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A life of purpose

For more than two centuries, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has prepared the states lawyers, business leaders, journalists, teachers, politicians and doctors. But the University experience, Gov. Roy Cooper said, does more than just prepare students for the workforce. This University is second to none in preparing students to make a career

Carolinas University Day celebration will be available at 11 a.m.on Oct. 12 via livestream onunc.edu. University Day marks the 1793 laying of the cornerstone of Old East, the nations first state university building, and the beginning of public higher education in the United States. Chancellor Carol L. Folt will preside over the event. Gov. Roy

Dear Campus Community, Fall is always an exciting time on campus. We just launched the most ambitious fundraising campaign in Carolinas history, and tomorrow we will welcome Gov. Roy Cooper to deliver the keynote address at our celebration marking our Universitys 224thbirthday. In this video, I provide an overview of our bold $4.25 billion, university-wide

For the Ackland Art Museum, 2017 has already been a phenomenal year. In January, Carolina graduate Sheldon Peck and his wife, Leena, made a $25 million commitment to the Ackland Art Museum. That gift included an $8 million endowment and a $17 million art gift that included seven works by Rembrandt. The year got even

In this weeks episode, we look back on the founding of the University with history professor Jim Leloudis.

With the Institute for Convergent Science, Carolina will lead the world in bringing scientific expertise together to improve peoples lives, Chancellor Carol L. Folt said. The UNC Institute for Convergent Science will be at the heart of that vision, giving proven convergent thinkers both here and around the globe the tools and space they need

Both the children of career Marines, Steve and Debbie Vetter know the struggles facing Carolinas military dependents. We grew up as military brats and then came to the University, Debbie said. Our parents helped when they could, but we had to struggle to make it through financially working full time and going to school.

Shawn Hingtgen and his research team at Carolina developed a pioneering cancer treatment method that turns skin cells to cancer-fighting stem cells able to hunt down and eradicate tumor remnants. But Hingtgen wouldnt be here if Carolina hadnt first hunted him down at Harvard Medical School and convinced him to trade the Ivy League for

Carolina has launchedFor All Kind: the Campaign for Carolina, an ambitious fundraising drive that seeks to raise $4.25 billion over the next five years. Chancellor Carol L. Folt, along with Board of Trustees Chair Haywood Cochrane and Vice Chancellor for Development David Routh, announced the launch on Polk Place on Oct. 6, in a tent

One of the most destructive hurricanes in the past decade, Hurricane Matthew drenched North Carolina with 350 millimeters of rain over the course of just 24 hours. It caused $1.5 billion in flood damage to 100,000 houses, businesses and government buildings, took the lives of 28 North Carolinians, forced more than 4,000 people to evacuate,

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