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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 ...

Freshmen Trevor Doane (right) and Megan NcNeill play soccer in the snow on Ehringhaus fields Tuesday. Classes were canceled at 2:30 p.m.

Sudden snow surprises UNC

By Bradley Saacks | February 24

Even 3,000 miles away, Chancellor Carol Folt was still involved in the decision not to cancel classes until late in the day Tuesday — but she was not ...

Student leaders dine with Carol Folt, discuss diversity

By Langston Taylor | January 28

Chancellor Carol Folt, several administrators and faculty ate dinner with nearly 40 invited student leaders to plan better communication among campus ...

Contextualized grading debate an old one

By Sara Salinas | January 21

As faculty and students gear up for a semester-long discussion of contextualized grading at UNC, a decades-long conversation will likely see a resolution. ...

Faculty headed to NCAA meeting

By Sarah Kaylan Butler | January 14

The Faculty Athletics Committee is becoming increasingly involved in giving input to ACC and NCAA conference proposals and discussed upcoming proposals ...

Bradley Saacks is the University Editor. He is a junior journalism major from Cary.

Column: This could have been over long ago

By Bradley Saacks | January 6

On Dec. 30 I spent eight hours at UNC’s General Administration building for the court-ordered mediation between the University and 10 news organizations, ...

Gene Chizik, who previously worked as UNC's defensive coordinator and coached at Texas under Mack Brown, is returning to the position next season.

Gene Chizik possible next defensive coordinator

By Pat James | January 6

During the 2014 football season, the North Carolina defense was torched week in and week out — finishing the season ranked No. 117 in total defense ...

Folt postpones contextualized transcripts over student concerns

By Bradley Saacks | December 3

Contextualized transcripts will not be implemented for at least another semester, after Chancellor Carol Folt decided there were too many concerns about ...

News groups suing UNC for public records

By Jane Wester | November 25

The Daily Tar Heel and nine other media organizations filed a suit against the University Monday for the release of personnel records for employees facing ...

Faculty Council focuses on core values in response to Wainstein report

By Katie Reeder | November 21

Faculty members have been in an identity crisis since the release of the Wainstein Report a month ago.

Karen Gil to step down in May

By Kristen Chung | November 21

After serving since 2009 as the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Karen Gil has decided it’s time to step down and give someone else a chance ...

Veterans affairs position proposed to Board of Trustees

By Sara Salinas | November 21

Student Body President Andrew Powell and Jacob Hinton support creating a University position devoted to veterans affairs, but UNC’s administration is ...

UNC's General Counsel Leslie Strohm to leave for Louisville

By Bradley Saacks | November 17

After staying on to help the University handle the aftermath of the Wainstein report, UNC’s longtime General Counsel Leslie Strohm will leave her post ...

The National Pan-Hellenic Council hosted their annual step show Thursday at Memorial Hall.

Panel criticizes Wainstein report’s public interpretation

By Jenn Morrison | November 14

In the wake of Kenneth Wainstein’s investigation, students, faculty and administrators are concerned that some interpretations of his report have raised ...

UNC makes first investment in 10-year academic support plan

By Liz Bell | November 13

When Kenneth Wainstein’s independent investigation revealed the extent of academic advisers’ involvement in a decades-long athletic-academic scandal, ...

Professor Altha Cravey spoke on behalf of UNC's Progressive Faculty Network at Wednesday's rally, "Speaking Back to the Wainstein Report."

Progressive Faculty Network needles Wainstein report

By Bri Cotton | November 6

While the Progressive Faculty Network has diverse opinions on the Wainstein report, there is one thing they can agree on — the problem is much bigger ...

Faculty Council suggest solutions to academic problems

By Harvey Ye | November 3

A week after the release of Kenneth Wainstein’s investigation report on the academic scandal, the members of the UNC Faculty Council assembled to discuss ...

University adds travel limits due to Ebola

By Langston Taylor | October 30

UNC and UNC Health Care prohibited all University-sponsored travel to Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone and asked that students and staff avoid personal ...

Chancellor Carol Folt promised to give disciplinary action to nine employees upon receiving the Wainstein report.

Faculty, athletic counselors facing disciplinary action at UNC

By Jane Wester | October 24

Before students could even digest the Wainstein report, Chancellor Carol Folt made a promise — nine UNC employees will face disciplinary action.