On March 15, N.C. voters will decide whether to approve a $2 billion bond issue. The proposed $1 billion for public universities includes $68 million for a new medical education building to replace Berryhill Hall. 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 University has canceled plans to build a new dorm on South Campus — a spike in construction costs that could not be recovered in student rent has rendered it unfeasible. But at the same time, the need for more dorm space has diminished. read more
A decision on whether to rename Saunders could come in late May. The public can comment online — at bot.unc.edu — until April 25. read more
At last the University is ready to say grace and break bread once again with Harry Chase, the oft-overlooked man who ushered it into the company of modern research universities when he was president in the 1920s. The dining hall at Rams Head Center… read more
Sam can stay as long as he explains himself. William Saunders needs to leave. That was the message of the Real Silent Sam Coalition, who attracted about 200 people to a McCorkle Place rally Friday to demand that the name of Saunders — an 1854… read more
Carolina wants to build a new dorm on one of the last pieces of the campus considered to be a viable building site. The trustees this week authorized housing officials to design a “super suite”-style dorm to house about 276 men and women. It… read more
The UNC School of Dentistry opened the doors to a new education and research facility that honors a generous alumnus and friend, Burlington businessman Maurice J. Koury ’48, on April 27. The Koury Oral Sciences Building, which adds 216,500… read more