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Alumnus awarded the Gates Cambridge Scholarship

By David Saff | July 17

The scholarship offers full support for graduate study at the University of Cambridge.

The Campaign for Carolina added three more co-chairs in its final phase

By David Saff | July 4

As of July 2, the campaign has raised $2.12 billion, garnered 152,524 donors and received 290,083 gifts. The goal of the fundraiser is to raise $4.25 ...

Disrupted plans: What happens when colleges close and students have to move on?

By Olivia Slagle | April 23

A rise in expenses and a drop in enrollment contributed to 66 small, private colleges closing in the 2015-16 school year. When these schools close, what ...

Gov. Cooper proposes $130 million plan to increase school safety in NC

By Blake Weaver | April 23

Of the $65 million proposed for facility upgrades, $20 million would go to the UNC system for facility upgrades including communication systems, security ...

'So much bigger than me': UNC system's first African-American president talks election, future

By Emily Davis | April 19

Rising senior at North Carolina Central University Bettylenah Njaramba will be sworn as the president of The University of North Carolina Association ...

The competition for admission is heating up among state colleges, UNC-CH included

By Michael Meeks | April 18

Public university systems in states like California and North Carolina are rejecting students that would have been accepted in prior years.

UNC system happenings for April 16, 2018

By Ana Irizarry | April 15

The new president of the UNC-system student body president, elected Wednesday, is Bettylenah Njaramba, a junior at N.C. Central University. Drugs ...

UNC-W will be one of 34 schools selected for a partnership with Chinese university

By Emily Davis | April 11

UNC-Wilmington is expecting about 100 students from Chongqing University of Arts and Sciences in China to participate in its new dual degree program starting ...

UNC President Margaret Spellings speaks about her review at the Spellings Commission on Sept. 26, 2017.

UNC BOG defends President Spellings' bonus

By Anna Pogarcic | April 8

The UNC-System Board of Governors voted in favor of giving President Spellings a bonus.

UNC's Spellings launches statewide tour of universities

By Veronica Correa | April 4

UNC-system President Margaret Spellings plans to visit eight campuses across the state in the upcoming weeks.

$Photo illustration. In response to a series of serious infractions at fraternities across the country, UNC system schools have cracked down on codes of conduct violations.$

UNC-system schools are cracking down on fraternities for violations

By Georgia Wieland-Stanford | April 2

Schools in the UNC system have cracked down on fraternities for violating student codes of conduct after a series of deaths at fraternities in 2017.

UNC-system President Margaret Spellings (left) sits next to chairperson Lou Bissette (right) during a September 2017 UNC Board of Governors meeting.

BOG approves business school tuition increases, other school fees

By Blake Weaver | March 27

The UNC-system Board of Governors approved increases in tuition and fees for certain undergraduates at some UNC-system campuses. See if this applies to ...

HBCUs on the fringe: what NC's U.S. Rep. Walker and the government can do to support them

By Michael Meeks | March 18

North Carolina has its fair share of HBCUs, each with unique personalities. However, these schools face financial difficulty, and the government wants ...

Wish granted: WSSU's Rams Know H.O.W. Mobile Clinic offers new services and extended hours

By Blake Weaver | February 28

Following a grant, Winston-Salem State University's Rams Know H.O.W. Mobile Clinic is now offering extended hours and more services.

The Duke University Chapel on Duke’s West Campus, as photographed in 2017, serves as a symbol of the university.

Duke to open First Amendment clinic, offer free counsel

By Anna Pogarcic | February 27

With UNC still barred from litigation by the UNC Board of Governors, Duke Law School plans to open a First Amendment Clinic, which will give free legal ...

Preserving the old to celebrate the new: ECSU to create African-American Heritage Center

By Anna Pogarcic | February 21

Preserving the old to celebrate the new. Elizabeth City State University plans to create an African-American Heritage Center on campus from a building ...

UNC junior Alexis Hall works with UNC Office of Diversity & Inclusion and runs two programs through it.

UNC-system diversity programs under examination by BOG

By Emily Davis | February 20

A system-wide study presented to the UNC-system BOG reveals disparities between UNC-system schools' diversity and equal opportunity programs and policies. ...

Tillis' new bill would allow HBCUs more financial flexibility

By Ryan Smoot | February 20

A new bipartisan bill in the U.S. Senate would give HBCUs in North Carolina more financial flexibility.

One NC community college will no longer award D's

By Georgia Wieland-Stanford | February 14

A North Carolina community college eliminated D's from its grading scale.

NCCU officially joins Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory as first HBCU

By Olivia Slagle | January 31

Minority students, older students and former military students from NCCU that have contributed for years will now see increased opportunities as official ...