The UNC-system Board of Governors will hold an emergency meeting on Friday in Cary, but the agenda indicates that the briefing by the presidential search committee and a candidate review will happen in a closed session.
A Place at the Table, a pay-what-you-can cafe, is under construction in Raleigh. The restaurant will allow patrons to set their own price for their meal or pay for someone else’s.
A partnership for success N.C. A&T and Duke University partnered to receive a $3 million National Science Foundation grant this week for graduate students interested in microbiome research.
With 39 percent of students in the UNC-system having taken at least one online course in the 2013-14 academic year, some say online education is a promising tool for college education.
Laverne Cox to speak at NCCU Laverne Cox, an Emmy-nominated transgender actress and the first trans woman of color to play a leading role on mainstream television, will give a speech at N.C.
Although the problem of money in politics has become a much-discussed issue in the presidential race, this issue is not confined to national politics. In fact, it reaches right to the heart of the UNC system’s governance.
400 middle schoolers to explore STEM fields at N.C. A&T Middle school minority boys will be working with local innovators at N.C.
Faculty, students and community members showed up to N.C. Central University Thursday to voice their expectations for the next UNC-system president.
On May 13, the North Carolina flagship National Public Radio station, WUNC, announced that it will acquire Fayetteville-based WFSS-FM for $1.35 million, pending FCC approval.
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK — A fist bump between Tom Ross and Scott Ralls on Wednesday epitomized the working relationship between the UNC system and North Carolina’s community colleges, as well as the friendship between the two departing higher education leaders.
In the final meeting of the UNC-system Association of Student Governments this academic year, N.C. State University’s Zack King was sworn in as the next president — beginning his tenure as the student representative on the UNC Board of Governors.
The months-long process to replace UNC-system President Tom Ross is guaranteed to be closely watched across the state — and will likely begin within the next few weeks.
The UNC-system Board of Governors is the governing body of North Carolina’s 16 public university campuses and the N.C. School of Science and Mathematics.
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North Carolina spends more taxpayer dollars on higher education than any other state — and on Thursday, Gov. Pat McCrory unveiled a two-year budget proposal that he says would bolster funding in at least five areas of the UNC and community college systems.
CHARLOTTE — One day after a contentious Board of Governors meeting on Friday at UNC-Charlotte, the UNC-system Association of Student Governments met and focused on sexual assault and mental health advocacy.
After UNC Board of Governors member Jim Holmes announced Wednesday that UNC-Chapel Hill’s Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity would be recommended for discontinuation, he asked if the board’s working group on centers and institutes had any questions.
UNC-Charlotte is holding a conference aimed at assisting veterans with the transition back into civilian life on Feb. 24.
Part of an update on UNC-system schools.
CARY — Students and faculty have made clear over the past week through public statements, letters to the editor and social media that they want a say in the search for UNC-system President Tom Ross’ successor.
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