7.27.17 | University Leadership
Haywood D. Cochrane Jr. ’70 of Elon has been elected chair of the Board of Trustees. Cochrane began his service on the board in 2013 and was reappointed to a four-year term.
UNC faculty members who applied for — and won — an $867,000 Department of Homeland Security grant to develop communication strategies to counter recruitment efforts of violent extremist groups are mystified that the award was canceled. read more
The NCAA’s Committee on Infractions has set an Aug. 16 hearing date for what it intends to be a resolution of UNC’s long-running fraudulent classes case. The athletics governing body has requested that both of the University’s head basketball… read more
An on-going debate about the mission of UNC Center for Civil Rights appears headed for a showdown. A UNC System Board of Governors’ committee is scheduled to consider it in a special meeting Aug. 1; the full board is expected to consider it in… read more
The University has selected Elaine L. Westbrooks as its new University librarian and vice provost for University Libraries. read more
Drawn to the stories, music and pictures in his own backyard, Bill Ferris methodically built a priceless archive of Southern folklore. read more
In 2007, Enrique Elizondo left his production manager job with Tyson Foods and founded Tortillas Carolina in Clinton. read more
When she lost her job as a magazine editor, Elinor Allcott Griffith ’71 went home and did what her father taught her to do when the going gets rough: She baked bread. read more
Maile Carpenter ’95 is the reason you want to lick that photograph of chocolate cake on the cover of Food Network Magazine. read more
Kori Crosson ’09 recalls the childhood “Lobster Incident,” as it became known in her family, that crystallized her thoughts on eating animals. read more