In a campus email, Provost J. Christopher Clemens announced that Abd-El-Khalick has been named provost and senior vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, effective July 1.
Gerry Hancock, NCBiotech's original board chair, served two terms in the State Senate and co-chaired the General Assembly’s Legislative Commission on Biotechnology. He was recently honored with a Peabody Award.
Gerry, who is a partner in the Everett Gaskins Hancock law firm in Raleigh, has served since 1991 as legal counsel to the Low Wealth Schools Consortium.