The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ranks fifth among the nation’s best public universities for the 12th consecutive year, according to U.S. News & World Report.
For the next five years, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will continue to help disadvantaged students pursue doctoral degrees through a federal program named for one of the Challenger astronauts.
The 3,928 first-year students who started classes at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill this week were chosen from a record 29,507 applicants. They hail from 97 North Carolina counties, 43 states and 29 countries. The class includes award-winning researchers, artists, directors, dancers and writers, as well as champion student-athletes and community activists
Former University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill football star Julius Peppers has donated $250,000 to the Light on the Hill Society Scholarship fund that supports African-American students.
Journalism students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have launched an interactive film exploring the human connection with water from life to death at 100gallons.org.