As part of the state budget that became law in October, the North Carolina Legislature restricted funding for distinguished professorships to only STEM fields at all 16 UNC System institutions, excluding positions in the humanities, which lawmakers… read more
A nonprofit group based in Washington, D.C., whose stated mission is to promote academic excellence and academic freedom, bestowed on the UNC Board of Trustees in October an award “for adopting a policy of institutional neutrality on political… read more
Joining a fierce national debate over tenure, the UNC Board of Governors plans to receive recommendations at its November meeting on changes to the tenure review process governing faculty at its 17 member institutions. At its September meeting,… read more
The UNC Board of Trustees last week elected John Preyer ’90 as chairman and Malcolm Turner ’93 as vice chairman. Preyer, who had served as vice chair for the past two years, succeeds outgoing Chairman Dave Boliek Jr. ’90, an attorney… read more
Shelton “Shelley” Earp ’70 (MD, ’72 MS) plans to step down as director of the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center in June 2024, University leaders announced this week. Earp, who has served as director since 2018, was the… read more
Jim Blaine ’00 and Jennifer Halsey Evans ’94 have been appointed to the UNC Board of Trustees. Blaine, who was nominated by the North Carolina Senate, was chief of staff from 2011 to 2018 for Senate leader Phil Berger when Berger was Senate… read more
Former N.C. Sen. Patrick Ballantine ’87 was sworn in as a member of the UNC Board of Trustees July 26. N.C. Supreme Court Justice Phil Berger Jr. administered the oath of office to Ballantine, who served in the N.C. Senate from 1994 to 2004. read more
With battles looming over a controversial new school, Beth Moracco ’92 (MPH, ’99 PhD) was elected this week as chair of the faculty. Moracco, an associate professor in the Gillings School of Global Public Health’s department of health… read more
In opening remarks last week at a conference studying the role of slavery on university campuses worldwide, UNC Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz said he’s proud of work being done by a University commission that has recommended removing names from… read more
Aimee Wall ’97 (JD, ’98 MPH), senior associate dean and professor of public law and government at the School of Government, has been named dean of the school. She will begin her new role on Feb. 27. She replaces Mike Smith ’78 (JD), who… read more