Issues News

Mary Sue Coleman ’69 (PhD), a national leader in higher education, will deliver the 11th annual Thomas Willis Lambeth Distinguished Lecture in Public Policy. read more

Chancellor Carol L. Folt said it was the first known time UNC has rescinded an honorary degree. read more

The 105-year-old Confederate monument could be moved to an indoor location on campus under legislation introduced May 29 in the N.C. General Assembly. read more

The UNC System Board of Governors has approved a range of penalties — including expulsion — for individuals who interfere with the free speech rights of others at Carolina and the state’s other public universities. read more

Most of the invited speakers at the Carolina Inn meeting told the UNC trustees that the Confederate statue Silent Sam is both a symbol of evil and now a threat to safety. read more

Amid a towering canopy of trees, an undulating lawn with crisscrossing bricks, and just enough of the sound of the pleasant lure of Franklin, it should be among the most splendid places on the campus. When students of color and their allies… read more

As a scholar of Southern history and collective memory, W. Fitzhugh Brundage has been thrust into one of the country’s most contentious debates: the fate of thousands of Confederate monuments on public land across the U.S. read more

The children of undocumented immigrants who can get into Carolina have been welcome here. The out-of-state tuition rate makes paying for it tough, and now their special status could be taken away. read more

The University doesn’t track the beneficiaries of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals among its student body, but there are DACA students — and alumni — who qualify for the program President Donald Trump has ordered phased out. read more