The UNC Board of Trustees has honored seven recipients — five of them the wives of former chancellors — with the William Richardson Davie Award, the board’s highest honor. The recipients are: Barbara Byrd Fordham ’49 of Chapel… read more
Jamie Bartram, director of the Water Institute at UNC, will give the keynote speech for the University Day convocation at 11 a.m., Oct. 12. Classes will be canceled from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Water Institute is a founding member of the new U.S. read more
Four highly promising professors in diverse fields have been awarded the Phillip and Ruth Hettleman Prizes for Artistic and Scholarly Achievement by Young Faculty. Recipients are Evan S. Dellon ’07 (MPH), assistant professor of medicine and an… read more
A subpoena that led to the downfall of an American president will have a new home at UNC, thanks to a donation by Raleigh lawyer Rufus Edmisten ’63. Edmisten, deputy chief counsel to the Senate Watergate Committee chaired by Sen. Sam Ervin… read more
Peter D. Hans ’91, has been elected to a two-year term as chair of the UNC System Board of Governors. Hans, whose term begins July 1, is completing his second term as the board’s vice chair. Cary businessman Frank Grainger was elected vice… read more
Eric S. Montross ’94 of Chapel Hill has taken office as chair of the GAA Board of Directors, succeeding Donald W. Curtis ’63 of Raleigh. Robyn S. Hadley ’85 of Graham is the new chair-elect. Montross, a member of the 1993 NCAA championship… read more
(Editor’s Note: The GAA’s Distinguished Service Medal citations, such as this one, are read to the audience at the Annual Alumni Luncheon and then presented as a keepsake to the recipients.) In the federal courthouse in San Diego,… read more
(Editor’s Note: The GAA’s Distinguished Service Medal citations, such as this one, are read to the audience at the Annual Alumni Luncheon and then presented as a keepsake to the recipients.) Point guard Kendall Marshall earned the… read more
(Editor’s Note: The GAA’s Distinguished Service Medal citations, such as this one, are read to the audience at the Annual Alumni Luncheon and then presented as a keepsake to the recipients.) John Ellison studied Buddhism for 15 years,… read more
(Editor’s Note: The GAA’s Distinguished Service Medal citations, such as this one, are read to the audience at the Annual Alumni Luncheon and then presented as a keepsake to the recipients.) Tough, tenacious, smart as a whip. That’s… read more