UNC campuses help rural NC areas become ‘smart and connected communities’ Arcot Rajasekar knows there’s a technology gap between North Carolina’s urban and rural communities. Rajasekar, who serves as the Frances Carroll McColl Term Professor for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of Information and Library Science, said rural grade school students …
UNC initiative aims to help former students earn their undergraduate degrees It was a bittersweet moment when Isaac Smith attended his 50th anniversary reunion at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University last year. While he enjoyed visiting with his former classmates, Smith said he felt incomplete because they had earned their diplomas and he …
Chapel Hill, NC – UNC President Margaret Spellings issued the following statement on NCAA championship events returning to North Carolina: “We’re pleased the NCAA is bringing championship play back to North Carolina and we eagerly await the return of these games. These events are great opportunities to showcase remarkable student athletes, provide an arena for …
“We’re pleased the NCAA is bringing championship play back to North Carolina and we eagerly await the return of these games. These events are great opportunities to showcase remarkable student athletes, provide an arena for fans to celebrate our state’s proud tradition of collegiate sports, and spur economic activity across our communities and the state. …
Joint speech program between UNCG, WCU gives students a way to earn their doctorate Summer McMurry runs a full-time business she started in Asheville in addition to being a wife and mother of three children. Pursuing her doctorate, without a nearby program, wasn’t an option for her –until now. McMurry is one of three doctoral …
Unique partnership puts UNC system professors, students on display at Museum of Natural Sciences For Jim Johnson, it’s one thing to discuss paleontology with his eighth grade science class at Lucas Middle School in Durham. It’s quite another for him to show his students actual paleontologists at work. On a field trip to the North …
“We are pleased with today’s actions by the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) to return championship games to North Carolina. This is a great week for the state’s student athletes, coaches, and sports fans—indeed all North Carolinians. We commend and thank the ACC governing body for their leadership and look forward to hosting events in the …
“We are pleased with today’s actions by the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) to return championship games to North Carolina. This is a great week for the state’s student athletes, coaches, and sports fans—indeed all North Carolinians. We commend and thank the ACC governing body for their leadership and look forward to hosting events in the …
UNC President Margaret Spellings has offered the following statement on the repeal of HB 2: “This is a good day for the state and a positive step forward—specifically for the students, faculty, and staff of the University of North Carolina—and we applaud our elected officials for the bipartisan manner in which they brokered this compromise. …
The State of Black Asheville Research Spurs Buncombe County Commissioners into Action Ten years after research into The State of Black Asheville began, that ongoing UNC Asheville student research project has made headlines, coming from the classroom into the community and prompting significant new funding by Buncombe County for community programs addressing the needs of …