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
Jean Folkerts, professor of honors and of media and public affairs at George Washington University, has been selected to become the next dean of UNC’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication. The appointment, announced Feb. 24 and effective… read more
Bernadette Gray-Little, since 2004 the dean of UNC’s College of Arts and Sciences, was named Feb. 8 to succeed Robert Shelton as executive vice chancellor and provost, the University’s top academic officer. Saying he never had seen such unanimity… read more
The Arizona Board of Regents has selected UNC’s Provost Robert N. Shelton as the next president of the University of Arizona. Shelton, who has been Carolina’s executive vice chancellor and provost since 1999, was selected over three other finalists… read more