225 years of Tar Heels: Howard Lee
Posted May 19, 2019
Chapel Hill was the last place Howard Lee thought he’d end up. “I had grown up thinking, ‘I will leave the South and go to New York, Chicago, anywhere to get out,’” Lee said. But when he was invited to pursue a master’s degree at the UNC School of Social Work in 1964, he found an accepting community — at least within the walls of Carolina’s classrooms.
(UNC.edu)
Related: Campus Connections
Farewell to the Well: UNC adopts interlocking NC as University-wide logoUNC is replacing its Old Well logo with the interlocking NC symbol, which was previously utilized for athletics only, as its primary branding. The new...
Sat Jan 17, 2026Eve Carson Scholarship Awards Students on Her 40th Birthday
The Eve Carson Scholarship, named for the student body president who was murdered in 2008, announced its latest cohort of recipients on what would have...
Fri Jan 16, 2026
Chase Rice Announces Hiatus From Touring, Admitting: ‘I’m Exhausted’
Chase Rice is stepping away from touring. In a poignant, vulnerable social media post, the country artist confessed that he was “exhausted. I haven’t been...
Tue Jan 13, 2026
UNC professor named National Book Award finalist
Almost every Thursday, Gabrielle Calvocoressi spends a couple of hours with students at the basketball courts near the Cobb Parking Deck. This weekly get-together, called...
Mon Jan 12, 2026