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Kevin Guskiewicz named dean of the College of Arts and Sciences

By Bradley Saacks | October 29

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 ...

A year after the Wainstein report, the NCAA and discipline decisions loom

By Liz Bell and Bradley Saacks | October 22

The final investigation. That was what the 136-page report on UNC’s academic-athletic scandal by former federal investigator Kenneth Wainstein and his ...

UNC's public relations department has expanded since 2013

By Jonathan Ponciano | October 13

UNC’s public relations department has reorganized and centralized since 2013, when complications from the athletic-academic scandal highlighted the ...

UNC-system president search leaves public in the dark

By Caroline Lamb and Hayley Fowler | September 18

Tucked in a room belonging to an analytics and software company in Cary, the UNC-system presidential search committee met in closed session this week. ...

Letter: Folt took a stance on undocumented issue

September 4

I was surprised to read your editorial “All students deserve aid,” regarding the state of North Carolina’s One State, One Rate policy.

UNC announces five candidates for dean of College of Arts and Sciences

By Bradley Saacks | September 3

In November 2014, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Karen Gil announced she would be leaving her post to return to teaching psychology.

2015 August 24:th Stephen Hawking Lecture in Waterfront Stockholm

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UNC prof organizes conference with Stephen Hawking

By Jane Wester | August 27

Chancellor Carol Folt, along with other administrators and astrophysics professors, spent the week in Stockholm, Sweden at the Hawking Radiation Conference. ...

Folt responds to accreditation decision

By From staff and wire reports | June 11

UNC's accrediting agency, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, chose to place UNC on a one-year probation. The University ...

Chancellor Carol Folt looks onto the Old Well from her South Building office. Folt has faced many pressures this year, including scandal and student protests.

Folt believes she should keep her opinions private

By Bradley Saacks | April 24

To Ayesha Faisal, most incoming freshmen have false expectations coming into UNC about what their time at the University will be like.

As theme comes to close, Folt talks water research

By Victoria Mirian | April 24

Chancellor Carol Folt peered through two glass bottles — one filled with dirty water, one filled with clear.

Filling top in administration spots costs UNC $840K

By Amanda Albright | April 24

If anyone should be happy about chancellors quitting after just years on the job, it’s William Funk.

Workers warn of sweatshop injustices

By Kelly Jasiura | April 9

The issue of low-wage work often seems distant to UNC students, but health care worker Shannon Milton said her job and others like it don’t pay people ...

Junior Houston Summers taking his oath to office as UNC Student Body President for the 2015-2016 academic year in the Great Hall on Tuesday. He succeed former SBP Andrew Powell.

Houston Summers sworn in as student body president

By Acy Jackson | April 8

Houston Summers was sworn in as student body president in a Tuesday ceremony culminating in a rendition of the alma mater and a reception featuring meatballs ...

UNC system, legislature often find themselves at odds

By Nick Niedzwiadek | April 1

The road between University administrators in South Building and legislators in downtown Raleigh is the same as it’s always been — even if in recent ...

Student Advisory Committee, Carol Folt discuss first Carolina Conversation event

By Stephanie Lamm | March 27

By Stephanie Lamm Assistant University Editor Chancellor Carol Folt entered her meeting with the Student Advisory Committee on Friday feeling tired. "It's ...

UNC to grant students' requests for admissions files under FERPA

By Corey Risinger | March 23

College acceptance might no longer be a mystery to UNC students — the University is expected to join a national movement and release admissions files ...

Student Action with Workers, UNC still don’t see eye to eye

By Sara Salinas | March 19

The Student Action with Workers group didn’t get the change it was hoping for at a meeting attended by Chancellor Carol Folt on Wednesday.

Famous scientist given honorary UNC degree in Scotland

By Karli Krasnipol | March 18

For Peter Higgs, it was theorizing about a subatomic particle in the 1960s that earned him an honorary degree from UNC.

Binge drinking working group prepares for the long haul

By Acy Jackson | March 5

After first bringing up the issue in October, Provost Jim Dean and other members of a new binge drinking working group held their first meeting Thursday. ...

Faculty respond to Board of Governors decision to close poverty center

By Megan Morris | February 27

Chancellor Carol Folt raced to Friday’s Faculty Council meeting from the Board of Governors meeting in Charlotte, where members decided to close UNC ...