UNC officials prepare for a rumored protest rally at the Silent Sam monument amid much speculation on the statue’s future. read more
Robert Blouin, dean of UNC’s Eshelman School of Pharmacy, has been named provost and executive vice chancellor, the University’s highest-ranking academic officer. read more
This fall, the University will practice something it has gotten really good at: waiting for the NCAA. read more
40,926 applied for admission (14 percent more than last year and second-largest increase in 25 years) 9,710, or 24 percent, were admitted 4,373, or 45 percent, are expected to enroll 61 percent… read more
Carolina’s diverse autism research programs will come together under one virtual roof at the UNC Autism Research Center. read more
The UNC law school’s Civil Rights Center’s practice of going to court against the state and other government entities as part of teaching law students is inappropriate and should be ended, a committee of the UNC System Board of Governors decided… read more
Graham Allison, a noted political scientist and an expert in U.S. national security and defense, will be on campus in September to discuss “Are the U.S. and China Destined for War?” read more
Haywood D. Cochrane Jr. ’70 of Elon has been elected chair of the Board of Trustees. Cochrane began his service on the board in 2013 and was reappointed to a four-year term. read more
UNC faculty members who applied for — and won — an $867,000 Department of Homeland Security grant to develop communication strategies to counter recruitment efforts of violent extremist groups are mystified that the award was canceled. read more
The NCAA’s Committee on Infractions has set an Aug. 16 hearing date for what it intends to be a resolution of UNC’s long-running fraudulent classes case. The athletics governing body has requested that both of the University’s head basketball… read more