The Chapel Hill Museum is highlighting the life and times of a noted business and political leader in “Luther H. Hodges: The International Legacy of a North Carolina Statesman.” read more
The Ackland Art Museum is closing for six weeks this summer for maintenance. From July 18 to Aug. 23, the Ackland also will re-install its galleries. “A new look in the galleries, including improved signage and a monthly gallery guide, will… read more
The lineup sounds like something for Carnegie Hall: Itzhak Perlman. Leonard Slatkin. Tony Bennett. Wynton Marsalis. Nanci Griffith. read more
The Carolina Leadership Academy will celebrate its first anniversary with a keynote address by NCAA President Myles Brand. read more
The gala reopening has been postponed, but renovation and additions to Memorial Hall are expected to be finished in June. read more
Emil J. Kang, former president and executive director of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, has been chosen as the University’s first executive director of the arts. read more
The University is looking for its first executive director of the arts – a position designed to provide oversight of performing arts programs at Carolina with an eye toward better coordination of several venues. read more
Peruvian economist Hernando de Soto, a finalist for the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2002, has the ear of heads of state across the political spectrum as well as impoverished farmers and black-market street vendors around the world. In October, he… read more
Jonathan Sarna, a noted American Judaism scholar and Brandeis University professor, is among the speakers in the second-annual Carolina Center for Jewish Studies Lecture Series, which runs through Nov. 9 with a total of four free lectures held at… read more
Hugh L. McColl Jr. ’57, retired chairman and chief executive officer of Bank of America and chairman of McColl Brothers Lockwood, will speak at Kenan-Flagler Business School on May 5 at 5:30 p.m. as part of the Dean’s Speaker Series. read more