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McDonald to return tonight

December 18, 2013

For Immediate Release: December 18, 2013 University of North Carolina fifth-year senior guard Leslie McDonald has been reinstated by the NCAA and will return to action this evening (December 18th) against Texas after sitting out the team’s first nine games … Read more

New guidelines for management of high blood pressure released

December 18, 2013

For Immediate Release: Wednesday, December 18, 2013   A new guideline for the management of high blood pressure, developed by an expert panel and containing nine recommendations and a treatment algorithm (flow chart) to help doctors treat patients with hypertension, … Read more

Poverty influences children’s early brain development

December 12, 2013

A new study provides concrete evidence that poverty can change how the brain grows. For Immediate Release: Thursday, December 12, 2013 Poverty may have direct implications for important, early steps in the development of the brain, saddling children of low-income … Read more

UNC’s Guskiewicz to speak at Commencement Dec. 15

December 11, 2013

For immediate release: Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013   Media representatives are invited to attend the December Commencement ceremony at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.   Sunday (Dec. 15) 2 p.m. Dean E. Smith Center Bowles Drive Chapel … Read more

Chemist DeSimone named to National Academy of Inventors

December 10, 2013

Chemist Joseph DeSimone, of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and N.C. State University, has been named a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), a nonprofit organization that recognizes investigators who translate their research findings into … Read more

University investigates data breach, notifies affected people

December 10, 2013

Carolina officials are investigating a data breach that risked unauthorized online access to personal information concerning some current and former employees, vendors and students. It is believed that more than 6,000 people are affected.   On Nov. 11, an information … Read more