Afternoon Update: At UNC-Chapel Hill, a politically connected interim chancellor gets the permanent post

U. of Vermont president is picked to lead U. of Arizona; three Columbia officials who sent insulting texts resign; and more. ADVERTISEMENT [Afternoon Update Logo]( You can also [read this newsletter on the web](. Or, if you no longer want to receive this newsletter, [unsubscribe](. LEADERSHIP [At Chapel Hill, a Politically Connected Interim Chancellor Gets the Permanent Post]( By Christa Dutton [STORY IMAGE]( Lee Roberts, who served as budget director for a Republican governor, was named permanent leader of the North Carolina flagship. ADVERTISEMENT [At Chapel Hill, a Politically Connected Interim Chancellor Gets the Permanent Post]( GOVERNANCE [U. of Arizona’s New President Will Be Vermont’s Suresh Garimella]( Garimella, a mechanical engineer, held a top post at Purdue University before becoming president of the University of Vermont. The Board of Regents [announced his selection]( today. He will succeed Robert C. Robbins, whose tenure was punctuated by a [wide-ranging crisis]( in [university finances]( and by the [fatal shooting]( of a [faculty member]( by a [former student](. (KTAR, regents statement, The Chronicle) JUST UPDATED [These Colleges Have Produced the Most Individual Olympic Medals in Paris]( By Amelia Benavides-Colón and Nell Gluckman [STORY IMAGE]( The University of Texas at Austin has moved into second place in our tracker of which campuses helped train the most medalists at this year’s Games. Can it catch Stanford? CAMPUS ATTITUDES [3 Student-Affairs Officials at Columbia U. Who Sent Insulting Texts Have Resigned]( At a campus event on Jewish issues, the dean, vice dean, and associate dean [traded texts that mocked speakers]( and charges of antisemitism. The texts were photographed by someone else there and then disclosed by a conservative newspaper. 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