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
Deborah Crowder ’75, who managed the office of the former department of African and Afro-American studies, started and maintained the department’s practice of offering the “paper classes” that are at the heart of a long-running investigation… read more
Deborah Crowder ’75, the office manager for UNC’s former department of African and Afro-American studies, managed for roughly 20 years what were called “paper classes” — the central element of Carolina’s long-running academic and… read more
The Orange County district attorney has dropped charges against Jennifer Wiley Thompson ’09, who was one of the first figures to surface in investigations of the relationship between academics and athletics at UNC that started four years… read more
The University’s comprehensive revised policy on sexual violence takes effect today. Representing 16 months of work of a 22-member task force, which included students, faculty, staff and a community member, the new policy also covers… read more
Multiple news sources have reported that UNC is investigating a hazing incident during preseason football practice involving a freshman nonscholarship player. Sources told the website Yahoo Sports that Jackson Boyer, listed in the media guide as… read more