Carolina’s executive vice chancellor and provost and three leading alumni were recognized Saturday by the General Alumni Association for their service and commitment to the University and the alumni association. Randy K. Jones ’79, the GAA’s… read more
It’s rare for an academic to pioneer one field of study as well as chart and define its boundaries. Archie Green did that in three fields – traditional music, labor history and the culture and traditions of work, and public folklore. For five… read more
An alumna who dedicated her life to education has left UNC’s School of Information and Library Science more than $1 million for student scholarships. Jane Iris Crutchfield ’55 bequeathed the gift when she died in December 2006 at age 92 after… read more
The new face at the University’s front door will be a familiar one to the community. About one and a half years after handing over the reins to Franklin Street landmark Julian’s College Shop to her brother, clothing designer Alexander Julian… read more
It was billed as “An Evening with Holden Thorp,” but some in attendance compared it to the excitement of New Year’s Eve – only more important. Held at the Cape Fear Regional Theatre in Fayetteville, hometown of new UNC Chancellor Holden Thorp… read more
Poet, novelist and nonfiction writer Robert Morgan ’65, author of Gap Creek and Boone: A Biography, will give a free public talk on campus Oct. 2. Morgan – a prolific writer who is Kappa Alpha Professor of English at Cornell… read more
When Valerie Ashby ’88 was growing up in Johnston County, she never dreamed of becoming a scientist. But the teaching bug had bitten. The Clayton High School graduate, whose class had 100 students, came to Carolina and joined the first-ever… read more
Joe Breschi ’90, first-team All-America defenseman and former assistant coach for the Tar Heels, has been named the 12th head men’s lacrosse coach in Carolina history. Breschi comes to Chapel Hill from Ohio State University, where he has served… read more
G. Williamson McDiarmid ’69, Boeing Professor of teacher education at the University of Washington at Seattle, has been appointed as the new dean at the School of Education. The appointment, which has been approved by the UNC Board of Trustees,… read more
Joel Lawrence Fleishman ’55, founding director of the Sanford Institute of Public Policy at Duke University, will deliver the inaugural Thomas Willis Lambeth Lecture in Public Policy on Oct. 11 in Chapel Hill. Fleishman, who holds three degrees… read more