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
Carolina is marking the centenary of World War I in 2014-15 with a yearlong, interdisciplinary “conversation” among faculty, students and the community, examining the war’s legacy and impact. Events kick off this month with a multimedia… read more
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… 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
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