Bob Blouin to step down as UNC's provost by end of 2021
Bob Blouin will step down from his role as executive vice chancellor and provost by the end of 2021, once the University names his successor, according to a campus-wide email sent Tuesday.
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Bob Blouin will step down from his role as executive vice chancellor and provost by the end of 2021, once the University names his successor, according to a campus-wide email sent Tuesday.
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One year ago, UNC announced it would shift to remote learning in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Former University Editor Maeve Sheehey and current University Editor Maddie Ellis share their experiences covering the pandemic as student journalists.
“Roll up the windows — there’s a case of polio at that house.”
Chairperson of the Faculty Mimi Chapman said she disagreed with a recent statement from a group of UNC professors calling on Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz to resign — and that it does not represent the entire University faculty — at a Faculty Council meeting Friday.
Grace Henley was at the dinner table with her parents, celebrating the Jewish New Year, when the news of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death broke Friday night.
The Kardashians have been known to summer in the Hamptons. The Kennedys have Hyannis Port. And the Sheeheys, no stranger to family traditions, had lifeguarding gigs at Padonia Park Club for over a decade.
Two new COVID-19 clusters were reported by an Alert Carolina message Wednesday — one at Morrison Residence Hall and one at Zeta Psi fraternity house.
Students who live on campus should plan over the next week to leave their residence halls, unless they are unable to do so, Carolina Housing told students in an email Tuesday. The email said students should take everything with them.
Madison DeVries, a UNC junior whose many passions included being on the jump rope team, playing lacrosse and being an admissions ambassador, passed away on Friday, April 10 at age 20.
Summer 2020 courses through UNC will be taught remotely in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, according to a Thursday email from Provost Bob Blouin.
The UNC System is planning on refunding students for unused housing and dining services due to COVID-19-related campus closures, according to a system press release Monday.
One month ago in Chapel Hill, restaurants and bars were still open, large gatherings were allowed and UNC classes were operating in-person as usual.
An Alert Carolina message Saturday confirmed that multiple members of the UNC community have tested positive for COVID-19. On Friday night, a UNC student who studied abroad in London tested positive for COVID-19.
The University is allowing students to declare spring 2020 courses as pass/fail until Aug. 7, and these pass/fail courses will count toward major continuation and graduation requirements. The Dean's List will be suspended for the spring semester.
Students who live off-campus near the University are "strongly encouraged" to return to their permanent addresses if possible, according to a Wednesday email from Aaron Bachenheimer, executive director of off-campus student life.
The University will only allow critical research activities for lab-based research until March 31, according to a campus-wide email from Vice Chancellor for Research Terry Magnuson on Wednesday.
UNC's residence halls will be closed to all residents for the rest of the academic year with few exceptions, according to a campus-wide email sent from Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz on Tuesday.
A UNC employee has tested presumptively positive for COVID-19, according to an Alert Carolina message Tuesday.
The UNC System is instructing students who live in university housing to return to their permanent residences unless granted an exception by their institution, the system announced Tuesday.