Chancellor Folt creates new position for the arts
By Jenni Ciesielski | May. 25, 2016Roy Williams might want to warm up his vocal chords — UNC is about to get a lot more artsy.
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Roy Williams might want to warm up his vocal chords — UNC is about to get a lot more artsy.
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The University announced Mark Merritt has been named vice chancellor and general counsel for the University.
Read More »On Tuesday, Chancellor Carol Folt announced that UNC’s next vice chancellor for research will be Terry Magnuson, chairperson of the department of genetics.
Read More »A new law in North Carolina that prohibits the use of recordings in businesses such as daycares, nursing homes or agricultural and farm venues has ignited a lawsuit against N.C. Attorney General Roy Cooper and UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Carol Folt.
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Chancellor Carol Folt has three environmental goals for UNC, but no timeline has been set for achieving them.
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In an email Monday night, Chancellor Carol Folt laid out a response to ongoing discussions about UNC’s racial climate, including students’ protests and demands from a town hall meeting in November.
Read More »Another 2,113 UNC students switched their tassels to officially become alumni Sunday afternoon.
Read More »Timothy Gallimore, assistant vice president for academic planning and state authorization, discussed the possibility of North Carolina joining the State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements program.
Read More »“There are definitely a lot of steps being put in the right direction,” Morton said. “Does that mean the work ends? No. Does that mean that there needs to be more work done? Yes.”
Read More »After a nearly 11-month process, UNC announced Kevin Guskiewicz as the next dean of the College of Arts and Sciences in October.
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UNC paid Clarence Page, a member of The Chicago Tribune's editorial board, $12,500 to moderate the University's Nov. 19 town hall on race and inclusion.
Read More »TO THE EDITOR: The fact that a UNC student group interrupted last Thursday night’s town hall meeting to list some absurd demands (with a few reasonable ones mixed in) and then immediately left the meeting to hold its own press conference outside clearly illustrates how people, especially today’s university students, can be unwilling to hear other opinions, thus entrenching themselves further in their own beliefs and thoughts.
Read More »Halfway through moderator Clarence Page’s first sentence at Thursday’s Town Hall on race and inclusion, a chant broke out.
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Colleges are constantly trying to combat binge drinking, but the president of Iowa State University might win the prize for most creative.
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The Board of Governors announced Monday that 12 UNC-system chancellors would be receiving raises ranging from about $17,000 to $70,000.
Read More »“She hasn’t had the chance to come on campus, but I’ve already begun to have conversations with her about our university, what we do, who we are, and she starts in March,” Folt said. “We have lots of time to really develop an understanding for her about what our special aspirations are.”
Read More »Kevin Guskiewicz has been named the next dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, according to a release from the University. Guskiewicz, the senior associate dean for natural sciences and a distinguished professor in the Exercise and Sport Sciences department, was one of five finalists for the position — and the only one currently at UNC. “Kevin is a natural fit to become the next leader of our vibrant College of Arts and Sciences, which provides students with a critical foundation for learning and discovery every day,” Chancellor Carol L.
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The final investigation. That was what the 136-page report on UNC’s academic-athletic scandal by former federal investigator Kenneth Wainstein and his team represented to a University in the midst of a seemingly never-ending scandal.
Read More »UNC’s public relations department has reorganized and centralized since 2013, when complications from the athletic-academic scandal highlighted the weakened state of the department.
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