Administration

Here's what you missed from last week's Board of Trustees meeting

UNC-Chapel Hill’s Board of Trustees held their full board meeting this past Thursday in the Carolina Inn. Here's what was discussed.

University Affairs Committee discusses faculty, diversity and addiction recovery

In the Chancellor’s Ballroom of the Carolina Inn, the Board of Trustees met to discuss University affairs on Wednesday.

UNC collaborates with American Talent Initiative to make college more affordable

The American Talent Initiative is collaborating with universities across the country—including UNC—to make their institutions more accessible for low-income students as they are still underrepresented at universities.

Folt Revolt protestors claim that Arts Everywhere initiative is not enough

“This is not about feelings. It is about the spotlight on Arts Everywhere, a hollow platitude that gives the school a façade of interest in the arts with zero actual commitment to this department," said studio art graduate student John DeKemper.  In an attempt to draw attention to the lack of funding for the UNC Department of Art, dozens of UNC students protested Monday afternoon in what they called the Carol Folt Revolt.

UNC student on moped hit by car outside TOPO Back Bar

A female University student was hit by a car while riding her moped outside Top of the Hill Restaurant & Brewery's Back Bar on S. Columbia Street Monday afternoon around 1:45 p.m.

Former UNC provost Jim Dean named president of the University of New Hampshire

On Wednesday afternoon, the University of New Hampshire announced that Jim Dean, a former provost and executive vice chancellor at UNC, would become its 20th president. Here's a look back at his time at UNC and the somewhat-controversial replacement decision that followed his departure. 

The Board of Trustees met on Thursday, here's what happened

The Board of Trustees met on Thursday to discuss plans for UNC, involving future renovations and construction, public service at Carolina and more.

The Board of Trustees talk CAPS, Silent Sam and more

The University Affairs Committee assembled on Wednesday to cover a plethora of UNC-related things that you should know about. Here’s the rundown.

Members of the SILS faculty ask UNC to remove Silent Sam

Twenty-one faculty members of the UNC School of Information and Library Science signed a letter requesting the University remove Silent Sam from McCorkle Place. 

UNC community reflects on campus safety on the 10-year anniversary of Eve Carson's death

Ten years after the death of former UNC student Eve Carson, University officials and campus organizations are still working to make the Carolina community safer. Victoria Collins, the assistant director of public relations and outreach for SafeWalk, has recently been pushing to increase publicity for the safety program.

Folt to ask Gov. Cooper to petition for removal of Silent Sam, says anonymous faculty group

Here's why every professor is reviewing emergency procedures in your class

The safety procedures UNC sent to faculty members one week after the Shooting in Parkland, Florida, have students thinking about how to respond to emergencies in their own classrooms. 

Horace Williams Airport may shut down. Here's a history of its impact at UNC.

When Carolina comes into conversation most people begin to either talk about sports or academics. However, airplane enthusiasts always seem to talk about Horace Williams Airport. Horace Williams Airport was pivotal in the shaping of both Chapel Hill and the United States, but is now facing shut down. Students have other plans.

Silent Sam "difficult" for University, says Folt

Chancellor Folt addressed changes in the University over the past year in her annual State of University address at the Undergraduate Student Senate meeting on Tuesday.

Student government is joining the cause to save Horace Williams

With Horace Williams Airport on the brink of closure once again, both the Speaker Pro Tempore of the Undergraduate Senate and Carolina General Aviation are trying to save the historic institution.

Three years after the Chapel Hill shooting, Muslim students talk legacy, Islamophobia

According to a study by the Pew Research Center, 44 percent of Americans polled in 2017 responded that "there is a natural conflict between Islam and democracy." 

The University receives kudos from Board of Trustees for libraries and research

Changes in the coming semester spell success as UNC staff alluded to the University's future plans for academics, libraries and research before the UNC Board of Trustees on Thursday. 

Hazing, drugs and Dreamers: recap of the University Affairs Committee meeting

The University Affairs Committee assembled on Wednesday to discuss the status of campus-wide reform efforts relating to hazing, underage drinking and drug use, advocacy for the safety of Dreamers and other issues.

ACLU pressures NC DPS to remove "The New Jim Crow" from prison ban list

Michelle Alexander’s "The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness" was removed from the N.C. Department of Public Safety's Disapproved Publications Report Jan. 23.

Folt, Cooper announce partnership with United Health Foundation

United Health Foundation, along with Chancellor Carol Folt and Gov. Roy Cooper, announced a partnership with UNC to create a health care technology workforce training and education program.