The law school’s Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity, created in 2005 and originally led by former U.S. Sen. John R. Edwards ’77 (JD), is now directed by Gene Nichol, former dean of the school. Nichol has succeeded Marion Crain, who left the… read more
Award-winning chemistry Professor Valerie Ashby ’88 will deliver the December Commencement address on Dec. 14. Chancellor Holden Thorp ’86 chose his colleague in consultation with the University’s Commencement Speaker Selection Committee,… read more
Two UNC faculty members have been elected to the Institute of Medicine, considered one of the nation’s highest honors for those in the fields of health and medicine. Dr. Etta Pisano, vice dean for academic affairs in the UNC School of Medicine,… read more
UNC’s newly renamed Gillings School of Global Public Health has established a new Gillings Innovation Lab to track and map tropical infectious diseases such as malaria, using state-of-the-art molecular and demographic methods. Better information… 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 at the University. They are Jason D. Lieb ’94, an associate professor of biology;… read more
Brian D. Strahl, associate professor of biochemistry and biophysics at the UNC School of Medicine, is among the first recipients of a new award for innovative, potentially revolutionary research. The grants, the first made under a new National… read more
Noted journalist and policy expert Hodding Carter III, a professor of leadership and public policy at UNC, will deliver the second annual Thomas Willis Lambeth Lecture in Public Policy on Sept. 16. Carter will speak at 5:30 p.m. in Gerrard Hall. read more
The Board of Trustees has approved a contract extension for women’s basketball coach Sylvia Hatchell that signs the Hall of Fame coach through the year 2015. Hatchell recently completed her 22nd season as head coach of the Tar Heels and her 33rd… read more
James W. Dean Jr., a professor of organizational behavior and strategy and senior associate dean of academic affairs at the Kenan-Flagler Business School, will become the school’s next dean effective Aug. 1. The UNC Board of Trustees on Thursday… read more
A $2 million capstone gift completes the goal of doubling the number of students invited to Carolina’s honors program. The gift from the Hyde Family Foundations of Memphis, Tenn., will add faculty to teach honors courses and qualifies for a $1… read more