Kel Landis ’79 of Raleigh has been named the newest member of the Board of Trustees. Landis was appointed to the 13-member board responsible for governing the University by Gov. Beverly Perdue. Landis, who will fill the seat left vacant by the… read more
The Board of Trustees has honored four recipients with the William Richardson Davie Award, its highest honor. They are: Joan Gillings of Chapel Hill, adviser and philanthropist; Bernadette Gray-Little of Lawrence, Kan., chancellor of the… read more
Peter T. Grauer ’68 of Greenwich, Conn., chair of Bloomberg LP, became the newest member of the Board of Trustees on Nov. 17. Grauer was appointed by Gov. Beverly Perdue to the 13-member board responsible for governing the University. He replaced… read more
Carolina celebrated its history as the nation’s first public university on University Day, Oct. 12. The featured speaker, UNC System President Thomas W. Ross ’75 (JD), gave the keynote speech for the convocation, which began at 11 a.m. read more
Susan King, vice president for external affairs for the Carnegie Corporation of New York, will be the next dean of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication. The appointment, effective Jan. 1, was approved this month by the UNC Board of… read more
Karol Kain Gray, vice president for finance and administration at Stony Brook University in Stony Brook, N.Y., has been recommended to become Carolina’s new vice chancellor for finance and administration. Chancellor Holden Thorp ’86… read more
Wade H. Hargrove ’62 of Raleigh was elected chair of the UNC Board of Trustees on Wednesday. Hargrove, a corporate and national media lawyer and partner with Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard LLP, was appointed to the 13-member… read more
The search committee for a new dean for the School of Journalism and Mass Communication has sent its review of the candidates to the chancellor, and an interim dean has been appointed. Senior Associate Dean Dulcie Straughan ’87 (PhD) will serve… read more
Eleven alumni are among the 16 people elected or re-elected to terms on the UNC System Board of Governors by the N.C. General Assembly. Elected by the Senate to four-year terms were: W. Louis Bissette Jr. ’68 (JD) of Asheville Fred… read more
A widely recognized dental health expert and researcher at the University of California at San Francisco’s dental school will be the next dean of UNC’s School of Dentistry. Dr. Jane A. Weintraub, who was on UNC’s faculty for seven years in… read more