Cancer fund draws star faculty to UNC

The Daily Tar Heel

Monday, November 24, 2008

Brendan Brown, Projects Co-editor

The University Cancer Research Fund is the only one of its kind in the country, according to those involved. It was created in 2007 with two goals: improving cancer care in North Carolina and making UNC’s Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center a national leader. 

The cancer fund gives UNC the muscle to keep star faculty while drawing those of competing schools — if only for a select group involved with cancer.... All eight faculty interviewed said the cancer fund was vital in their decisions to commit to UNC.  Click here to read more.