Dr. Richard Goldberg, associate director of clinical research at the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center and chief of the division of hematology and oncology in the UNC School of Medicine, will be physician-in-chief for the N.C. Cancer Hospital,… read more
UNC is no longer tops in merchandise sales. After ranking No. 1 for five straight years among colleges and universities for royalties generated, UNC fell to No. 5 in the 2005-06 fiscal year, according to information released by the Collegiate… read more
Richard Szary, who directed manuscripts and archives for the Yale University Library, has been named director of the Louis Round Wilson Library. Szary, who started work Sept. 1, also is associate University librarian for special collections. “He… read more
Professor Holden Thorp ’86, chair of UNC’s chemistry department who has a passion for music and a history of service, will deliver this year’s December Commencement address. “Holden Thorp is one of our star faculty members,” said Chancellor James… read more
Tuition and fee increases at Carolina and other UNC System schools over the next four years would be limited to 6.5 percent annually for in-state undergraduates in a new proposal by UNC System President Erskine Bowles ’67 to the Board of Governors’… read more
UNC Professor William Ferris, a noted scholar on black music and Southern culture, will receive a lifetime achievement award at an international film festival in Prague this fall. Ferris, the Joel R. Williamson Eminent professor of history in the… read more
James Taylor and the N.C. Symphony performed Taylor’s widely beloved – and UNC’s unofficial anthem – Carolina in My Mind before a capacity crowd in Memorial Hall on Sunday. The event marked Chancellor James Moeser’s presentation to… read more
“Closing the Racial Achievement Gap: What Works?” is the title of conference set for Oct. 6 at UNC and Oct. 7 at Duke University. The event, the 2006 Youth and Race conference presented by UNC’s Institute of African American Research, is… read more
A campus memorial to Thomas Wolfe ’20 was dedicated Tuesday, honoring Carolina’s most celebrated literary alumnus on what would have been his 106th birthday. The memorial, moved last spring to a new location, is an 850-pound bas-relief bronze… read more
Michael R. Smith ’78 (JD), dean of UNC’s School of Government and a force behind some of the University’s most significant public outreach efforts in recent years, has been tapped to take on a new role as an advocate and facilitator for greater… read more