7.30.04 | University News
Sarah Michalak, a librarian with more than 30 years of experience in higher education, is Carolina’s new University librarian. She succeeds Joe Hewitt ’60, who retired June 30 after 29 years.
Advocates for the preservation of tiny West House have encountered another obstacle with the release of a relocation study that estimates it would cost more than $500,000 to move the structure out of the way of a proposed arts complex. read more
Supporters of the ailing Campus Y building received a dose of good news July 22 when the Board of Trustees agreed to designate $1.3 million in state funds for repairs. read more
A new $1.8 million program, spearheaded by UNC, that is designed to serve the families of National Guard and Reserve personnel is included in the Defense Department appropriation bill that was finalized this month by a joint House-Senate conference… read more
The University received $190 million in gifts and private grants in fiscal year 2004 – the largest amount received in a single year in UNC’s history. “This has been a stellar year for Carolina,” Chancellor James Moeser said after the news was… read more
Massive leaks related to age have closed Bowman Gray indoor pool and placed the facility on a wish list for a vital makeover that exceeds the current budget by $200,000. read more
Carolina moved a step closer to the possibility of advertising signage in the University’s largest sports stadiums in late July when the Board of Trustees authorized the chancellor to determine the best way to handle the issue of revenue enhancement… read more
The N.C. General Assembly has approved $180 million in funding for a new clinical cancer hospital to be built in the health care complex on Manning Drive. In a ceremony Thursday at UNC Hospitals, Gov. Mike Easley ’72 signed the bill into law. read more
With athletics scholarship costs rising 100 percent over the past five years, investment returns and private donations to the Rams Club have not been able to compensate for these increases. Because athletics receives no direct financial support from… read more
Phil Ford ’78, Carolina’s all-time leading scorer and an assistant basketball coach for 12 seasons, has join the NBA champion Detroit Pistons as an assistant coach. read more