Memorial and Funeral
On March 6, 2008, at 3 p.m., UNC's Chancellor James Moeser spoke to the student body on the central quad, Polk Place, and at 7 p.m. students organized a candlelit vigil in the Pit, a sunken plaza near the student union building. The service included singing by three student a cappella groups and a slideshow of photos of Carson. Hundreds of people attended Carson's March 9 funeral in Athens, including Moeser, who said that Carson was "truly a gift to Chapel Hill."
In honor of Carson, the North Carolina men's and women's basketball teams wore a black badge on their jersey that read "EVE" for the remainder of their seasons. On March 8, 2008, before the start of the Carolina–Duke men's basketball game, there was a moment of silence in honor of Eve and Duke engineering student Abhijit Mahato.
Carson's dual-major bachelor's degree was posthumously awarded—for the first time in the University's history—to her surviving family (parents and brother) at the May 2008 UNC graduation ceremony she would have attended had she lived. She was posthumously awarded the General Alumni Association of UNC's 2009 Distinguished Young Alumni Award.
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