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UNC and Chapel Hill community members rally in support of Nikole Hannah-Jones

By Trevor Moore and Kayleigh Carpenter | May 20

UNC and Chapel Hill community members gathered Thursday morning to show their support for Nikole Hannah-Jones ahead of the Board of Trustees' 9 a.m. meeting ...

Chancellor Carol Folt at an executive committee meeting

Bob Blouin to step down as UNC's provost by end of 2021

By Maeve Sheehey | May 4

Bob Blouin will step down from his role as executive vice chancellor and provost by the end of 2021, once the University names his successor, according ...

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Jill Moore becomes first woman elected to secretary of the faculty at UNC

By Chelsea Ramsey | May 2

Jill Moore is making history as the first woman to be elected as UNC's secretary of the faculty. The UNC Faculty Council voted to elect Moore, associate ...

Committee of University Government discusses improving leadership structure

By Caroline Yaffa | April 29

The committee discussed leadership structure, committee recruitment and a possible reconstruction of bylaws at Wednesday's meeting.

Students discuss lack of University-wide recognition of Our Three Winners Day

By Cynthia Dong | April 29

Our Three Winners Day, created to honor three Muslim Chapel Hill community members who were fatally gunned down in 2015, hasn't been recognized by the ...

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History, Race and a Way Forward commission discusses future projects

By Jacie Smith | April 27

At Monday's meeting, the Commission on History, Race and a Way Forward mapped its ideas, and members voted on which projects they felt were most important. ...

With over 50 buildings in severe condition, UNC's maintenance costs keep growing

By Preston Fore | April 15

UNC’s deferred maintenance backlog has grown to over $900 million and counting. The facilities condition index is a ratio of remedying a building’s ...

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University seeks input from community as it renames campus buildings

By Lauren McCarthy | April 12

In a campus message on March 26, Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz invited the campus community to submit potential names for Aycock Residence Hall, the Carr ...

Amid a growing budget crisis, UNC names Nate Knuffman chief financial officer

By Max Hazerjian | March 30

After a competitive, national search, the University announced Knuffman as the new chief financial officer in a campus message on March 12. Knuffman officially ...

UNC Board of Trustees discusses vaccinations, state budget, new statewide initiative

By Elena Tsai | March 28

The Board discussed updates on campus vaccinations and the impact of Gov. Roy Cooper's proposed budget, as well as the Chancellor’s new initiative, ...

‘Where Y’all Going’: Instagram account exposes pandemic partying

By Madison Ward | February 2

A popular Instagram account is exposing UNC student partying through posts of photos and videos. Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz said he is aware of the videos ...

BOT discusses in-person classes, recent vandalism attack and COVID-19 testing

By Lauren McCarthy | January 28

The Board met on Thursday to discuss several issues, from the recent vandalism at the Campus Y to current COVID-19 testing procedures.

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'Completely neglected': Looking at UNC's progress on renaming campus buildings in 2020

By Heidi Pérez-Moreno | December 6

Although the Board of Trustees lifted its controversial moratorium on renaming campus buildings five months ago, the path to renaming campus buildings ...

'Expect the unexpected': Guskiewicz talks his first year as chancellor

By Maddie Ellis | December 6

"I'll also add that this robust testing program was something that we heard loud and clear early in this fall semester that many of our community members ...

How the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted growing distrust in the University

By Emily Orland and Rachel Crumpler | December 6

Mimi Chapman, chairperson of the faculty, said the broad distrust that has emerged in recent months is partially due to a series of past events, like ...

UNC to require reentry COVID-19 testing for students in spring semester

By Hannah Rosenberger | November 12

For students returning to campus this spring, reentry COVID-19 testing will be required, said Chancellor Guskiewicz at Thursday's Board of Trustees meeting. ...

Students, faculty advocate for a more equitable Roadmap — and a more equitable UNC

By Praveena Somasundaram | August 9

Gretchen Bellamy, the senior director for education, operations and initiatives and Sibby Anderson-Thompkins, interim chief diversity officer, wrote a ...

UNC Board of Trustees votes to rename campus buildings, tables a "forgiveness" proposal

By Sara Raja | July 29

Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz presented the Board of Trustees with his recommendation to remove the names Wednesday after forming a committee to review ...

CORRECTION: A former version of this photo caption incorrectly identified the university that most recently changed a name of a campus building. The university was UNC-Greensboro.
In February, UNC-Greensboro became the third university in the state to remove Charles Brantley Aycock’s name from a campus building.

Chancellor-appointed committee reviews recommendation to remove names of 4 buildings

By Kate Carroll | July 22

UNC is one step closer to removing names of individuals tied to white supremacy from four buildings on campus. A chancellor-appointed committee ...

Heel Talk episode 15: UNC works toward renaming campus buildings

By Meredith Radford and Evely Forte | July 20

Host Evely Forte spoke to incoming Sports Editor Brian Keyes, Summer University Desk Editor Maydha Devarajan and University desk writer Kate Carroll to ...