Roper announced as interim UNC-system president
In an emergency Board of Governors session on Thursday morning, Dr. William L. Roper from the UNC School of Medicine was selected as the interim president of the UNC-system.
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In an emergency Board of Governors session on Thursday morning, Dr. William L. Roper from the UNC School of Medicine was selected as the interim president of the UNC-system.
Students, academics, community members and political practitioners gathered in Wilson Library’s Pleasants Family Assembly Room Saturday to discuss the current state and the future of education policy in North Carolina.
Margaret Spellings will step down from her position as UNC-system President, UNC Board of Governors chairperson Harry Smith confirmed in a BOG emergency session Friday morning.
Update, 12:11 p.m.: Board of Governors chairperson Harry Smith confirmed that Margaret Spellings will step down as UNC-system president, effective March 1, 2019, at a press conference following Friday's emergency session.
Calvin Deutschbein, a member of Chapel Hill’s Community Policing Advisory Committee, said he fears the potential consequences of police violence escalating at future Silent Sam rallies.
After spending nearly five months as the interim senior vice president for academic affairs and chief academic officer for the University of North Carolina 17-campus system, Kimberly van Noort now officially holds the title.
During the University Day celebrations, UNC will honor five former students with the Distinguished Alumna and Alumnus Award for their representation of the University, and their greater contributions to society.
A recent report by the University of Southern California's Race and Equity Center suggested minority students at UNC-Chapel Hill are poorly represented on campus.
The UNC system is taking new measures to improve college affordability for North Carolina students with the “We Promise” campaign announced Monday. The initiative focuses on informing the public about the affordable education options available, more specifically the Fixed Tuition Program and the N.C. Promise Tuition Plan.
Update: 3:40 p.m.: After just three days of students being back to class, UNC Wilmington has cancelled class beginning Thursday at 12:20 p.m. Campus will be closed at 1 p.m. due to the projected path of Hurricane Michael.
Officials from 10 UNC-system schools gathered in Chapel Hill Wednesday morning for the academic year’s first Campus Security Committee meeting. The meeting focused on how to address system-wide issues like campus crime data collection and reporting.
In an email sent on Monday morning, Chancellor Carol Folt and the UNC Board of Trustees released a statement saying that they have created an email account for the community to share their ideas for the future of Confederate monument Silent Sam.
Chapel Hill Mayor Pam Hemminger and the entire Chapel Hill Town Council sent a letter to UNC representatives Friday, reaffirming the Town's request for a permanent relocation of Silent Sam.
The rate of college students seeking counseling for depression and anxiety is rising, according to a report from the Center for Collegiate Mental Health, and students are questioning the role of universities in providing mental health services.
Update 6:30 p.m.: Updated arrest information was sent by UNC Media Relations Sunday evening. Eight individuals were charged during Saturday's demonstration on McCorkle Place:
UNC-Chapel Hill has been ranked 30th in the world in the 2018 Academic Ranking of World Universities by the ShanghaiRanking Consultancy, moving up three slots from last year's 33rd-place ranking. Out of public universities in the United States, UNC is ranked ninth.
Students at three UNC-System schools – UNC-Pembroke, Western Carolina University and Elizabeth City State University – are seeing decreases this semester in their tuition costs thanks to the NC Promise Plan.
Clemmie Dixon Spangler Jr., who served as the UNC-system president from 1986-1997, died on Monday, July 23. We pulled these clips from the Daily Tar Heel archives looking back on the Charlotte native's time spent in Chapel Hill as the 15th system president.
Clemmie "Dick" Spangler Jr., 15th president of the University of North Carolina system and Charlotte native, has died according to the UNC system.
UNC-Chapel Hill alumnus William McInerney was awarded the Gates Cambridge Scholarship. The scholarship, established by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in 2000, offers full support for graduate study at the University of Cambridge in England.