Jean Folkerts, dean of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, will step down from the position next July. “While I’ve enjoyed nearly every minute of the last five years, it’s also been a demanding job,” she told a faculty… read more
The new president of the UNC System seems determined that the state’s financial crisis — the first thing on most people’s minds with regard to the 17 campuses — will not be the hallmark of his tenure. Thomas Ross ’75 (JD), elected… read more
Hundreds of well-wishers turned out on July 13 to greet Bill Friday ’48 (LLB) and his wife, Ida ’47 (MPH), as Friday marked his 90th birthday. Video produced by Samantha Ryan. read more
The UNC System Board of Governors is seeking suggestions and nominations as it searches for a successor to Erskine Bowles ’67 as the next president of the UNC System. Bowles announced in February that he plans to retire. Bowles, who will turn 65… read more
Carolina threw a 90th birthday party on Tuesday for Bill Friday ’48 (LLB), and hundreds of happy friends of the emeritus president of the UNC System turned out. The event, held at the George Watts Hill Alumni Center, was a public event –… read more
Alumni, Friends Embrace Fayetteville’s Native Son A few hundred people gathered at the Cape Fear Regional Theatre to honor newly appointed Chancellor Holden Thorp ’86 in his home town of Fayetteville. read more
Bruce Carney, who has been interim executive vice chancellor and provost since last August, has had “interim” removed from the title. The Board of Trustees approved his appointment to the position by Chancellor Holden Thorp in March. Carney, a… read more
Erskine Bowles ’67, who took office as president of the UNC System in January 2006, announced on Feb. 12 that he plans to retire. Bowles, who will turn 65 on Aug. 8, told the UNC System Board of Governors that he would continue to serve through… read more
The University has narrowed the search for its next provost to three candidates who will visit Chapel Hill beginning this month and will give public lectures. A fourth candidate who had been scheduled to be on campus this week has withdrawn from… read more
The global business consultant Bain & Co. has concluded that UNC has management and organizational inefficiencies that keep it from getting the maximum bang for its bucks in the core missions of teaching and research. Bain, which gave its… read more