Martin H. Brinkley ’92 (JD), who has been in private practice for 22 years, has been named dean of UNC’s School of Law, succeeding another alumnus, Jack Boger ’74 (JD), who plans to return to the school’s faculty after serving as dean for… read more
The 13-member UNC Board of Trustees will have five new members in July. read more
By any measure, Valerie Ashby ’88 (’94 PhD) has been considered a star of Carolina’s faculty with top-level administration potential. Now, Ashby will pursue just that — at Duke. read more
The UNC System Board of Governors expects to choose a new president for the 17-campus system in the fall, with the intent that the person take office at the beginning of 2016. read more
Chancellor Carol L. Folt, long recognized internationally as an environmental scientist, will deliver a lecture Thursday on “Water in Our World: Past Is Present, Future Is Fragile, But We Can Make a Difference.” read more
The search committee responsible for choosing the next dean of UNC’s School of Law have announced the final round of candidates to visit campus for interviews in April. read more
The proposed closing of UNC’s Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity by the UNC System Board of Governors – which drew one of the broadest and loudest protests from the Chapel Hill campus of any issue in years – became reality Friday as the board… read more
The UNC System Board of Governors voted almost unanimously Friday to truncate the tenure of system President Thomas Ross ’75 (JD). Ross, who just began his fifth year at the helm of the 16-campus system, will depart at the beginning of January… read more
University Day 2014 was highlighted with the presentation of Distinguished Alumna and Alumnus Awards to five alumni. The award recognition, a practice begun by the faculty in 1971, recognizes alumni who have made outstanding contributions to… read more
In a reversal of its own policy, the UNC System Board of Governors last week voted unanimously to place a 15 percent cap on the amount of tuition revenue that can be applied to need-based student financial aid. This could have a dramatic impact… read more