The impetus for the first collaboration between CUAB and WXYC came from a famous jazz musician. While Googling himself, jazz pianist Matthew Shipp discovered that UNC radio station WXYC frequently plays his music. He asked the station to help him find a venue to perform in the area.

Books, films, music albums — all have been adapted for the stage. Come Feb. 2, newspaper columns can be added to the list.

It took a while for Carolina Union Activities Board to warm up this semester. The organization’s events have sparked controversy among the student body.

A concert by hip-hop group Travis Porter, hosted by the Carolina Union Activities Board, will be on this semester’s last day of classes.

Students who had UNC as a back-up to Hogwarts got a chance to leave their Muggle lives for a while and share their love of J.K. Rowling’s magical world.

Students got a taste of what the Carolina Union’s new multipurpose software can do during Homecoming week, but campus officials said the program has been underused.

An Academy Award nominated director is coming to UNC to discuss his experiences as a black filmmaker in Hollywood. The Carolina Union Activities Board announced Tuesday that director Spike Lee will be on campus Dec. 6.

Despite pleas from members of Student Television, the Carolina Union Board of Directors voted Monday to split a multipurpose room that the organization has been using as a studio.

Indie rock group The New Pornographers will headline the Homecoming concert on Oct. 29, the Carolina Union Activities Board announced yesterday.

Less than one-third of the seats in the Student Union Great Hall have been sold so far for rapper Big K.R.I.T.’s concert today.

FallFest sponsors could be required to list the items they will distribute to students after pills wrapped in plastic bags were given as free samples Sunday night.

The actor ­— who starred in 2009’s “500 Days of Summer” and in last summer’s blockbuster “Inception” — was asked by three separate committees of the Carolina Union Activities Board to visit the University in the past year and a half.

The CUAB Comedy Festival has expanded to include a week’s worth of laughs from local and national talent. It will feature multiple workshops with writers and performers of NBC’s weekly “Saturday Night Live,” interspersed with the Student Stand-Up Competition and an improv night with local favorite Dirty South Improv Comedy Theater.

University officials are still waiting to release a decision regarding the pending Snoop Dogg concert, won through an online promotional contest for an Electronic Arts video game.

Chapel Hill sculptor Dan Murphy has displayed his work in the Union Gallery before. But his high creative energy means this current collection of gold and silver metal sculptures is something completely different. The exhibition is part of the Carolina Union Activities Board’s efforts to offer more 3-D art in its galleries.

With just six days left before student elections, volunteers are rushing to collect signatures to breathe life into a Student Union renovation, requiring a student fee increase.

Tickets for Wednesday’s Big Boi concert in Memorial Hall are almost completely sold out — as of six p.m. Tuesday only one seat remained. The concert, put on by the Carolina Union Activities Board, is something that the board has been looking forward to for a while, organizers said.

Raised rental fees and incomplete facilities have not deterred campus groups from taking advantage of the recently renovated Historic Playmakers Theatre. The theater will host a variety of performances from multiple campus groups now that renovations to the building are partially complete.

The Carolina Union Activities Board loves you. That slogan — developed by last year’s board president Amanda Kao — means exactly what it says.

As she prepares her applications for joint Master’s and doctorate programs, Carolina Union Activities Board President Adele Ricciardi can look back at a UNC career just as diverse as her interests.