A letter signed by 149 people — including some of North Carolina’s most prominent business, civic, philanthropic and university leaders — implores the UNC System Board of Governors to “refrain from meddling and micromanaging” public… read more
Terry Rhodes ’78, senior associate dean for fine arts and humanities since 2012, has been appointed interim dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, effective immediately. read more
Kevin M. Guskiewicz, who built a national reputation for research into sports-related brain injuries, has served as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences — UNC’s largest academic unit — since January 2016. read more
William Roper, interim president of the UNC System, said Thursday that he expected a decision on an interim chancellor next week. read more
Chancellor Carol L. Folt will leave the University at the end of January and not at the end of this academic year as she previously announced. read more
Carol L. Folt announced that she will step down as chancellor at the end of this academic year. She also ordered the last of the Confederate monument removed from campus. read more
The chancellor plans to leave her post at the end of the academic year. She also announced that she has authorized that the base and commemorative plaques at the site of UNC’s Confederate monument be removed intact, citing safety concerns. read more
Dr. A. Wesley Burks, executive dean for UNC’s School of Medicine and part of UNC Health Care’s senior leadership team, will succeed Dr. William Roper. read more
Margaret Spellings, whose five-year contract was set to expire in February 2021, said she initiated the separation in early October. read more
Margaret Spellings has spent more than three decades in education and public policy work. Her current five-year contract was set to expire in February 2021. read more