University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC)

(Chapel Hill, NC)

The UNC at Chapel Hill, founded in 1789, is a public, comprehensive institution. Programs are offered through the College of Arts and Sciences, the Kenan-Flagler Business School, the Division of Continuiting Education, the Graduate School, and the Schools of Dentistry, Education, Information and Library Science, Journalism and Mass Communication, Law, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Public Health, and Social Work. Its 729-acre campus is located in Chapel Hill, eight miles northeast of Durham, and includes that two oldest state university buildings.

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It's the new True Blue Bucket List Tour. Reserve your spot today! What would be on your Carolina Bucket List?

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Tar Heels finish fourth at the NCAAs! Way to go!

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  • 2012 Doctoral Hooding Ceremony | UNC-Chapel Hill
  • Hundreds of students pursuing advanced degrees at UNC-Chapel Hill have the hood of the Commencement regalia conferred by their advisers or dissertation committee chairs. Marc Levoy, professor of computer science at Stanford University, is the speaker for the ceremony.
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  • 2012 Spring Commencement | UNC-Chapel Hill | Full Ceremony
  • Nearly 5700 undergraduate, graduate and professional students received their degrees during Spring Commencement of 2012 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Watch the full ceremony, complete with the commencement address from New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the awarding of an honorary degree to musician Branford Marsalis and a performance by UNC's Clef Hangers.
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This UNC Innovation Scholar is helping to find cures for diseases while motivating younger scholars, and he's only a sophomore. Meet Arjun Bhattacharya. (Another Enloe-UNC connection!)

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  • 2012 UNC School of Medicine Commencement
  • On Saturday, May 12, 2012, the UNC School of Medicine commencement ceremony took place at Memorial Hall, with 165 new Doctors of Medicine joining the ranks of UNC School of Medicine alumni. The Class of 2012 chose Cheryl McNeil, MD, as commencement speaker and Dr. Anthony Charles and Dr. Edward Kernick hooded the graduates. Facts about the Class of 2012: • 90% of the class did community service while in medical school. • 73% conducted research as medical students. • Collectively, this class can communicate in 22 languages from Arabic to Urdu and including Cantonese, Mandarin, Gujarati, Haitian Creole, Igbo, and Swahili. • One third of the class can communicate with patients in Spanish. • As medical students, they have volunteered or conducted research in over 27 different countries. Congratulations to our 165 newest alumni from the UNC School of Medicine!
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Still going strong at 135 years old. Happy Birthday, Summer School! Summer's a special time to be at Carolina. Now, we need 135 candles for the cake.

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  • Family House Diaries: Collin and Gayle Peterjohn
  • During a kitchen fire early January 12, Collin Peterjohn sustained 2nd and 3rd degree burns on 15 percent of his body as well severe lung damage. But before he even knew he was injured, he helped get his family to safety. An act for which his mother refers to him as a "hero." Collin is part of a small subset of burn patients who have to go on an ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) machine so their damaged lungs can rest and heal while the ECMO machine takes over breathing.
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