A&S Foundation

The Order of the Tar Heel One Hundred (now the UNC Board of Visitors) met in the second-floor faculty lounge of the Morehead Building on October 16, 1975. That warm fall morning, they met to discuss the creation of a foundation dedicated to the liberal arts at Carolina, deciding to support the development and enhancement

Alumnus David Gardner Frey (AB ’64, JD ‘67), is an enthusiastic supporter of UNC’s College of Arts and Sciences and all things Carolina. “Liberal arts are at the heart of the educational mission at any great public university,” Frey said in an interview for Carolina Connections in fall 1999. “The need for private sector support

The creation of three professorships between 2000 and 2007 in the College of Arts and Sciences that transformed Southern studies at Carolina was just the beginning. John A. Powell ’77, a history major, who lives in New York City, generously established these professorships to provide substantial financial support allowing the College recruit and retain outstanding

Happy Birthday, Steve! In honor of your 71st, Nina has made a generous contribution to the O.B. Hardison Jr. Scholarship Fund for the Humanities.   The following article by Claire Cusick was published in Carolina Connections in summer 2015. Stephen Israel ’66 wants to honor the Renaissance English professor who changed his life And he

In 2009, Frank Baumgartner was named the inaugural Richard J. Richardson Distinguished Professor. Baumgartner came to UNC from Penn State, where he was on the political science faculty for a decade. A Detroit native who earned all of his academic degrees from the University of Michigan, he previously held positions at the University of Iowa

As we gather with our families to enjoy the bounty of the season, the Carolina community is also coming together around a common table with food as the University’s academic theme — exploring a plateful of topics, including food cultures and security, nutrition, world hunger, sustainable development and the impact of climate change. This fall’s

Jewell Maye Mull never walked the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s tree-lined paths on her way to class or a Tar Heel football game. Her many years in the Drexel and Dolly hosiery mills in Burke County left little time for the privilege of studying literature, art or music. She started in the

The Margaret and Paul A. Johnston Professorships were established in 1987 by a bequest of more than $10 million from Paul A. Johnston’s estate. The series of professorships in the College of Arts and Sciences honors retired faculty members. The number of professorships varies, as does the academic disciplines to which they are assigned. Johnston