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2,000 new graduates celebrate in the Dean Dome

By Mona Bazzaz | December 13

Another 2,113 UNC students switched their tassels to officially become alumni Sunday afternoon.

Athletes' academics, online learning main topics at BOG committee meeting

By Jane Wester | December 10

Timothy Gallimore, assistant vice president for academic planning and state authorization, discussed the possibility of North Carolina joining the State ...

Folt holds race relations meeting with town hall protestors and other student leaders

By Acy Jackson | December 2

“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 ...

On November 19th UNC held a town hall meeting on race and inclusion at the university.

UNC paid $12,500 to town hall moderator Clarence Page

By Jane Wester | December 1

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. ...

Students ask administrators to act on systemic racism

By Jane Wester | November 20

Halfway through moderator Clarence Page’s first sentence at Thursday’s Town Hall on race and inclusion, a chant broke out.

Iowa State president drops in on nightlife

By Hari Chittilla | November 15

Colleges are constantly trying to combat binge drinking, but the president of Iowa State University might win the prize for most creative.

Board of Governors gives Carol Folt $50K raise

By Hannah Smoot , Benji Schwartz and Tori Mirian | November 3

The Board of Governors announced Monday that 12 UNC-system chancellors would be receiving raises ranging from about $17,000 to $70,000.

Faculty Council talk Spellings, Student Stores at October meeting

By Ashlen Renner | October 30

“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, ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...