6.30.14 | Academics and Athletics, Issues
The University has received a verbal notice that the NCAA is reopening its 2011 examination of academic irregularities and their relationship to athletics, according to a statement released Monday by Athletics Director Bubba Cunningham. This move…
The School of Education has received the largest gift in its history — more than $3 million to honor the memory of former faculty member Donald G. Tarbet. The bequest will be used to establish the Donald G. Tarbet Endowment Fund for Faculty… read more
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded $2 million to the Environmental Finance Center at the University for its work toward improving the country’s smallest water systems — those serving fewer than 10,000 people. Small water… read more
Orange County District Attorney James Woodall ’82 (AB, ’85 JD) is considering dropping the criminal charge against Julius Nyang’oro because of Nyang’oro’s cooperation with the current investigation into academic fraud at UNC, including in… read more
Kenneth Wainstein, the special investigator hired by the University to look into issues surrounding academic fraud and its relationship to athletics, told the UNC System Board of Governors on June 20 that he hoped his work could be finished by this… read more
When Charles P. Farris Jr. ’69 encouraged his classmates to give “one lousy dollar” to a new scholarship fund during a meeting of the class of 1969 almost 45 years ago, he was not disparaging the buck. He was emphasizing its power. And what… read more
Seven UNC students have received Class of 1938 travel fellowships for research abroad this summer. The students, who will all be seniors this fall, were chosen from 26 applicants who submitted proposals for projects outside the U.S. Selection is… read more
Chancellor Carol L. Folt emailed the campus community on Tuesday, noting that she has received questions about recent news reports about claims by a former UNC basketball player, Rashad McCants, and subsequent reports based on an interview with… read more
Basketball coach Roy Williams ’72 has rebutted most of what former player Rashad McCants said about him in an interview with ESPN last week. In a separate interview with ESPN’s Jay Bilas on Saturday in Chapel Hill — held while some… read more
Julius Nyang’oro, the man at the center of the controversy over fraudulent academics at UNC, is cooperating in the latest investigation into the matter. Independent investigator Kenneth Wainstein told members of the news media on June 20 that… read more