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Faculty report implicates athletic department staff

By Elizabeth Johnson | Jul. 26, 2012

A report released by the University’s Faculty Executive Committee Thursday implicates athletic department advisors in helping student-athletes sign up for fraudulent courses in the African and Afro-American studies department. The report was released after a faculty subcommittee completed its review of the internal investigation UNC conducted into the department.

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Trustees discuss 21st Century Vision

By Matthew Cox and Elizabeth Johnson | Jul. 25, 2012

UNC officials focused heavily on innovative approaches to improve the University’s standing compared to its peer institutions during Wednesday’s Board of Trustees committee meetings.

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Trustees to meet amidst academic controversy

By Matthew Cox and Elizabeth Johnson | Jul. 25, 2012

In the midst of ongoing investigations into academic fraud at UNC, the University community has pledged its support for Chancellor Holden Thorp ahead of this week’s Board of Trustees meeting. The discussion of academic integrity and controversy stemming from the 2010 NCAA investigation of the football team will be a small part of the board’s agenda.

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No decision yet in public records case

By Matthew Cox and Elizabeth Johnson | Jul. 19, 2012

Superior Court Judge Howard Manning will wait to rule on a hearing between UNC and The Daily Tar Heel, (Raleigh) News & Observer, Charlotte Observer and five other news outlets. Beginning in 2010, the news publications sued the University for all documents related to the NCAA investigation of the football team. Jon Sasser, an attorney representing former football coach Butch Davis, spoke first, arguing that the subpoena for Davis’ personal phone records should be dismissed.

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Joe DeSimone selected as new leader for Kenan Institute

By Elizabeth Johnson | Jul. 18, 2012

Joe DeSimone has been a board member for Research Triangle Park, designed nanomedicines that benefit cancer patients and received top national honors in both research and engineering.

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UNC has spent nearly half a million dollars on legal fees since June 2010

By Elizabeth Johnson | Jul. 13, 2012

UNC has spent $467,406.49 on outside legal fees since June 2010, when the NCAA began investigating the University’s football program. Karen Moon, spokeswoman for the University, wrote in an email that no state-appropriated funds have been used to cover these fees and that the bills were paid through UNC Chapel Hill Foundation, Inc. and the department of athletics.

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University releases redacted documents related to 2010 NCAA investigation

By Elizabeth Johnson | Jul. 11, 2012

UNC officials released more than 200 pages of heavily censored documents — most of which were related to the 2010 NCAA investigation — on Wednesday. The documents include statements of fact and reinstatement requests submitted by the University to the NCAA in 2010 and bills the University received from the Kansas law firm, Bond, Schoeneck & King.

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AFAM majors see progress

By Elizabeth Johnson | Jun. 14, 2012

Students in the African and Afro-American studies department say the department’s reputation and future should not be based on former chair Julius Nyang’oro.

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University to take back $12,000 from AFAM professor

By Elizabeth Johnson | Jun. 11, 2012

UNC officials have asked Julius Nyang’oro — former chair of the African and Afro American studies department — to give $12,000 back to the University.

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Thorp talks aid in capital

By Elizabeth Johnson | Jun. 6, 2012

UNC joined a select group of the nation’s colleges and universities in a commitment to financial aid transparency this week. “We want to make sure students get the best information they can and that they understand it,” Thorp said.