The N.C. General Assembly has created the state’s first University Cancer Research Fund with the passage of the new state budget. The fund, established to accelerate cancer research at UNC’s School of Medicine and the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer… read more
Facing the threat of budget cuts for 2005-06 totaling as high as $16.3 million, University officials have compiled a list of programs and positions that might be trimmed or eliminated to accommodate a 4 percent cut being discussed in the N.C. read more
The UNC System Board of Governors has approved a budget request to the N.C. General Assembly that includes almost $787 million in new spending over the next two years. read more
UNC tuition has room to grow, according to a pricing study released in November, but only if University grants and financial aid keep pace with the rising cost of attendance. read more
Carolina lost fewer faculty members in the 2003-04 academic year to other institutions than in years past – essentially reversing, at least temporarily, a three-year trend in which the success-failure rate in fending off raids from other schools had… read more
The N.C. General Assembly has earmarked $10 million for the Distinguished Professors Endowment Trust Fund. The money will go to all UNC System institutions with endowed professorships for which the state matches private donations. Chapel Hill is… read more
Career advancement, more benefits and schedule flexibility are among the requests of a task force of staff and faculty representatives studying ways to improve campus morale among workers at the University. read more
Due to rising costs and an inability to work out a more economical agreement, UNC has discontinued a consortium license with other area universities that would have given them lower prices – but unacceptable conditions – from journal publishing… read more
About 75 UNC workers – including some groundskeepers, housekeepers, mail clerks and other employees who currently earn less than $18,312 a year – soon could receive pay raises to bring them above the federal poverty line. read more