UNC was one of 27 universities across the country that agreed to take part in the Association of American Universities’ Campus Climate Survey on Sexual Assault and Sexual Misconduct, which sought to gain more understanding of the general campus… read more
Chancellor Carol L. Folt has appointed a task force to carry out the UNC trustees’ directive that the University open a dialogue on its racial history. When the trustees voted in May to remove the name of 19th century Ku Klux Klan leader… read more
Martin Eakes, co-founder and CEO of Self-Help Credit Union and the Center for Responsible Lending, will speak Oct. 1 at UNC about whether economic inequality is threatening Americans’ opportunity for prosperity and upward social mobility. read more
Over the July 4 weekend, vandals defaced UNC’s monument to Confederate soldiers. The Daily Tar Heel published a photo online showing the words “KKK” and “murderer” spray painted on the monument. read more
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