The University will mark its 215th birthday as it installs Holden Thorp ’86 as its 10th chancellor on University Day, Oct. 12. read more
Ronald Strauss, a member of the dental school faculty for 34 years, will be the new executive associate provost. Strauss, whose research has delved into how health problems affect society – including dental health and HIV/AIDS – has worked in the… read more
As Chris Fordham was stepping down as chancellor in 1988, Tom Lambeth ’57 paid tribute to him and his wife, Barbara, at the GAA Board of Directors’ spring meeting. Lambeth, a longtime trustee and former chair of the Board of Trustees, was then the… read more
Christopher C. Fordham III ’47, chancellor from 1980 to 1988 and the only medical doctor to serve in the post, died early Thursday at UNC Hospitals. A longtime Chapel Hill resident, he was 81. Fordham presided over a major revision of the… read more
James W. Dean Jr., a professor of organizational behavior and strategy and senior associate dean of academic affairs at the Kenan-Flagler Business School, will become the school’s next dean effective Aug. 1. The UNC Board of Trustees on Thursday… read more
James W. Dean Jr., senior associate dean for academic affairs in the Kenan-Flagler Business School, has been recommended to the UNC trustees as the next dean of the school. If approved, his appointment would take affect Aug. 1, succeeding Steve… read more
Bruce W. Carney, senior associate dean for the sciences and Samuel Baron Distinguished Professor of physics and astronomy at UNC, has been appointed interim dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, effective July 1. He will succeed Holden Thorp… read more
Following is Chancellor-Elect Holden Thorp’s acceptance speech at the Spangler Center in Chapel Hill after being introduced by President Erskine Bowles and elected by the UNC Board of Governors. Members of the Board of Governors;… read more
Holden Thorp ’86, a popular teacher whose intellect, charisma and leadership abilities were spotted very early in his career, will be UNC’s 10th chancellor. The Kenan Professor of chemistry rose at Carolina about as fast as he could move his… read more
Steve Jones ’74, dean of the Kenan-Flagler Business School, will step down next summer at the end of a five-year term. “My reason for stepping down is simply to go back to my original plan and enjoy the flexibility of being fully engaged in a… read more