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Housekeeping advisory committee aims to ease tension in department

By John Rusnak | October 18

The University remains in the planning stages of reform in the housekeeping department. Positions of membership in the employee advisory committee, which ...

Bubba Cunningham to lead UNC athletics

By Kelly Parsons | October 16

After nearly a seven-week search, North Carolina Chancellor Holden Thorp introduced UNC’s next athletic director, Bubba Cunningham, at a press conference ...

UNC system looks to tuition hikes to absorb budget cuts

By Elise Young | October 6

When the UNC system’s governing body met Thursday, discussions about how to absorb budget cuts and supplement them through other sources of revenue ...

University's Housekeeping Services faces imminent changes

By Claire McNeill | October 2

After a consultant’s report unveiled problems of discrimination and inadequate management in Housekeeping Services, University administrators are starting ...

UNC system lacks funds to buy out tenured faculty

By Daniel Wiser | September 29

Plans to offer buyout packages to tenured faculty have been discussed as a viable option to cut costs and find savings at universities in the state.

End in sight for UNC diversity provost search

By Chelsea Bailey | September 29

With the selection of four candidates for the position of vice provost for diversity and multicultural affairs, the University has moved one step closer ...

UNC language courses studied

September 15

UNC-system administrators are working to expand foreign language learning opportunities for students as part of an initiative they hope will save money ...

UNC athletic head search continues

By Kelly Parsons and Leah Campbell | September 7

The 13-member committee tapped to select UNC’s next athletic director and the firm hired to lead the search met for the first time Wednesday to discuss ...

UNC’s athletic director search committee holds first meeting

By Kelly Parsons | August 28

The 13-member search committee that was formed to help find North Carolina’s next athletic director held its first meeting on Friday, at which the group ...

UNC keeps recent administration searches under wraps

By Paula Seligson | August 28

As the search for the University’s head of finance draws to a close, the search for a new athletic director is just beginning — with a familiar twist. ...

UNC announces new vice chancellor for finance and administration

By Elizabeth Johnson | August 28

After months of interviews and closed-door meetings, Chancellor Holden Thorp has recommended Karol Gray be named the next vice chancellor for finance ...

Talks continue in search for next dean of UNC journalism school

By Colleen Volz | August 18

Further talks between the School of Journalism and Mass Communication and Susan King will be necessary before she accepts the position as dean of the ...

State enrollment funding model could be altered

By Stirling Little | June 6

Despite proposed changes to the way universities fund enrollment growth, UNC-system administrators say increasing enrollment may no longer be an option ...

University searches for new vice chancellor for finance

By Paula Seligson | May 27

As the state legislature prepares to finalize budget cuts to the UNC system, the search continues for a key faculty member who will oversee the cuts at ...

University proceeds with renovations to chancellor’s house

By Andy Thomason | May 23

Looming budget cuts have forced the University to put some capital projects on hold. But renovations of Chancellor Holden Thorp’s house are proceeding ...

UNC Hospitals prepares for big budget cuts

By Jen Serdetchnaia | March 13

Gov. Bev Perdue presented her budget last month with a proposed 25 percent cut to the UNC Hospitals state appropriation that will reduce the financial ...

Search committee for new UNC financial leader meets

By From staff and wire reports | March 1

A committee of top University administrators met to review the criteria for the new vice chancellor for finance and administration. Dick Mann, the current ...

UNC vice chancellor for research candidate outlines ideas

By Chelsea Bailey | February 28

It’s been almost six years since David Lee stepped down as the chairman of the department of biochemistry and biophysics at UNC to become the vice president ...

Weintraub named new Dentistry dean

January 24

At two airports hundreds of miles apart, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Bruce Carney saw two directions for the School of Dentistry. In San Francisco, ...

Ron Strauss took on more responsibility as chief international officer.

Strauss to lead UNC Global

January 13

Both emerged from the applicant pool as candidates resolved to “live and breathe” the University’s endeavors to become a destination for global ...