CHAPEL HILL — In the largest donation ever to UNC-Chapel Hill, pharmaceutical executive Fred Eshelman is giving $100 million to the School of Pharmacy that already bears his name. “We must be relentless in our pursuit of pre-eminence — and I mean pre-eminence,” Eshelman said at a jubilant ceremony announcing the gift. “We must help… READ MORE
Game Changers for the North Carolina Economy [INFOGRAPHIC]
Robert Ingram: “We have a rich nucleus here.”
Fifty-five years ago, Research Triangle Park was nothing more than pine forest and a vague idea. Today, it has become the largest, most successful research park in the country. As CEO of Glaxo Wellcome, Bob Ingram saw his company grow with RTP. But he isn’t taking the park’s success for granted. As chairman of the… READ MORE
Research Triangle Park: A Model for University Research and Economic Growth
To call the Research Triangle Park a national model would be an understatement. Just this month, the Chronicle of Higher Education called RTP “an undisputed economic success, spawning imitators and challengers all over the country.”[1] It is “the king of university-affiliated business development, 11 square miles of North Carolina pine forest laced with blue-chip tenants that include… READ MORE
