卡罗来纳夏季新闻，你可能错过了
停车的变化, a re太阳城娱乐城 milestone and new appointments are among the key updates.
Summer is a quiet time of year at UNC-Chapel Hill, but there’s still plenty going on.
随着新学年的临近, catch up on some key news you may have missed from the summer months.
研究的里程碑
卡罗莱纳再次达到了新的境界 研究经费的里程碑, surpassing $1 billion in awards for fiscal year 2024.
Federal sources accounted for about 65% of all awards, topped by $592 million from the National Institutes of 健康. 研究 at Carolina employs over 10,700 North Carolinians in projects that span all 100 counties.
创新卡罗莱纳的变化
融合科学研究所将会 与Innovate Carolina整合，追溯至七月一日.
Dedric卡特, 创新副校长, entrepreneurship and economic development and chief innovation officer, 宣布变更. Greg Copenhaver, director of ICS, will report to Carter. 的 change positions both the institute and the University for continued success and growth.
另外, Carter appointed Bryant 摩尔 as director of Innovate Carolina’s new ventures and partnerships, 一个新的主要领域和角色. 摩尔, previously the director of strategic partnerships for the Office of Technology Commercialization, will lead the group that includes Kickstart Venture Services, the Kickstart Accelerator and new and existing innovation partnerships and alliances.
停车的变化
的 Board of Trustees approved several parking changes for employees and students that took effect Aug. 1.
Among the updates are the end of “flex” permits for hybrid employees, rate reductions for employees with salaries under $70,000 and flat rates for employee weeknight parking and sustainable commuting options.
的 ordinance simplifies the rate structure for employees from 72 price points to 13. 的 changes will make parking less expensive for 59% of Carolina employees.
卡罗莱纳进入“新常青藤”名单
太阳城娱乐被列入 福布斯的“新常青藤”排行榜， institutions approaching the quality and prestige of an Ivy League education and producing “the smart, driven graduates craved by employers of all types.”
Carolina is the only North Carolina institution on the list. 这所大学也是 被《太阳城娱乐》认可 for its affordability as a top public university for value.
任命新的院长和主任
Several schools and institutes across campus named new or interim leadership.
- Dr. 罗伯特·L. 摩天 is UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center’s 新任执行董事. 他将于10月10日开始出演这个角色. 1 after serving as director of Hillman Cancer Center at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.摩天 is a Carolina alum and takes over for Dr. Shelley Earp, who served as Lineberger director twice, 1997-2014 and 2018-2024.
- 吉尔V. 哈姆 将作为 教育学院临时院长. 哈姆, an education professor and associate dean for re太阳城娱乐城 and faculty development, 从1999年起就在卡罗莱纳. She takes over after Fouad Abd-El-Khalick’s departure to become provost at University of Massachusetts Amherst.
- 杰西卡•格兰特 将作为 奥达姆研究所的临时主任 社会科学研究.格兰特, currently the associate director of re太阳城娱乐城 and director of the certificate in survey science, will be the first woman to lead the institute in its 100-year history. 托德BenDor, who’s served as the Odum Institute director since 2018, is taking a new role as chair of the 文理学院’ city and regional planning department.
- 另外，丽莎·塔伦蒂诺 任命副院长负责研究 at UNC 谢尔曼药学院, and Jessica White was 任命副院长 for innovation in teaching and learning at the UNC School of 护理.
