
$1 million gift supports leadership grants for faculty chairs
Jan Bardsley knew just what to do with surprise funding from the dean’s office. A stipend for a graduate student to oversee logistics for a major Asian studies conference on campus? Yes. Funds for faculty who elevate the department’s profile by editing prestigious academic journals? Yes. .. [more]FEATURES
Retired geology professor authors a unique perspective on the history of women’s education
It may seem unorthodox for a geologist, a male one at that, to write a history of women’s higher education, but the retired professor who was on the Carolina faculty from 1975 to 1997 soon explains his interest... [more]Tanenbaums Endow Professorship in Jewish History and Culture
Jay and Babette Tanenbaum of Atlanta may not be Carolina alumni or have a strong connection to the university, but when they found out about the Carolina Center for Jewish Studies, they were impressed with its work and wanted to help... [more]Family Affair: Pardues support new theatre professorship, fellowship
A lifelong love of theatre and decades of dedicated service to the University have resulted in the establishment of the David and Rebecca Pardue Distinguished Professorship in Technical Theatre and Production Management and the Courtnay Arpano and David Pardue III Graduate Fellowship Fund. The two new endowments, totaling $1.4 million, will provide a great boost for the department of dramatic art and PlayMakers Repertory Company... [more]Alumni couple supports the humanities with distinguished professorship
For Barbara “Bobby” Gitenstein and Don Hart, choosing to support the humanities at UNC was an easy decision. Both earned their doctorate degrees in the humanities at Carolina — Gitenstein in English in 1975 and Hart in philosophy in 1981. The couple grew up in the same small town in south Alabama and chose Carolina for its “excellent” English and philosophy departments. They formed lasting relationships with several faculty members who served as important mentors for them in their careers... [more]Celebrating 10 years of Thomas Wolfe Scholarship at UNC
Studying Mandarin in Tapei to broaden research on Chinese-language cinema. Writing a full-length book of poetry. Pursuing a Ph.D. in English literature at Harvard University. These are just a few of the pursuits Carolina’s Thomas Wolfe Scholars have been up to since they graduated... [more]-- More News --







