4.29.11 | Alumni Recognition, Carolina Alumni Leadership
Donald W. Curtis ’63 of Raleigh was installed as chair of the GAA Board of Directors at the Annual Alumni Luncheon on May 7, succeeding D. Jordan “Jordy” Whichard III ’79 of Greenville. Eric S. Montross ’94 of Chapel Hill took office as…
For more than a decade, Carolina faculty have deliberated about how to address grade inflation. On April 15, the Faculty Council approved a contextual grading resolution that will alter the reporting of grades on transcripts for Carolina students… read more
Literary luminaries, eminent educators and a prominent businessman will receive honorary degrees from Carolina during the May 8 Commencement ceremony. Chancellor Holden Thorp ’86 will preside at the ceremony at 9:30 a.m. in Kenan Stadium, which… read more
Jan Boxill, a senior lecturer in the philosophy department, has been elected to a three-year term as chair of the faculty. Boxill came to UNC in 1985. Her specialty areas are social and political philosophy and feminist theory. She has served in… read more
Students and alumni in need of copies of their transcripts from Carolina can now order them online. Until now, individuals wanting copies of transcripts had to request them in person, via mail or fax. Also for now, the transcripts will still be… read more
The Blackstone Charitable Foundation and a consortium of major Triangle universities announced Monday the launch of the Blackstone Entrepreneurs Network, a five-year initiative to help North Carolina’s Research Triangle become headquarters for… read more
UNC Health Care has broken ground for a physicians’ office building and a 68-bed hospital in Hillsborough. Expected to be complete by 2015, the hospital will include an 18-bed intensive care unit, six operating rooms, two procedure rooms, an… read more
A Superior Court judge has ruled in a lawsuit filed by a consortium of media groups that the University must open records on phone calls and parking tickets related to an investigation of the football program by UNC and the NCAA. In a memorandum… read more
Woody Durham ’63 is retiring after 40 years as the play-by-play announcer for Carolina basketball and football. The “Voice of the Tar Heels” has called play-by-play on more than 1,800 football and men’s basketball broadcasts on the… read more
History Professor Jacquelyn Dowd Hall has been elected as a fellow in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honorary societies. Hall, the Julia Cherry Spruill Professor of history in… read more