In opening remarks last week at a conference studying the role of slavery on university campuses worldwide, UNC Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz said he’s proud of work being done by a University commission that has recommended removing names from… read more
A panel on affirmative action that included three professors who specialize in economics, linguistics and law couldn’t come to consensus last week about whether race should be considered a factor in college admissions, though one panelist was… read more
This article was updated Feb. 21, 2023. The Faculty Council passed a resolution Feb. 17 that asked the UNC Board of Trustees and the administration to take “no further action” on the School of Civic Life and Leadership, which would… read more
by Laurie D. Willis ’86 UNC’s chancellor and provost have asked the school’s General Education Oversight Committee to take the lead on development of the controversial School of Civic Life and Leadership the UNC Board of Trustees… read more
The Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Journalism, which works to increase and retain reporters and editors of color in the field of investigative reporting, announced Feb. 2 that it is relocating from UNC’s Hussman School of Journalism and… read more
Erin Matson ’22, UNC’s most decorated women’s field hockey player and arguably the greatest women’s player of all time, has been named Carolina’s next head field hockey coach. She follows Karen Shelton, who announced her retirement in… read more
María R. Estorino has been appointed vice provost for University Libraries and University librarian. Estorino, who had been had been serving as interim vice provost and librarian since May, joined the University Libraries in 2017 as associate… read more
The State Court of Appeals ruled this week that a trial judge was correct in dismissing a lawsuit filed by then-UNC System students seeking refunds for tuition, housing and fees after in-person instruction was canceled in spring 2020 because of… read more
The School of Medicine’s pediatrics department will use a $10 million gift to establish a center to identify new ways to treat mucopolysaccharidoses, or MPS, a group of rare genetic disorders. The gift, from Vaughn and Nancy Bryson, who in 1960… read more
The iconic Coker Arbor along East Cameron Avenue, site of many wedding and graduation photos, has begun undergoing renovations to replace its deteriorating black locust timbers and remove stairs on the west end to make it more accessible to all. In… read more