Carolina has its second “named” professional school. The UNC School of Pharmacy has been renamed the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy after Fred Eshelman ’72, founder and chief executive officer of Wilmington-based PPD Inc. The company specializes… read more
Randy K. Jones ’79 of Chula Vista, Calif., was installed as chair of the GAA Board of Directors at the Annual Alumni Luncheon on Saturday, succeeding Dwight M. Davidson III ’77 of Greensboro. 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.) As a biostatistics professor in the School… 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.) Roger Perry ’71 defies many of 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.) In the year 2000, a somewhat chaotic,… read more
Carolina’s chancellor, two members of the Board of Trustees and a couple who last year made a major donation to the School of Public Health were recognized today by the General Alumni Association for their service and commitment to the… read more
Following is Chancellor-Elect Holden Thorp’s acceptance speech at the Spangler Center in Chapel Hill after being introduced by President Erskine Bowles and elected by the UNC Board of Governors. Members of the Board of Governors;… read more
Dr. H. Shelton Earp ’70 (MD), professor of pharmacology and medicine, Lineberger Professor of cancer research and director of the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, has been honored by his peers with the 2008 Thomas Jefferson Award. The… read more
Stephen Allred ’74, executive associate provost and a professor of public law and government at the UNC, has been named provost and vice president for academic affairs at the University of Richmond. Allred has worked as a member of UNC’s academic… read more
A $1.5 million distinguished professorship in Jewish studies will be named in honor of Stuart E. Eizenstat ’64, lead negotiator for Holocaust reparation agreements and deputy secretary of the treasury during the Clinton administration. The… read more