The University is honoring six outstanding employees with the 2010 C. Knox Massey Distinguished Service Awards, one of the most coveted distinctions Carolina bestows to faculty and staff. The late C. Knox Massey ’25 of Durham created the awards… read more
Etta Pisano, one of the brightest stars of UNC medical research and a rising figure in its administration, is leaving Carolina to become dean of the Medical University of South Carolina’s College of Medicine. The announcement, made Wednesday,… read more
Carolina has received a $5 million gift from the William R. Kenan Jr. Charitable Trust to support the recruitment of outstanding young faculty. The gift also has spurred a $500,000 commitment from an anonymous donor for the same purpose, said… read more
Bruce Carney, who has been interim executive vice chancellor and provost since last August, has had “interim” removed from the title. The Board of Trustees approved his appointment to the position by Chancellor Holden Thorp in March. Carney, a… read more
Career prospects looked pretty bleak for Dan Pollitt in 1957. He had landed a job teaching law at the University of Arkansas not two years earlier, then came the order that to continue on the payroll he would need to sign a disclaimer swearing he… read more
Carolina honored three people on Monday with its University Awards for the Advancement of Women. A reception for the winners helped kick off the campus’ Women’s Week 2010. The awards, created in 2006, honor individuals who have mentored or… read more
Winston B. Crisp ’92 (JD), who has spent his career at Carolina, has been appointed vice chancellor for student affairs. The Board of Trustees approved the appointment Thursday, effective May 10. Crisp currently serves as assistant vice… read more
The University has selected recipients of the 2010 teaching awards, the highest campuswide recognition for teaching excellence. The Tanner Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching go to five faculty members and carry a $7,500 stipend. This… read more
The director of the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center has been honored with the GAA’s Faculty Service Award. Dr. H. Shelton “Shelley” Earp III ’70 (MD) also is a professor of pharmacology and medicine and Lineberger Professor of… read more
In a year in which the University lost $60 million from its state appropriation — including elimination of about 300 positions and approximately 100 other layoffs — hiring of new faculty slowed but by no means stopped. Almost 230 faculty… read more