For immediate use: Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014 The chief champion of innovation and entrepreneurship at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will also direct the Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise on an interim basis.   Judith … Read more

For Immediate Use: Friday, Dec. 20, 2013 The University of North Carolina will not seek reinstatement from the NCAA for men’s basketball junior guard P.J. Hairston. The Greensboro, N.C., native has already sat out 10 games this season due to … Read more

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

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

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ranks as the number one value in American public higher education for the 13th consecutive time, according to Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine. Since 1998 Kiplinger’s has periodically ranked public universities based on … Read more

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

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

A study by Russ Mumper, PhD, shows a significant improvement in learning outcomes after “flipping” his Basic Pharmaceutics II classroom. The results are the subject of “The Post-Lecture Classroom: How Will Students Fare?” published by The Atlantic magazine online September … Read more

By Robbi Pickeral (UNC News Services) – Sarah Bufkin always has loved writing. In the sixth and seventh grade, she began to pen a couple of what she now calls “really bad” novels. In high school, she preferred the essay … Read more