A class sweater, a dress purchased on Franklin Street — a piece of clothing that captures the essence of your years at Carolina. Would you be willing to donate or lend it to the North Carolina Collection for an exhibition that will explore… 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
Time and again, former Chancellor William B. Aycock ’37 defined duty — for himself, for the University, and for the people who sometimes questioned whether Carolina fell on the right side of history. No one was better suited to the task. 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
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
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