Former Tar Heel safety Jeff Battle won’t be going to the NFL as he had once dreamed, but his future still includes football. Battle, who graduated May 8 as a member of Carolina’s Class of 2016, used his experiences on … Read more

As a child growing up in Eastern North Carolina, Annie Francis observed first-hand the impact of persistent poverty. Those experiences led her to ask why. “ ‘Why?’ was always my go-to question,” said Francis, a student in the School of Social Work’s doctoral program, coordinator of Student Affairs, and a clinical instructor. “So growing up, I wanted to know, ‘Why does it seem like my community is…

September 2016 marks the 10th anniversary of award-winning investigative journalist Paul Cuadros’ A Home on the Field: How One Championship Team Inspires Hope for the Revival of Small Town America—a book that chronicles the founding of a high school soccer program in Siler City, North Carolina, and the team’s 2004 state championship season. His efforts to establish that team, creating opportunities for high school-aged Latinos, have, to…

Carolina is the nation’s best public university and remains the gold standard for providing exceptional academics at an affordable price. Here’s a look at some of the things that make Carolina great.