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UNC ATHLETICS AND STUDENT ATHLETES
Year in Review: How Mack Brown replaced Larry Fedora as UNC football head coach
Mack Brown is back as head coach and ready to reassemble North Carolina to become the successful team as it was years before.
Thanks to the NFL, UNC is participating in a CTE study with part of a $14.7 million grant
You may have heard about the tragic death of a former UNC football player who was homeless and nearly unrecognizable in 2015. But his story highlights the way C.T.E. brain injuries follow and affect athletes long after they hang up their jerseys and walk across the stage at graduation. Stories like these and years of research have culminated with the NFL offering UNC, along with other partners, a grant to help develop new findings on catching and preventing C.T.E.
UNC swimming and diving defeats South Carolina in Friday home meet
New first-year members on the Swim and Dive team are helping to drive the momentum to success this season, carrying a standard of excellence — the win against USC is just one of many accomplishments so far.
UNC Athletic Director will continue to guide UNC post-scandal with renewed contract
Over the past six years, Bubba Cunningham has overseen nine national titles and 10 runner-up finishes as athletic director. With a contract renewed by Chancellor Folt on Nov. 17, he has six more years at UNC to add to the trophy case.
Athletes' academics, online learning main topics at BOG committee meeting
Timothy Gallimore, assistant vice president for academic planning and state authorization, discussed the possibility of North Carolina joining the State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements program.
Experts weigh in on potential sanctions for UNC from NCAA investigation
Nearly 100 days have passed since the release of the Wainstein report, and UNC still appears far from reaching the closure that it seeks.
Athlete working group talks impact of new NCAA rule
New NCAA legislation that allows universities to pay athletes for the full cost of college attendance was met with positive reactions from the Student-Athlete Academic Initiative Working Group on Tuesday.
NCAA approves student-athlete support
UNC was one of 65 schools that voted to pass legislation on Saturday to better financially support student-athletes across the country with an increased value of athletic scholarships.
Mary Willingham and UNC head to mediation
Former athletic learning specialist Mary Willingham has always said she filed her lawsuit against UNC for one reason — to get her job back.
Athlete working group at UNC might disband
After naming most of its objectives, the Student-Athlete Academic Initiative Working Group is considering handing over its responsibilities to the Faculty Athletics Committee and other committees.
Student-athletes weigh in on getting paid
Starting point guard Marcus Paige might be an amateur, but this month his signed jersey is going for about $270 on Ebay — nearly $195 more than what UNC Student Stores charges for his nameless, unsigned jersey’s replica.
UNC student-athletes take "It's On Us" pledge
For UNC student-athletes who have taken the pledge, it’s on them to end sexual assault and interpersonal violence.
Faculty Executive Committee wants more involvement in student-athlete matters
UNC faculty want a place to voice their concerns directly when it comes to the role of athletics in the University, members of the Faculty Executive Committee said in their meeting Monday.
Sylvia Hatchell mum on Wainstein report after first women's basketball game
Sylvia Hatchell ran from questions about the Wainstein report as quickly as her players transitioned down the court in Carmichael Arena Wednesday.
Running back Romar Morris suspended after DWI arrest
North Carolina junior running back Romar Morris won’t play in the team’s Nov. 15 matchup with Pittsburgh after he was arrested and charged with driving while impaired early Sunday morning.
Faculty call for UNC to apologize to Mary Willingham
When Kenneth Wainstein crafted the final report on his investigation of two decades of academic impropriety, he made at least one thing clear — the University could have known.
UNC athletes haven't unionized despite ruling
UNC-system scholarship athletes have denied the invitation to sign up.
Working group talks athletic department's interactions with Honor Court
Less than a month after four football players were sent to the student attorney general for being accused of assaulting redshirt freshman wide receiver Jackson Boyer during training camp, the Student-Athlete Academic Initiative Working Group reviewed the Department of Athletics’ procedures for interacting with the Honor Court.
Faculty Athletics Committee examines changing landscape
Cunningham updated the Faculty Athletics Committee on important litigation and changes to the governance of college athletics in the committee’s first meeting of the academic year.
