Thorp installed as chancellor

The News & Observer
October 13, 2008

ERIC FERRERI, Staff Writer

CHAPEL HILL - UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Holden Thorp wants his university to solve the world's grandest challenges.

But to reach this audacious goal, he offered a basic path.

"We just need to take care of our people," Thorp said in a speech moments after his formal installation as UNC-CH's 10th chancellor. "If we do that, then the students' successes, the big ideas, the recognition, the grant dollars, and the solutions to society's greatest problems will take care of themselves."  Click here to read more.