William L. Saunders’ name is coming off the building on Polk Place where it has been in place for nearly a century. Replacing it will be a name that UNC’s trustees hope will be a unifying one: Carolina Hall. read more
These are excerpts from some of the speakers at the March 25 meeting of the UNC Board of Trustees’ University Affairs Committee about whether the name of William Saunders should be removed from Saunders Hall. For two hours, the committee… read more
Here’s how the movement to get William Saunders’ name off a classroom building gained momentum and resulted in the trustees’ decision in May. read more
The UNC Board of Trustees is expected to discuss at its March meeting the issue of renaming campus buildings. read more
In advance of a trustees report, students of color spill their anger about enduring honors to white supremacists. They have a new name for Saunders Hall. read more
The proposed closing of UNC’s Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity by the UNC System Board of Governors – which drew one of the broadest and loudest protests from the Chapel Hill campus of any issue in years – became reality Friday as the board… read more
The University’s accreditation agency says the Wainstein report on academics and athletics irregularities has raised questions about UNC’s compliance with its principles of accreditation. The agency also asserts that UNC may have withheld some… read more
Michael McAdoo ’12, who was removed from the UNC football program in the early stages of the University’s athletics-academics case, is suing Carolina for not providing him with the education it promised. McAdoo’s complaint is centered on… read more
In the war against Ebola, one important hurdle has just been cleared — by a mouse. Researchers at the University and colleagues at other institutions have developed the first genetic strain of mice that can be infected with Ebola and display… read more
The world, and especially the United States, says UNC Professor James H. Johnson, is undergoing an unprecedented demographic transformation. “If you ignore [the changes], you ignore them at your own peril,” he said, “because there is… read more