12.20.10 | Commencement, Faculty
Geoffrey Sayre-McCord reminded 2,330 December graduates that they always will be surrounded by invisible, intangible, odorless and often inaudible ideas — ideas about who they are, what they can accomplish, what is a problem, and what might be a…
Bland Simpson ’70, an English professor at Carolina, has received the 2010 Hardee-Rives Award for the Dramatic Arts from the N.C. Literary and Historical Association. The author and Bowman and Gordon Gray Distinguished Term Professor of English… read more
Michael McFee ’76, a poet and professor in Carolina’s English and comparative literature department, has received one of this year’s North Carolina book awards, the R. Hunt Parker Memorial Award for Literary Achievement. The honor, which… read more
UNC’s Department of Public Safety has begun a campaign to increase pedestrian safety. While police officers regularly issue both verbal and written warnings, community response unit officers have now begun issuing citations to those violating… read more
The Ackland Art Museum is interested in the private art collections of Carolina alumni, and in September the museum will open an exhibit on that theme: Carolina Collects: 125 Years of Modern and Contemporary Art. The exhibit, to focus on European… read more
Elizabeth Anania Edwards ’71 — who became a public figure as a result of the political aspirations of her husband and who used her prominence on the national stage to advocate for health care reform and the needs of children — died Dec. 7 in… read more
China, Japan, Singapore and Thailand will host eight UNC undergraduates next semester who will study abroad on Phillips Ambassadors scholarships. The scholarship combines an award for study in Asia with an academic course that puts the experience… read more
Nancy Howard Sitterson ’42 — who was UNC’s first lady, a “town treasure” and a volunteer and supporter for many local organizations — died Nov. 29 in Chapel Hill. She was 91. Sitterson moved permanently to Chapel Hill in 1945, the… read more