New UNC Chapel Hill chancellor will bring new energy to the university

Published 6:46 am Monday, October 27, 2008

By Staff
(This editorial originally appeared in The Herald-Sun of Durham.)
The installation of a new leader is an exciting time in the life of a university, a day to be reminded of the past and to look to the future with new energy.
And it was especially exciting on Oct. 12 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, when H. Holden Thorp was installed as its new chancellor.
Thorp is a different kind of leader for the beloved 215 year-old university. He’s young, for starters