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Rate UNC Chancellor Holden Thorp appoints campus Energy Task Force

Original at unc.edu external link    Wed, Jan 27

A new Energy Task Force will study the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s carbon reduction plans and review what other universities are doing, UNC Chancellor Holden Thorp said today at a meeting of the UNC Board of Trustees.

Rate University successfully tests sirens, emergency notification process

Original at unc.edu external link    Tue, Jan 26

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill today (Jan. 26) conducted a successful test of the sirens and campus notification process that would be used in a life-threatening emergency as part of the Alert Carolina safety awareness campaign.

Rate UNC receives $1.5 million gift from GSK for planetarium theater conversion, renaming

Original at unc.edu external link    Tue, Jan 26

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has received a $1.5 million gift from GlaxoSmithKline, supporting the conversion of Morehead Planetarium and Science Center’s historic Star Theater from analog to fulldome digital video technology.

Rate Home dedication, court ruling bring closure in UNC senior’s passing

Original at The Chronicle external link    Mon, Jan 25

By Staff Reports A ceremony in Chapel Hill Saturday marked the dedication of the Courtland Benjamin Smith Memorial House, which will honor the memory of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill senior who was shot and killed last Fall.

Rate UNC has first 3-game skid under Williams

Original at Yahoo! Sports external link    Thu, Jan 21

North Carolina entered the season with plans on making a solid defense to its NCAA championship. Now the Tar Heels would just settle for a win. The Tar Heels have lost three straight games for the first time under coach Roy Williams and have already matched their loss total of the previous two...

Rate Last Night's Winner: Anti-Tobacco Activists [Last Night's Winner]

Original at Deadspin external link    Thu, Jan 21

By Dashiell Bennett So there you go. The state of North Carolina (not counting the North Carolina teams that beat those first North Carolina teams) has received its long awaited comeuppance! Also UTEP ended Memphis' 64-game conference winning streaking, preventing them from breaking the NCAA record. It's...

Rate University to add new degree programs

Original at UNC Niner Online external link    Wed, Jan 20

By: Anni Simpson Japanese and Anthropology to be made available UNC Charlotte to add new degree programs including Japanese and Anthropology....

Rate Demon Deacons roll past No. 24 UNC for ACC road win

Original at FOXSports.com News for COLLEGE BASKETBALL external link    Wed, Jan 20

Freshman C.J. Harris scored a career-high 20 points and Wake Forest beat No. 24 North Carolina 82-69 on Wednesday night to send the Tar Heels to their first three-game losing streak under coach Roy Williams.

Rate UNC Charlotte auxiliary services embraces new social media technology

Original at UNC Niner Online external link    Fri, Jan 15

By: Corey Conner Foursquare, a new social media application/game, has come to UNC Charlotte, the first university to implement the new technology campus-wide....

Rate Alumni association honors cancer center director

Original at unc.edu external link    Tue, Jan 12

The director of the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was honored Friday (Jan. 8) with the General Alumni Association’s Faculty Service Award.

Year 2010

 

Rate Carolina again America’s #1 best academic value among publics

Original at unc.edu external link    Mon, Jan 4

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill remains the number one overall best value in U.S. public higher education, according to Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine.

Rate UNC soccer player takes top national honors

Original at Greensboro News Record external link    Wed, Dec 23

Greensboro News & Record Whitney Engen, a senior at North Carolina, has won the 2010 Honda Sports Award in soccer, designating her as the nation's top collegiate female athlete in ... and more »

Rate College Hoops Game of the Week - #10 UNC vs. #2 Texas

Original at BetUs.com external link    Fri, Dec 18

We'll see how the Tar Heels do when they have to go on artificial turf! Haha. That's my idea of a joke, but actually, this is yet another ...

Rate Asheville School senior named a semifinalist for Morehead-Cain Scholarship

Original at Asheville Citizen-Times external link    Tue, Dec 15

Recent graduates are attending Harvard, Yale, Columbia, University of Pennsylvania, Cornell, Brown, UNC-Chapel Hill, Davidson, NC State, University of ... and more »

Rate CyndiA says "Nice place when we finally found it - close UNC Chapel Hill." about Hampton Inn - Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Original at viewpoints.com external link    Fri, Dec 11

By CyndiA It took us a while to find the Hampton Inn on Fordham Blvd in Chapel Hill. It wasn't just us. the TomTom didn't know either. It told us we were at the hotel when we were right at some woods. Hum. I know Hampton Inn does not have camping spaces. We stayed at the Holiday Inn the last time we stayed over to see...

Rate UNC Charlotte approves plan to start football in 2013

Original at seattlepi.com external link    Fri, Dec 11

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The plan, which was unanimously approved Friday, must be approved by the UNC System Board of Governors and is also subject to review by the North Carolina ... UNC Charlotte approves football team for 2013The Associated Press UNC Charlotte trustees back tuition hikeCharlotteObserver.com

Rate UNC deals with state budget cuts

Original at University of North Carolina The Daily Tar Heel external link    Wed, Dec 9

This article was published in the 2009 Year in Review issue of The Daily Tar Heel. During a year of economic turmoil, severe cuts to UNC's budget have ...

Rate State : UNC-Chapel Hill Reimbursed State Employee $27K for Commute

Original at The Lincoln Tribune external link    Mon, Dec 7

Her reimbursements have come under scrutiny in recent months after an internal UNC-Chapel Hill review, released in June, found evidence of waste and abuse ...

Rate Hill picks Alabama over UNC

Original at Myrtle Beach Sun external link    Wed, Sep 9

Alfy Hill chose the SEC over the ACC for his college football career.The 6-foot-4, 250-pound West Brunswick (N.C.) senior committed to the University of Alabama at a press conference in the school's cafeteria Wednesday. Hill's final decision came down to North Carolina and Alabama. In the e...

Rate MJ to get award from UNC

Original at nydailynews.com external link    Wed, Sep 9

Former North Carolina State legend David Thompson - arguably the best player in the history of the ACC - will present Michael Jordan at Friday night's Naismith Hall of Fame induction ceremony at Springfield. As expected, former Temple coach and Hall of Fmer John Chaney will present Rutge...

Rate Williams trying out new rotation at UNC

Original at nydailynews.com external link    Fri, Sep 4

Long time assistant coach Joe Holladay, who has been on the bench with Williams for 16 years at both Kansas and Carolina, will rotate to director of basketball operations for this season, opening the door for two younger assistants C.B. McGrath and Jerod Haase to gain valuable experience o...

Rate Orange you glad he's 'Cuse-bound?

Original at nydailynews.com external link    Mon, May 25

Guard Dion Waiters of Life Center Academy in Burlington, N.J., a Syracuse recruit, scored 27 points and was selected MVP as Team Final from Philadelphia defeated the Chris Paul sponsored CP3 team from Winston-Salem, 72-64, to win the Bob Gibbons Tournament of Champions this weekend in th...

Rate Opinion: UNC's Gore a true role player

Original at News & Observer external link    Mon, May 18

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He's an unbelievable athlete," said UNC catcher Mike McKee, Gore's best friend. "I mean, first, he's the best second baseman that I've ever played with or seen." McKee wondered, however, how Gore would adapt to this most recent position change. ...

Rate Opinion: UNC-MSU: Postgame Quotes + Audio

Original at Scout College Basketball external link    Tue, Apr 7

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FOXSports.com  WA We celebrated quite a bit Monday night, didn't go to bed, got back Tuesday and had a great celebration on campus. I left on Wednesday morning to go recruiting at 6 am My rear-end's going somewhere either Wednesday or Thursday because I enjoy this ...

Rate ACC Tournament Review

Original at Examiner.com external link    Sun, Mar 15

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An inspired team plays its best game of the year against UNC and promptly rolls over for Duke, which backs into yet another tournament title. In possibly related news, I'm not bitter. At least Toney Douglas (pictured, left) showed up. ... Florida State 73, UNC 70 Carolina March

Rate ACC Women's Basketball Season in Review

Original at carolinamarch.com external link    Mon, Mar 2

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 North Carolina by TH on Mar 2, 2009 11:02 PM EST in Basketball 0 comments The women's regular season ended yesterday, with UNC falling to Duke in an overtime stunner most notable for the Heels' 33 turnovers, including one that let to the game-winning three pointer. ...

Rate Opinion: Andy Glockner

Original at SI.com external link    Mon, Mar 2

Washington Times Second, UNC and Duke have separated from the rest as far as landing in Greensboro for the first two rounds of the NCAAs. Duke still remains very much in the mix for a No. 1 seed, as well. Boston College (20-9, 8-6; RPI: 50, SOS: 51) is in great ...

Rate How Would You Debase Yourself To Get Duke-UNC Tickets? [College Basketball]

Original at Deadspin external link    Wed, Feb 11

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By Dashiell Bennett Yes, it's Duke-North Carolina day again—have you heard? It's the greatest rivalry in sports!—and that means it's time for more tales of sad college students and their miserable shame-filled lives. What Would You Do for Duke Tickets? [Tar Heel In Texas]

Rate Opinion: UNCA listed among best college values

Original at Asheville Citizen-Times external link    Thu, Jan 8

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 NC - Jan 8, 2009 The Princeton Review names UNCW one of the nations best valued ... WECT-TV6 Princeton Review: UNCG Among Nation’s 100 ‘Best Value’ Colleges UNCG University News UNCW makes Princeton Review's 50 Best Value WWAY NewsChannel 3

Rate NCSU named a top 10 value by Princeton Review; UNC misses cut

Original at Bizjournals.com external link    Thu, Jan 8

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, which frequently wins accolades for its value and this year topped Kiplinger's list of the best value ... Princeton Review: UNCG Among Nation’s 100 ‘Best Value’ Colleges UNCG University News

Year 2008

 

Rate Hoops Week in Review

Original at The-Ozone.net external link    Tue, Dec 30

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Washington Post  OH - On Monday, the Buckeyes beat UNC-Asheville 83-59 and then on Saturday they were drubbed at home by West Virginia, 76-48. The Buckeyes brought both BJ ... Battling the Buckeyes West Virginia University Mountaineers

Rate Royal Review: WVU - UNC

Original at BlueGoldNews.com external link    Sat, Dec 27

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In an absolute thriller, an announced crowd of 73712 saw the West Virginia University Mountaineers beat back the University of North Carolina Tar Hills by ... Four in a row in bowls Beckley Register-Herald Finishing with a Win West Virginia MetroNews

Rate Opinion: WVU comfortable in hostile territory

Original at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review external link    Fri, Dec 26

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The UNC coaching staff] has really added a level of talent over the past few years," Mullen said. "It's really impressive. They've done a phenomenal job ... UNC's giving receiver News & Observer North Carolina WR Hakeem Nicks: Sickest, Most Impossible Catch EVER? Bleacher Report

Rate Non-Revenue Sports Bruin Review and Calendar

Original at Bruins Nation external link    Mon, Dec 8

By ryebreadraz Women's Soccer The swim and dive team headed to the Texas Invitational hoping for some solid performances, but they bested all expectations as multiple Bruins personal bests and had NCAA qualifying marks. On day one of the three day competition the Bruins had five NCAA qualifying times,...

Rate Danes plan chilling attack

Original at Albany Times Union external link    Fri, Dec 5

ALBANY ? If Jacksonville University is uncomfortable playing in 30-degree temperatures, the University at Albany plans to add to the sting with smash-mouth football.The Great Danes will put their bruising running game up against the speedy Dolphins in Saturday's Gridiron Classic at...

Rate North Carolina - Team Notes

Original at usatoday.com external link    Sun, Nov 30

INSIDE SLANT North Carolina has been bowl eligible since the end of October when it won its sixth game by thumping Boston College by three touchdowns. But now the Tar Heels (8-4, 4-4 ACC) can go into the postseason coming off a victory instead of riding a three-game losing streak. They saw to t...

Rate Names and news

Original at Sacramento Bee external link    Thu, Nov 20

By bpaterson@sacbee.com (Bill Paterson) Harms upholds family scholarship tradition When El Dorado's Cora Harms signed a national letter of intent Monday to play volleyball on a full-ride scholarship for North Carolina, she became the third family member to earn a college scholarship for the sport. Older sisters Christine an...

Rate Unc-Asheville - Team Notes

Original at usatoday.com external link    Wed, Nov 19

GETTING INSIDE Eddie Biedenbach got the bad news late in the summer. While competing in a camp in Las Vegas during the summer, center Kenny George hurt his foot. The senior-to-be, who is listed as 7-foot-7 in the UNC Asheville media guide but has been called 7-9 by several publications, imme...

Rate Coastal Carolina - Team Notes

Original at usatoday.com external link    Wed, Nov 19

GETTING INSIDE You wouldn't think losing a 6-foot-5 forward would be a devastating blow to a team's frontcourt. But Coastal Carolina's 2007-08 season turned into a major struggle once Joseph Harris went down with a broken thumb. The Chanticleers have had a history of turning undersized p...

Rate Opinion: Kentucky will make sure to get Patterson the ball

Original at usatoday.com external link    Tue, Nov 18

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Billy Gillispie can't promise that his University of Kentucky basketball team will look more prepared at point guard tonight or that its spotty transition defense will be spot-on.He certainly can't guarantee that the Wildcats will topple No. 1 North Carolina in Chapel Hi...

Rate Tuesday Night Live Blog: Kentucky Wildcats vs. #1 UNC Tar Heels [Live Blogs]Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Deadspin external link    Tue, Nov 18

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By Matt Sussman 10:54 — The cameras bravely found Ashley Judd among, somehow, UNC fans. Apparently she made a pact that if Obama won North Carolina, she would sit in the students section in this game. 51 68 46 64 39 55 31 45 25 41 21 38 15 31 6 25 2 15 North Carolina

Rate Opinion: What are Butch Davis's plans for 2009?

Original at Fanblogs external link    Tue, Nov 11

1) University of Texas The pressure would be greater to deliver at Texas than at Chapel Hill, but Brown handled the transition and so could Davis. 4) USC What do yall think? Butch in 2009 - Carolina Blue or something new? © www.fanblogs.com

Year 2007

 

Rate Opinion: Ben Ball News & Notes

Original at Bruins Nation external link    Tue, Dec 11

By Nestor Curry had 15 points against UCLA on six-for-19 shooting. He scored 20 against Duke on eight-for-17 shooting and 24 against North Carolina on eight-for-22 shooting. Let me say as a College of Charleston fan, UCLA is ridiculously tough," said one. Another said, "UCLA has the athletes, desir...

Rate Podcast: ipv6 arrives at ibiblio

Original at ibiblio.org external link    Thu, Sep 27

By site admin ipv6 in the ibiblio office heralds the return of WCPE’s ipv6 Internet stream, accessible via http://audio-ipv6.ibiblio.org:8000/wcpe.mp3 Many thanks to UNC’s network master, Jim Gogan, for creating an ibiblio VLAN this morning and enabling ipv6 support for us in the process! ipv6 in t...

Rate UNC Asheville ranked as a "Best Value" in U.S. by Princeton Review

Original at Asheville Citizen-Times external link    Tue, Apr 24

ASHEVILLE - The Princeton Review has released its 2008 edition of America's Best Value Colleges, and UNC Asheville is ranked third in the nation among the "Top 10 Best Value - Public Colleges."

Rate Medical Textiles No Longer for 'External Use Only'

Original at Medgadget.com external link    Tue, Apr 24

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By Josh(jumbehr@gmail.com) King and other researchers are already seeing progress in cell growth research, through a partnership with Dr. David Gerber's liver implantation team at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's School of Medicine. One of King's graduate students, Jessica Gluck, has demonstra...

Rate Al Eisele: Georgetown and John Edwards: A Pair of Winners

Original at Huffington Post external link    Sun, Mar 25

By Al Eisele I just watched Georgetown University come from behind to upset North Carolina in overtime to make it to the NCAA Final Four, and then I watched Katie Couric's fascinating interview with former Sen. John Edwards and his wife Elizabeth, and I'm convinced both could go on to win the champions...

Rate Heartbreak For NC State In The ACC Tournament

Original at Blogcritics external link    Sun, Mar 11

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By Sibin Mohan But with two minutes remaining in the first half, and the teams tied at 32 points apiece Carolina seemed to blaze away with a 14-2 run before halftime. When the second half started, they seemed to continue their run and extended the lead to 16 points. State was written off and if anyone expec...

Rate State Bar Files Additional Charges against Defendant Nifong

Original at LieStoppers external link    Wed, Jan 24

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If these allegations are true and if they don't justify disbarment, then I'm not sure what does," said Joseph Kennedy, a law professor at the University of North Carolina. "It's hard for me to imagine a more serious set of allegations against a prosecutor."

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