When the astronauts came to campus: Morehead Planetarium's life-saving history
From 1960 to 1975, 62 NASA astronauts studied celestial navigation at UNC’s Morehead Planetarium and Science Center.
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From 1960 to 1975, 62 NASA astronauts studied celestial navigation at UNC’s Morehead Planetarium and Science Center.
A pro-capitalism organization, Turning Point USA, has created a chapter on UNC’s campus.
At the Faculty Athletics Committee meeting on Thursday, members discussed the Atlantic Coast Conference’s recent decision to move championships out of North Carolina due to House Bill 2. Games on college campuses will still be held.
The Provost’s Committee on LGBTQ Life met Friday afternoon to discuss their budget for the upcoming school year, plan a luncheon and discuss ways they can assist LGBTQ people at UNC.
UNC’s chapter of Alpha Phi sorority, which recruited its first members in fall 2015, now has property at 219 E. Rosemary St.
Part of Odum Village is becoming a new space for student veterans. The renovations are set to be completed in the 2017-18 school year.
The class of 2017 is the last group of UNC undergrads to have until Oct. 18 to drop courses from their schedule without it showing on their transcripts as a withdrawal.
The Connect NC bond, passed in March, will give more than $1 billion to higher education institutions in the state. $68 million of this will be used by UNC to create a new building for the School of Medicine.
Ever crave a snack while walking to class? Or, even better, a free one?
New technology was on display after Kevin Guskiewicz, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, cut the red ribbon to introduce the renovated Howell Hall.
PlayMakers Summer Youth Conservatory has been bringing Broadway to high school students.
Journalism Professor and Class of 1986 graduate Tim Crothers' book, "The Queen of Katwe" is being made by ESPN and Disney into a movie that will premier this September. Staff writer Leah Moore talked with him about the book's themes, the process of it being turned into a movie and Roy Williams.
The Ackland Art Museum is about to get a lot more patriotic.
Stephen Davis is a historian and author who received his Masters in American History from UNC in 1973. Next week, he will publish his third book, "A Long and Bloody Task: The Atlanta Campaign from Dalton through Kennesaw to the Chattahoochee, May 5- July 18, 1864." Staff writer Leah Moore talked with Davis about the new book, the importance of history, and his personal connection to the Civil War.
The Chapel Hill theater scene just got a little less saucy.
Award-winning author and UNC graduate Robert Morgan will read from his newest novel, “Chasing the North Star," at Flyleaf Books tonight at 7 p.m.
During the summer, student bands and musicians find themselves faced with a daunting decision between going on tour or working an internship or job.
Joy Castro takes on everything — she's a novelist, college professor, creative writing workshop instructor and a mother.
There is one place in Chapel Hill where it’s possible to see Mama Dip in her kitchen, Franklin Street in the 1930s, a student skateboarding off a frat house and a UNC basketball game in under five minutes — the Chapel Hill Public Library.
CORRECTION: Due to a reporting error, the original version of this story's headline misrepresented the host of Oscar-nominated screenwriter, Lucy Alibar. Carolina Performing Arts hosted Alibar. The headline has been updated to reflect these changes.