The University will drop an Honor Court charge against a student who claimed UNC was retaliating against her for her participation in a federal complaint over how UNC handles sexual assault cases. In early 2012, then-freshman Landen Gambill said… read more
An Orange County Superior Court judge has affirmed the life-without-parole sentence for Laurence Alvin Lovette for his role in the murder of Eve Carson ’08. Lovette’s attorneys asked Judge Allen Baddour ’93 to allow him an opportunity for… read more
Nine months after the death of Faith Hedgepeth, little information remains available to the public. Hedgepeth, a junior at UNC, was found dead in her off-campus apartment in Durham on Sept. 7. Police have been investigating the death as a… read more
The University will welcome 25 scholars — all aspiring to careers in the sciences — this fall into the inaugural Chancellor’s Science Scholars Program. The incoming cohort includes 17 scholars from North Carolina. The first-year students… read more
James Moeser, chancellor emeritus and professor of music at Carolina, will become interim chancellor of The University of North Carolina School of the Arts on Aug. 1. Moeser, who led UNC from 2000 to 2008, will succeed John Mauceri, who announced… read more
Robyn S. Hadley ’85 of Graham has taken office as chair of the GAA Board of Directors, succeeding Eric S. Montross ’94 of Chapel Hill. Vaughn D. Bryson ’60 of Vero Beach, Fla., is the new chair-elect. Hadley, who was named a Rhodes… read more
The UNC Board of Trustees is expected to have three new members on July 1. Charles G. Duckett ’82 of Winston-Salem, Dwight D. Stone ’73 of Greensboro and Jeff Brown ’81 of Charlotte have been elected to be trustees by the UNC System Board of… read more
The University has tapped an acting administrator to be its next vice chancellor for information technology and chief information officer. Chris Kielt became interim vice chancellor in February after Larry Conrad left UNC to become chief… read more
James W. Dean Jr., a longtime faculty member and dean of the Kenan-Flagler Business School, has been appointed UNC’s next executive vice chancellor and provost. The Board of Trustees on Thursday approved a joint recommendation for Dean from… read more
Remarks delivered by Chancellor Holden Thorp ’86 on April 5, 2013 Thank you for inviting me to deliver the annual Frank Porter Graham Lecture on Excellence. It is an honor to be Argonaut Number 1664 and to join so many who have done so much for… read more