celebrate its 125-year record of service to North Carolina and education on Saturday.
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UNC housekeepers file group grievance
A group of UNC housekeepers was joined by students and others last Wednesday as they marched from the post office on Franklin Street to South Building and presented Chancellor Holden Thorp’s office with a list of workplace grievances.
‘Looking forward to the challenge’
If UNC had the defense everyone expected to be on the field back in June, it’s hard to imagine Carolina not giving Georgia Tech fits. But with so many players still in limbo because of an NCAA investigation and Carolina’s own internal investigation, it’s hard to know how a far more inexperienced defense will perform.
A snapshot of UNC’s incoming class
It’s traditional when the fall semester rolls around for the university to send along a few statistics about the first-year students arriving in town. Here’s a look at some of the facts and figures:
Reports say Ross to lead UNC
The University of North Carolina Board of Governors is holding a meeting this morning (Thursday) at 11 a.m. at which it is expected to vote on its pick for the successor to UNC system President Erskine Bowles.
UNC students ask leaders not to renew coal contracts
“Breaking UNC’s connection to mountaintop removal coal mining should clearly be the first step, but breaking its dependence on coal should be the next.†— Matt Wasson, ecologist and director of programs for Appalachian Voices
Swine flu forum
Dr. James Thomas, associate professor of epidemiology at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, will discuss the H1N1 virus at a science forum today (Thursday) at 7 p.m. Thomas will discuss H1N1 — the virus commonly known as swine flu — in the context of epidemics and pandemics. The forum is free and…
Professor’s book about Siler City soccer team chosen for UNC summer reading program
By Jasmina Nogo Staff Writer “I was surprised and shocked when I received the phone call,†said Paul Cuadros, an assistant professor at the UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication, about learning that his book, A Home on the Field, was chosen as the summer reading for the incoming class of 2013. Cuadros is…
Missy Julian Fox now director of UNC Visitors’ Center
UNC News Services The new face at the front door of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will be a familiar one to the community. About a year and a half after handing over the reins to Franklin Street landmark Julian’s College Shop to her brother, clothing designer Alexander Julian, Chapel Hill native…
UNC professor to lead community journalism efforts
UNC News Services The National Newspaper Association (NNA) has named University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill professor Jock Lauterer its point person on community journalism for the trade association’s nationwide membership primarily of non-daily newspapers. Lauterer is a lecturer in community journalism and news writing at the UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication,…
“It sounds crazy now, but I only sent in one college application.â€
(Following is Chancellor-elect Holden Thorp’s acceptance speech at the Spangler Center in Chapel Hill after being introduced by President Erskine Bowles and elected by the UNC Board of Governors on May 8.) Members of the Board of Governors; President Bowles; Trustees Perry and Schwab and all of the UNC Board of Trustees; members of the…
First break in Carson murder case
Chapel Hill Police investigators held a news conference at 11 a.m. today (Saturday) to announce that they had surveillance photos of a “person of interest” driving murdered UNC Student Body President Eve Carson’s SUV. The individual in the photos was using Carson’s ATM card and appears to be driving her blue 2005 Toyota Highlander. He…
Candlelight vigil for Eve Carson
Tonight there’ll be a candlelight vigil for student body president and UNC trustee Eve Carson, who was shot and killed early Tuesday morning. Here’s the official site set up by the university. This from the Chapel Hill Police: Yesterday morning at approximately 5:00 am, Chapel Hill Police responded to reported gunshots in the area of…
Commissioners vote to test landfill gas with UNC
By Susan Dickson Staff Writer The Board of County Commissioners on Tuesday voted unanimously to enter into a 90-day agreement with UNC to explore the feasibility of a landfill gas-recovery project. Commissioners and county officials have said they would like to launch a possible gas-recovery project at the landfill as a way of reducing greenhouse…
Early-voting site for campus in limbo
By Kirk Ross Staff Writer When a voting site was first opened at Morehead Planetarium in 2000, plenty of students, joined by a host of elected and university officials, lined the steps for the opportunity to cast a ballot on campus for the first time. And while the idea of an on-campus voting site has…