UNC Campus Connections

Complete coverage of North Carolina Tar Heels Campus Connections.

'You'd really come home': Mama Dip's Kitchen closes after 49 years

Mildred Council opened Mama Dip’s Kitchen with $64 in 1976. After 49 years of serving the community as a local institution, the restaurant permanently shut its doors in July. Spring Council was 19 when she first started working at her mother’s restaurant. She said in the beginning, the Councils were waiting for people to discover the delicious food. (Daily Tar Heel)

Memorial site dedicated to UNC professor Zijie Yan two years after shooting

Before his death, UNC associate professor Zijie Yan, a beloved teacher, colleague and friend, studied how to organize nanoparticles with light. On Thursday, exactly two years since Yan was killed in a campus shooting at Caudill Laboratories, community members gathered to honor his memory with the unveiling of a new memorial site. (Daily Tar Heel)

UNC’s architecture illustrates historical trends

With more than 250 buildings, the University’s evolution is reflected in the architectural styles spread across campus. In its earliest days, UNC consisted of just eight structures clustered around the Old Well. These early buildings were built in a colonial style. As the University expanded further south, its architecture became more modern. (Daily Tar Heel)

UNC Marks 2 Years Since Zijie Yan’s Fatal Shooting With Memorial Bench Dedication and Lecture

On Thursday at 3 p.m., UNC students around Caudill Labs stepped out of the building or walked into nearby ones as they changed classes. Some stopped and joined a semi-circle of their peers, faculty and university leaders outside to listen to some speakers — who were there memorializing a person as a way to move on from a tragedy two years earlier. (Chapelboro.com)

'Unwavering dedication': UNC's first Black full professor dies at age 89

Frank Brown, Ph.D., was the first Black full professor and dean in UNC’s School of Education. He died in March at the age of 89. As a distinguished scholar, Brown authored more than 300 publications and held academic positions at several universities. He also helped obtain a grant to establish UNC’s first Black Cultural Center. (Daily Tar Heel)

UNC student speaks for the first time a week after his parents died in an Orange County crash

It’s been just over a week since two beloved Cleveland teachers — husband and wife Donald Nunney and Maria Galindo Nunney — died in a car crash in North Carolina. According to reporting by WKYC, the couple, both educators in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District and parents of four, were killed Aug. 15 in a crash that also injured two of their children. (WRAL.com)

The summer UNC turned pretty: Community reacts to seeing campus on screen

Students have been looking forward to seeing the campus they know and love represented on screen in season three of the Prime Video original show, “The Summer I Turned Pretty," which began airing July 16. UNC alumna Jenny Han — author of the books inspiring the hit series — was drawn to the campus for filming because of UNC's classic college town charm. (Daily Tar Heel)

Fans Loved Rich Eisen's 'SportsCenter' Tribute to Stuart Scott

Rich Eisen was back hosting ESPN's SportsCenter Monday for the first time in 22 years, but there was a noticeable void next to him on set. From 1996-2003, Eisen was one of ESPN's most recognizable SportsCenter anchors. He and Stuart Scott formed a fun-loving duo on the show, often times going viral before we even knew what going viral meant. (Men's Journal)

The history behind UNC's Bell Tower

The Morehead-Patterson Bell Tower is an iconic symbol — and soundtrack — of the UNC campus that has been on Carolina’s campus for 94 years. But how much do you know about its history? The tower was offered to Carolina on March 10, 1930, by John Motley Morehead, an 1891 Carolina graduate, and Rufus Lenoir Patterson, who graduated in 1893. (UNC.edu)

Tar Heel family raises $43K for Helene relief

The Ellisons are Tar Heels from Wilmington, North Carolina. Lucien Ellison and his wife, Jane, met at Carolina and took Jack and Archie to Carolina sporting events long before they enrolled as students. They wanted their special hike to incorporate service to the state, a principle instilled in them at the University of North Carolina. (UNC.edu)

Next >