The search committee seeking a successor for Chancellor Holden Thorp ’86 will hold four separate forums on Nov. 7 and 8 for people to share opinions about what they hope to see in the next chancellor. The forums are designed to provide an… read more
Steve Case, co-founder of AOL, chair of the Case Foundation and chair and CEO of Revolution, will give UNC’s spring Commencement address. Chancellor Holden Thorp ’86 chose Case in consultation with the University’s Commencement Speaker… read more
The trustees of the William R. Kenan Jr. Charitable Trust announced a gift of $1 million to the UNC School of Law in memory of William C. Friday ’48 (LLB), who died Oct. 12. The trustees designated the gift for support of student… read more
Thomas Ross ’75 (JD) said his was a life “as extraordinary as any our state has ever seen.” Beverly Perdue said, “He believed that for all of us — not some of us — education was that silver bullet that could change… read more
Two professors in the School of Medicine have been elected to the Institute of Medicine, considered one of the nation’s highest honors for those in the fields of health and medicine. Myron S. Cohen, J. Herbert Bate Distinguished Professor of… read more
UNC ranks third among large colleges and universities contributing the greatest number of graduating seniors to Teach For America. New rankings show Carolina tied with the University of California at Los Angeles on the list; both campuses… read more
Secretary of the U.S. Navy Ray Mabus will present “Leadership in Service,” the 2012 Deil S. Wright Lecture, at UNC on Nov. 1. The free public lecture will begin at 3 p.m. at the Paul Green Theatre on Country Club Road. Mabus leads America’s… read more
Jamie Bartram, director of the Water Institute at UNC, will give the keynote speech for the University Day convocation at 11 a.m., Oct. 12. Classes will be canceled from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Water Institute is a founding member of the new U.S. read more
Four highly promising professors in diverse fields have been awarded the Phillip and Ruth Hettleman Prizes for Artistic and Scholarly Achievement by Young Faculty. Recipients are Evan S. Dellon ’07 (MPH), assistant professor of medicine and an… read more
Dr. Myron S. Cohen, an acclaimed physician and researcher who has spent the past three decades studying the transmission and prevention of HIV/AIDS, will speak at Commencement on Dec. 16. Chancellor Holden Thorp ’86 chose Cohen, the J. read more