University of North Carolina Chapel Hill News

Will H. Lassiter, III, a Wesleyan trustee since 2005, was named chairman of the board of trustees.

In recent years, more than 100,000 brain injuries occurred in North Carolina annually - the majority are accidentally incurred by those over the age of 65 in falls resulting in a blow or jolt to the head.

The study by FPG Child Development Institute, at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, found that average scores for children that participated in Georgi's Pre-K Program were above the national norm in several subjects.

Differences in the shopping habits of Lebanese men and women are much less than expected, a new study from AUB has found.

Nearly two years after issuing a public pledge to hold ads for its fabled athletic program off the controversial right wing Rush Limbaugh Show, the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill is again advertising there.

At the heart of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s troubles with athletics and academics is the delusion that a university’s prestige is related to, and perhaps even dependent upon, its success in the most prominent sports: football and men’s basketball.

Back in 2000 or 2001, a state legislator named Art Pope was waiving around a list in a House committee meeting, demanding that the Democrats in charge take note.

It might be rainy and dreary today, but it's still Friday. And, who says qnotes is old and staid?! We know a good laugh when we see one Like this video of a University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill student's strip-tease prank this week in a biology lecture at the esteemed, two-century-old campus.

The following is a guest post from political scientists Grigore Pop-Eleches and Graeme Robertson .

Exercise and strengthening may not be the best approach for all kinds of neck- and whiplash-related pain, according to a new analysis by Canadian researchers.

How patients feel during treatment for cancer can have a lot to do with outcomes - and with the cost of care.

If anybody doubts that raising the Minimum Wage is good for the overall economy including the job market they should look at my home state of Washington as a test case for what happens when you raise the Minimum Wage substantially.

Department of Early Care and Learning spokesman Reg Griffin says a study by the FPG Child Development Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill found that average scores for children who participated in the state's pre-K program were above the national norm in several subject areas.

Wendy Scharfman and her fellow actors like the fluidity acting on the stage brings during each performance of "Driving Miss Daisy."

Want more than a sneak peek at the rankings of these schools and others? Visit usnews.com on March 11. The University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill is one of the highest ranked primary care medical schools in the country.

As college students here in Boulder, we are no strangers to the issue of sexual violence.

Big changes are coming to the SAT , the once almighty college admissions test that was overtaken in popularity by the ACT.

The publicly traded firm has said in regulatory filings that it has been reshaping itself with the intent of being the lowest-cost manufacturer of suspension assemblies for disk drives.

Justin Leider, 5, playing doctor and examining his brother, Jason, 7, as their father, Jeff, and nurse Yesenia 'Jesse' Penate watched.

Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine has named the University of Florida No. 3 nationally among public institutions in its 2014 list of 10 Best Values in Large Colleges.