9.27.13 | Faculty, University News
While UNC has shown success in preempting offers from other universities, recession-inspired budget cutting is making it more difficult for Carolina to convince faculty to stay once more lucrative opportunities arise. And at least one expert who…
Sixty years ago, scientists could electrically stimulate a region of a mouse’s brain causing the mouse to eat, whether hungry or not. Now researchers from UNC’s School of Medicine have pinpointed the precise cellular connections responsible for… read more
David Routh ’82 — a veteran corporate executive with extensive connections to philanthropy on campus as a former staff member and as a volunteer — has been named UNC’s new vice chancellor for development. Chancellor Carol Folt… read more
Alumni from opposite ends of North Carolina have been turning out at events hosted by the GAA to welcome UNC’s new chancellor, Carol Folt, to their hometowns. They also have been welcoming Folt, who arrived on campus July 1, to Carolina’s… read more
Carrboro’s police chief indicated on Tuesday that investigators trying to piece together the circumstances surrounding the death last year of a UNC student had encountered difficulties obtaining new information, but criminal charges still could… read more
“UNC alumni are more likely than alumni from all of the peer institutions (including California-Berkeley, Michigan, Virginia, Stanford, Penn State, California-Davis, Colorado, Minnesota, South Florida and Wake Forest) to feel an emotional… read more
For the 13th consecutive year, Carolina has been ranked fifth among the nation’s best public universities, according to U.S. News & World Report. California-Berkeley ranked first among national public universities, followed by UCLA… read more
Nearly three years after former UNC football player Greg Little ’12 was suspended from the team as Carolina’s now-long-running investigations into its football program began, Little told investigators with N.C. Secretary of State’s office that… read more
A panel of national leaders in higher education and athletics has completed a UNC-commissioned report with 28 recommendations about the role of athletics in campus life. Many of the panel’s suggestions touch on finding a better balance between… read more
James B. Hunt Jr. ’64 (LLB), who set education as a top priority in four terms as North Carolina governor, will address the issue in a Sept. 26 speech at UNC. Hunt’s topic for the annual Thomas Willis Lambeth Distinguished Lecture in Public… read more