The Learfield Directors’ Cup honors all-sport champions in NCAA Divisions I, II and III and the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
7.11.24 | Sports, University Achievements, University Leadership, University News
A national championship in field hockey, a trip to Omaha for the College World Series and a fourth consecutive top-five finish in men’s golf led Carolina to a seventh-place finish in the 2023–24 Learfield Directors’ Cup standings. This is…
Dr. Robert Ferris ’90, a head and neck surgical oncologist, has been named executive director of UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center and UNC system chief of oncology services. Ferris is currently director of the Hillman Cancer Center… read more
This article was updated June 7, 2024. Nearly three dozen Carolina alumni sent a letter to the UNC System Board of Governors last week expressing their “profound disappointment” over the board’s vote this month to replace the… read more
The UNC Board of Governors voted May 23 to replace the current diversity policy, which required system schools to hire diversity officers and meet certain goals, with one that would likely eliminate positions, diverting the funds to programs that… read more
The UNC Board of Trustees voted May 13 during a special meeting to reallocate $2.3 million in funding for diversity, equity and inclusion programs to public safety. The board also approved an audit of the athletics department, which some members say… read more
Jill Hamm, the William C. Friday Distinguished Professor of Education, has been appointed interim dean of the UNC School of Education. Hamm, who will begin serving as interim dean May 15, replaces Fouad Abd-El-Khalick, whose tenure ends June 30… read more
It’s been almost a year since Beth Moracco ’92 (MPH, ’99 PhD), an associate professor in the Gillings School of Global Public Health’s department of health behavior, started her three-year term as chair of the Faculty Council. In that… read more
The dean of the School of Education has been named provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Provost Christopher Clemens announced in an email April 4. Fouad Abd-El-Khalick played an… read more
A Duke University professor has been named the inaugural director and dean of UNC’s School of Civic Life and Leadership. Jed Atkins, the E. Black Byrne Associate Professor of classical studies and faculty director of Duke’s Civil Discourse… read more
President of the UNC System Peter Hans ’91 has announced a 13-member search committee to find UNC’s 13th chancellor, with a high-ranking official in the School of Medicine heading the panel. Cristy Page ’96 (’02 MPH, ’02 MD),… read more