The N.C. Botanical Garden has lost one of its most ardent and long-lived friends, Dr. C. Ritchie Bell. An active and influential scientist, Bell enthusiastically advanced the appreciation and conservation of native plants, especially in the southeastern United States.
Published: Mar. 16, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story

The Office of the Governor has awarded The Old North State Award to James J. Gallagher, senior scientist emeritus at UNC’s Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute.
Published: Mar. 16, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story

PlayMakers Repertory Company will end its 2012-2013 main-stage season with the Tony Award-winning musical “Cabaret” April 3-21.
Published: Mar. 16, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story

Art, business and philanthropy intersect in the newest project undertaken by Sreedhari Desai, a professor at UNC’S Kenan-Flagler Business School.
Published: Mar. 16, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story

Using water with fluoride significantly reduces tooth decay, even if that use didn’t start until adulthood, according to a new study by a professor at UNC-Chapel Hill.
Published: Mar. 15, 2013 1:39 PM | Full story

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights said it will look into a complaint by several students, a former student and a former administrator who say UNC-Chapel Hill improperly handled sexual assault cases on campus.
Published: Mar. 14, 2013 11:08 AM | Full story

Gina Smith, a former prosecutor and nationally recognized expert on campus sexual misconduct, was hired by UNC-Chapel Hill to help stimulate a campus conversation about sexual assault.
Published: Mar. 14, 2013 11:06 AM | Full story

Marvin Austin, the former UNC football player whose tweet launched an NCAA probe that resulted in sanctions, told North Carolina special agents that he received $2,000 in cash from a Georgia agent.
Published: Mar. 11, 2013 10:23 PM | Full story

“The Genius of Dogs” is not a dog-training book. You don’t get prescriptions for teaching your pet to sit, stay and come. You do get Hare’s take on why dogs, in their own way, are as smart and in some ways smarter than more lauded species like the great apes and dolphins.
Published: Mar. 10, 2013 12:21 PM | Full story

Brushstrokes: Each new class of students in UNC’s Master of Fine Arts program gets a charge. “To invent new forms of beauty,” said Jeff Whetstone, the program’s director of graduate studies.
Published: Mar. 5, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story

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