Carolina says it will comply with the Supreme Court’s ruling on affirmative action in admissions while grappling with what racial progress means and remaining committed to serving all students. by Eric Johnson ’08 When the… read more
Just two weeks after a professor was shot and killed on campus, students, faculty and staff were placed on lockdown after a report warned of a man wielding a gun at the Frank Porter Graham Student Union. According to UNC Police Chief Brian James,… read more
The UNC Board of Trustees last week elected John Preyer ’90 as chairman and Malcolm Turner ’93 as vice chairman. Preyer, who had served as vice chair for the past two years, succeeds outgoing Chairman Dave Boliek Jr. ’90, an attorney… read more
Shelton “Shelley” Earp ’70 (MD, ’72 MS) plans to step down as director of the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center in June 2024, University leaders announced this week. Earp, who has served as director since 2018, was the… read more
They came in the thousands to honor the memory of Zijie Yan, a brilliant, soft-spoken faculty member and nanoscience researcher killed in a campus shooting on Aug. 28. At a vigil held Aug. 30 at the Smith Center, the Carolina community came… read more
This article was updated at 3:26 p.m., Sept. 6, 2023. Just six days into the start of the fall semester, a UNC PhD student shot and killed an associate professor in the department of applied physical sciences on campus. No one else was… read more
The Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise, housed in Kenan-Flagler Business School, will launch the Luther Hodges Scholars Program this fall. This undergraduate excellence program is aimed at addressing the most pressing issues facing business… read more
UNC’s Board of Trustees last week passed an antidiscrimination resolution aimed at more broadly applying the ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court that struck down the use of race-based admissions programs at UNC. Originally drafted by board member… read more
Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz on July 19 apologized to UNC Board of Governors members for failing to notify them before he publicly announced plans to offer free tuition to students who meet certain income criteria. Some board members sharply… read more
Blair LM Kelley, the Joel R. Williamson Distinguished Professor of Southern Studies, is the new director of the Center for the Study of the American South. Kelley began her role July 1 at CSAS, which studies Southern culture to emphasize the… read more