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BOG Committee on Budget and Finance discusses tuition costs and student fees

By Charlotte Geier | September 16

As a result of COVID-19, the committee discussed UNC school tuition for the upcoming year. Chairperson James Holmes recommended holding tuition costs ...

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Board of Governors discuss in-person and remote course tuition at task force meeting

By Anthony Howard | September 10

“The goal of this task force is to examine how tuition and fees are currently structured in our system,” Chairperson J. Alex Mitchell, a member of ...

UNC System employees carry on lawsuit following campus closures

By Maydha Devarajan | September 8

In early August, employees and campus workers filed a lawsuit against the UNC System and Gov. Roy Cooper for workplace safety. And as campuses go remote, ...

Newly-elected UNC System president attempted to defund LGBTQ+ group as a UNC undergrad

By Maydha Devarajan and Sasha Schroeder | August 23

Peter Hans tried to defund the Carolina Gay and Lesbian Association as an undergraduate at UNC. On Aug. 1, Hans began his term serving as the UNC System ...

Professors' association revamps efforts to remove UNC-Charlotte head of safety

By Sofia Lesnewski | August 11

Students and faculty at UNC-Charlotte are calling for the removal of Associate Vice Chancellor of Safety and Security John Bogdan due to allegations of ...

UNC student commission resolution: ‘All courses must be offered virtually'

By Maddie Ellis | August 2

The Commission on Campus Equality and Student Equity's resolution calls for full remote instruction and limitations on the number of students living on ...

UNC System will not change tuition and fees, waives testing requirements for 2021

By Maddie Ellis | July 23

The Board of Governors voted Thursday at its July meeting that UNC System institutions will not change or refund tuition and student fees for the 2020-2021 ...

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UNC Board of Governors' Racial Equity Task Force outlines work ahead at first meeting

By Brian Keyes | July 13

The UNC Board of Governors Racial Equity Task Force met for the first time Thursday to outline the group's mission and the work it plans to do over the ...

A former ECU chancellor is suing the UNC System. Here's what you need to know.

By Maydha Devarajan | July 6

Earlier in June, former ECU Chancellor Cecil Staton filed a lawsuit against the UNC System over his resignation in March 2019. Here’s what you need ...

'Source of student advocacy': Student Body President Reeves Moseley looks to year ahead

By Sara Raja | June 29

Reeves Moseley didn’t expect to begin his term as student body president during a pandemic.  The rising senior took on his role in April with the ...

Undergraduate Senate urges BOT to involve UNC community in renaming process

By Chiara Evans | June 26

The Undergraduate Senate passed a concurrent resolution at its full meeting Wednesday night, calling on the Board of Trustees to take action in renaming ...

N.C. Senate appoints Art Pope, conservative political figure and businessman, to UNC BOG

By Maydha Devarajan and Suzannah Claire Perry | June 25

Art Pope — a well-known and formidable conservative figure within North Carolina politics — was appointed by the N.C. Senate Thursday evening to the ...

System may not refund housing if students are forced to move out, UNC-G contract says

By Kyle Ingram and Emma Geis | June 23

On Monday, UNC-Greensboro notified its students in an addendum to its housing contract that, based on UNC System policy guidance, on-campus students who ...

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N.C. Community College System President Peter Hans to be next UNC System President

By Maydha Devarajan | June 19

Peter Hans was elected unanimously as the next UNC System president at an emergency Board of Governors meeting Friday. Hans is the ninth president of ...

UNC System's historically minority-serving universities given $6 million for COVID-19 research

By Emma Geis | June 11

The UNC System's six historically minority-serving institutions are receiving $1 million each from the N.C. Policy Collaboratory to support COVID-19 related ...

UNC professor leading project to develop high school science lessons on COVID-19

By Rachel Crumpler | June 9

UNC School of Education Professor Troy Sadler is leading a one-year research project in partnership with researchers from the University of Missouri-Columbia ...

UNC faculty member selected for prestigious O. Max Gardner Award

By Chiara Evans | May 28

Dr. Samantha Meltzer-Brody, chairperson of UNC Department of Psychiatry and director of the UNC Center for Women Mood Disorders, was named the 2020 recipient ...

'A rather unique year': UNC to add three new majors this fall

By Rachel Crumpler | May 26

The process for establishing a new major under the UNC System is extensive, but UNC will begin enrolling students in three this fall: medical anthropology, ...

BOG meeting: Controversial member resigns; members halt raises to tuition and fees

By Brian Keyes | May 20

The UNC Board of Governors meeting on Wednesday included a vote to halt raising tuition for next year, interim UNC System President Bill Roper stating ...

Board of Governors committee discusses COVID-19 aid funding for UNC System schools

By Isabella Sherk | May 19

The Board of Governors' Committee on Budget and Finance met Tuesday to discuss funding allocations of the 2020 COVID-19 Recovery Act and the UNC System ...