As UNC awaits a ruling from the National Collegiate Athletic Association on rules violations in its football program, an ad hoc group of faculty members has issued what it calls a “statement on athletic principles” designed to encourage a more… read more
Women’s lacrosse attacker Corey Donohoe ’11, track and field decathlete Mateo Sossah ’11 and football quarterback T.J. Yates ’10 are the recipients of the 2011 Patterson Medals, the most prestigious awards presented to athletes at… read more
Three prominent critics of collegiate sports will discuss “Big-Time College Sports: What Needs to Change?” during a panel presentation Feb. 28 on the UNC campus. The free public program will begin at 5:30 p.m. in the Sonja Haynes Stone Center… read more
The Carolina Leadership Academy, a nationally renowned training program for UNC athletes, coaches and staff, has been renamed the Richard A. Baddour Carolina Leadership Academy in honor of the recently retired director of athletics, who created the… read more
Eunice Sahle, an associate professor in the Department of African and Afro-American studies, will become the department’s new chair on Jan. 1. Julius Nyang’oro, who had been chair since 1992, resigned the post in August after his name… read more
A Superior Court judge has dismissed football player Michael McAdoo’s lawsuit against the University and the NCAA, according to The News & Observer of Raleigh. McAdoo, who sat out the 2010 season as part of the NCAA investigation… read more
UNC is reviewing its policies and practices for independent study and directed readings in the wake of issues that surfaced in the department of African and Afro-American studies as part of the investigation into the football program. Karen Gil,… read more
A committee that spent the summer reviewing the University’s honor system has come to three unanimous conclusions. UNC needs: Greater efficiency and better communication between the honor system and faculty and the honor system and… read more
The University is proposing sanctioning itself for misdeeds in the 2008 and 2009 football seasons, ahead of a ruling by the NCAA. UNC would: vacate all wins in the 2008 and 2009 seasons (eight each season); cut by three its number of… read more
The University is reviewing possible irregularities with undergraduate courses in the department of African and Afro-American studies. Karen Gil, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, told the University Gazette that the college… read more