4.29.08 | Faculty
Historian Louis Pérez Jr. has been elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honorary societies. Pérez is the J. Carlyle Sitterson Professor of history at UNC. His current…
The white woolen symbol of Carolina was a picture of calm and gentleness on the hectic Kenan Stadium sideline. His easygoing disposition and slow-to-startle nature while fans screamed and fireworks burst above him made Rameses XVII an exceptional… read more
When Christie Trice spoke at a luncheon in 2004 as a freshman – where Bank of America’s charitable foundation announced a $900,000 gift to the Carolina Covenant – she explained that the Covenant was her future. When she returned to the podium as… read more
Four UNC students have received the UNC Class of 1938 travel fellowships for research abroad this summer. The students were chosen from among 40 students who submitted proposals for projects outside the U.S. Selection is based on the quality of… read more
Steven W. Matson, professor and chair of UNC’s department of biology, will become dean of the Graduate School effective July 1. A member of the faculty since 1983, Matson is widely respected for his teaching, mentoring and research in the field… read more
Carolina will honor six employees with 2007 C. Knox Massey Distinguished Service Awards, one of the most coveted honors bestowed by the University, on April 28. Recipients are: Terry J. Bowers, an electronics technician with the Housing… read more
Dr. H. Shelton Earp ’70 (MD), professor of pharmacology and medicine, Lineberger Professor of cancer research and director of the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, has been honored by his peers with the 2008 Thomas Jefferson Award. The… read more
G. Williamson McDiarmid ’69, Boeing Professor of teacher education at the University of Washington at Seattle, has been appointed as the new dean at the School of Education. The appointment, which has been approved by the UNC Board of Trustees,… read more
Stephen Allred ’74, executive associate provost and a professor of public law and government at the UNC, has been named provost and vice president for academic affairs at the University of Richmond. Allred has worked as a member of UNC’s academic… read more
In the 1950s, as a young social services worker in some of North Carolina’s most rural communities, Melvarene Adair ’51 didn’t fully grasp the important role she was playing in so many families’ lives. Back then, she spent much of her time making… read more