UNC-system President Tom Ross forced to resign Friday
Today, following the holiday weekend, UNC-system President Tom Ross will return to his Chapel Hill office — a familiar space he’s occupied for the past four years.
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Today, following the holiday weekend, UNC-system President Tom Ross will return to his Chapel Hill office — a familiar space he’s occupied for the past four years.
Tom Ross doesn’t want to leave. At least not yet.
In-state students in the UNC system received a respite from tuition hikes this school year — but with state support for universities remaining fairly stagnant, the price tag is likely to bump back up for the fall.
UNC students attending classes for the first time this week might have noticed professors banning laptops in the classroom, citing research that laptop use — and its distractions — can hinder learning.
As a UNC Board of Governors examination of the UNC system’s centers and institutes enters its final stages, nine UNC-CH centers were moved on Friday to the final round of review.
As teacher education faces increased scrutiny nationwide, the UNC Board of Governors is discussing strategies to support the UNC system’s 15 education schools — including a possible new scholarship program.
The February coal ash spill in the Dan River spurred a new N.C. law that tasked Duke Energy with forming a plan to clean up its coal ash ponds and created a Coal Ash Commission, chaired by UNC Kenan-Flagler School of Business professor Michael Jacobs. Estimates of the total cost of the cleanup, according to Duke Energy, range from $3.4 billion to $10 billion.
Eight hundred miles away from Ferguson, Mo., UNC students felt the heavy weight of a grand jury decision not to indict officer Darren Wilson in the August shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown.
UNC freshman Daniel Fischbeck, 18, was arrested Thursday in connection with a Yik Yak post that set off a panic among students after it threatened an explosion in the Pit.
The Department of Public Safety is investigating a potentially threatening post made late Wednesday on Yik Yak — a location-based social media application that shows the most recent posts from anonymous users in the area.
Activists and law enforcement officials nationwide are preparing for uprisings once a verdict is handed down on the police officer who shot and killed unarmed Michael Brown in August — and Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon on Monday declared a state of emergency in anticipation of the ruling.
A poster at the front of the room stated the facts: 91 percent white, 5.9 percent black, 3.1 percent Asian, 0 percent Hispanic, 80 percent men, 20 percent women, 29 Republicans, two Democrats.
Thom Tillis assured North Carolina voters on Wednesday that he’s just as tired of the constant bombardment of political ads — more than $100 million worth of them — as they are.
Twenty-six of UNC-CH’s 80 research centers and institutes will be scrutinized further as a UNC Board of Governors review of the UNC system’s centers continues.
A Board of Governors committee on Thursday approved a pilot program for three UNC-system schools that would put less emphasis on SAT scores in university admissions.
College campuses nationwide took precautionary measures amid Ebola fears during the past week, but administrators have assured faculty, students and their families that the steps are an “abundance of caution.”
North Carolina's constitutional ban on gay marriage is no more — giving same-sex couples statewide the freedom to marry immediately and securing legal recognition for gay couples married outside the state.
PINEHURST — The dynamic of Monday’s televised debate between Republican Rep. Renee Ellmers and Democratic challenger Clay Aiken was clear: the congressional veteran versus the political rookie, one with an inherent reputation as a celebrity singer.
An all-campus email Wednesday said the deadline to register to vote in the midterm election was Oct. 10 — but it turns out students might be able to register and fill out a ballot on the same day when early voting begins Oct. 23.
To students, the professor towering at the front of a UNC classroom might represent the pinnacle of academia: a wealth of scholarly achievements, dozens of published journal articles, a high salary.