Three UNC alumni have been given the chance to take their startup businesses to a new level. UNC graduates Coleman Greene, Sarah Press and Erik Severinghaus, who all created startups, were chosen by the entrepreneurial mentoring company Techstars to participate in a 12-week training program to help expand their enterprises.
The Lenovo laptops offered by Carolina Computing Initiative next year will have a makeover, which might help them stay competitive with the increasingly popular Macs.
Junior Matt Farley will be student body treasurer after all. After failing to receive the approval of the 94th Student Congress in March, Farley’s nomination was approved at the first session of the newly inducted 95th Student Congress on Wednesday.
For most people, their first college experience is nerve-wracking.
A group of young alumni is adding its voice to the chorus of recommendations to the University on how to handle ongoing scandal and scrutiny.
The annual UNC Air Force ROTC Dining-In ball is an event steeped in tradition — and this year’s ball featured an appearance by a venerated guest.
A proposed bill that would make it more difficult to request funding for ammunition from Student Congress has triggered calls of discrimination by the Tar Heel Rifle and Pistol Club.
After a resolution to regulate independent study courses in UNC’s College of Arts and Sciences passed last fall, the Educational Policy Committee is now looking to set similar guidelines for the professional schools.
Professor Pete Andrews has taught environmental policy at UNC since 1972. Staff writer Randy Short sat down with Andrews to discuss his thoughts on the Beyond Coal campaign, which calls for UNC to divest its endowment from the coal industry.
For most students, any mention of chickenpox brings back memories of skipping kindergarten and getting oven mitts taped to their hands. But the itchy disease became part of the college experience for one unlucky UNC student.
