This article was updated Dec. 6, 2023, to include a statement by Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz. UNC faculty sent a letter on Nov. 27 to Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz, who is the remaining finalist for the presidency at Michigan State… read more
Brad Briner ’99 and Vimal Kolappa have been appointed to the UNC Board of Trustees after passage of a state bill that increased the governing boards at Carolina and N.C. State University from 13 to 15 members. Briner and Kolappa were sworn in… read more
Shauna Harris has been named director of the Carolina Women’s Center, which is relocating to a standalone facility in the 200 block of West Cameron Avenue. Since 1997, the Women’s Center, which hosts programs to empower individuals and… read more
Robert “Bob” Blouin, a former provost who helped lead the Eshelman School of Pharmacy to a No. 1 ranking, has retired. Blouin served as dean of the pharmacy school from 2003 to 2017 and as provost from 2017 to 2022. During his tenure, the… read more
Students who earn undergraduate degrees from UNC System institutions earn, over their lifetime, approximately $572,000 more than North Carolinians without a college degree, according to a report released this week by the UNC Board of… read more
UNC Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz acknowledged in a statement released Nov. 16 through the University’s media relations office that he is considering the presidency at Michigan State University. “I am focused on serving the University of North… read more
The Board of Trustees presented the William Richardson Davie Award to four alumni and two other recipients on Nov. 8. The award is the highest honor given by the board for service to the University or society. Receiving the awards were Terrence… read more
The Board of Trustees voted on Nov. 9 to increase the base tuition rate for out-of-state undergraduate students and for all graduate students. For the eighth consecutive year, the board did not propose an increase in tuition for in-state… read more
As part of the state budget that became law in October, the North Carolina Legislature restricted funding for distinguished professorships to only STEM fields at all 16 UNC System institutions, excluding positions in the humanities, which lawmakers… read more
A nonprofit group based in Washington, D.C., whose stated mission is to promote academic excellence and academic freedom, bestowed on the UNC Board of Trustees in October an award “for adopting a policy of institutional neutrality on political… read more