The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Kenan-Flagler Business School has launched a business accelerator to speed the growth of firms with environmental and social objectives.

William G. Allen (BA ’71) has committed $2 million to the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Allen’s gift will allow for enhancement of the school’s undergraduate and graduate sales program.

North Carolina’s growing African American population contributes more than $44.7 billion to the state’s economy through its purchases and taxes – $22,272 per black resident – while costing the state budget $4.5 billion – or $2,498 per black resident – … Read more

Researchers John D. Kasarda and James H. Johnson Jr. of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will brief the media on results of the first comprehensive study of the economic impact of African Americans in the state of … Read more

Arthur Lipper III, an investment banker, management consultant and author, will teach a workshop on how to open your own business Nov. 5-9 for the UNC School of Information and Library Science.

Twenty-something job seekers can get help on the career front from a new book by Shawn Graham, a career counselor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Kenan-Flagler Business School.

Martin Eakes, founder and CEO of Self-Help, will speak about “Subprime Lending, Social Justice and Self-Help” at UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School Oct. 11 at 5:30 p.m.

Leonard W. Wood has committed $4 million to the Center for Real Estate Development (CRED) at the Kenan-Flagler Business School of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Environmental strategist and author Andrew S. Winston will speak Sept. 19 at 6 p.m. at the Kenan-Flagler Business School on the Carolina campus.