7.28.08 | UNC’s History, University Development
Recorded interviews and performances by Southern traditional musicians including Ralph Stanley, Doc Watson and Elizabeth Cotton will be available free next year to library visitors at Carolina. Staff at UNC’s Wilson Library also soon will…
After years of talk, the next expansion of Kenan Stadium is off the ground with the UNC trustees’ approval this week. Two floors will be added to the four-story Kenan Football Center on the stadium’s west end – one for team and recruiting… read more
The Board of Trustees has approved a contract extension for women’s basketball coach Sylvia Hatchell that signs the Hall of Fame coach through the year 2015. Hatchell recently completed her 22nd season as head coach of the Tar Heels and her 33rd… read more
James W. Dean Jr., a professor of organizational behavior and strategy and senior associate dean of academic affairs at the Kenan-Flagler Business School, will become the school’s next dean effective Aug. 1. The UNC Board of Trustees on Thursday… read more
For the ninth time in the past 16 years, the Council for Advancement and Support of Education has honored the University for its fundraising success. That total is a distinction shared by only one other university: Stanford. The UNC General… read more
A $2 million capstone gift completes the goal of doubling the number of students invited to Carolina’s honors program. The gift from the Hyde Family Foundations of Memphis, Tenn., will add faculty to teach honors courses and qualifies for a $1… read more
Carolina’s fundraising efforts brought in $300.3 million in gifts in fiscal year 2008, breaking the $300 million mark for the first time in school history. The total represented the fifth straight record-setting year for this type of support,… read more
The National Center for Research Resources, a part of the National Institutes of Health, has awarded a $2 million High-End Instrumentation grant to UNC’s School of Medicine. The grant is one of 20 such awards to research institutions nationwide… read more
When Valerie Ashby ’88 was growing up in Johnston County, she never dreamed of becoming a scientist. But the teaching bug had bitten. The Clayton High School graduate, whose class had 100 students, came to Carolina and joined the first-ever… read more
“I shouldn’t say this in front of my dean because in academic life one has to pretend that you are willing and able to move to other universities, but it is my hope to continue to do research and teaching and service for you for 30 or 40 more… read more