The American Council on Education recently honored Chancellor James Moeser with an award for his leadership in the launch of UNC’s nationally recognized Carolina Covenant, which provides a debt-free education to deserving low-income students. The… read more
Richard Mann, vice president for administration at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, has been named Carolina’s new vice chancellor for finance and administration. The UNC Board of Trustees approved Mann’s appointment, effective… read more
Erskine Bowles ’67 celebrated his first University Day as president of the UNC System by iterating his love for the Chapel Hill campus and outlining a plan to make Carolina the best public university in the nation. Serving as the president of… read more
Carolina, which just set a new record in attracting research grants and contracts, has set an even higher bar for pulling in research funding. In his annual State of the University address last week, Chancellor James Moeser said, “We should never… read more
John P. Evans, a longtime faculty member and administrator who has helped oversee a number of special projects, has been tapped to be executive director of Carolina North, the planned research park on University property two miles north of the… read more
The UNC Board of Trustees has approved a two-year contract extension for Athletics Director Dick Baddour ’66 that will run through the 2008-09 season. During Baddour’s nine years in the post, the Tar Heels have won a league-leading 49 Atlantic… read more
Greensboro attorney Jim Phillips ’79 was elected on Friday to a two-year term as chairman of the UNC System Board of Governors. He succeeds Brad Wilson, who had served since 2002. Also, Raleigh businessman J. Craig Souza was re-elected vice… read more
Jack Boger ’74 (JD), a longtime professor at UNC’s School of Law, has been tapped to become the school’s next dean. Boger has been the Wade Edwards Distinguished Professor of law and deputy director of the Center for Civil Rights at UNC. His… read more
Erskine B. Bowles ’67 was inaugurated April 12 as the fourth president of the 16-campus UNC System. read more
Jerry Lucido, vice provost for admissions and enrollment management, has accepted the same position at the University of Southern California, and Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration Nancy Suttenfield is leaving to become Wake Forest… read more