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UNC Gets Grant For Graduate School Diversity

Posted by Staff | Feb 11, 2016 | Featured, Higher Education

UNC has received a $1 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support the Moore Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program. The program aims to diversify the pool of students pursuing doctoral degrees in the...

Charlie Rose to Receive Honorary Degree from Duke

Posted by Blake Hodge | Feb 11, 2016 | Higher Education

Charlie Rose, anchor of the nightly one-hour program “Charlie Rose” and “CBS This Morning” co-anchor, will receive an honorary degree from Duke University this spring. Rose is one of five recipients who will receive the degrees...

Tom Ross Named Sanford Fellow At Duke

Posted by Staff | Jan 29, 2016 | Featured, Higher Education

UNC System President Emeritus Tom Ross has been named as the first Terry Sanford Distinguished Fellow at Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy. “I am delighted to have the opportunity to work on important policy...

Tom Ross Honored By Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber

Posted by Staff | Jan 26, 2016 | Business, Higher Education

Former UNC system president Tom Ross was given the Duke Energy Citizenship & Service Award by the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce during its Annual Meeting on Tuesday. As the event’s keynote speaker, Ross delivered...

Three Local Students Chosen For Schwarzman Scholarship

Posted by Staff | Jan 11, 2016 | Higher Education, UNC

Two UNC students and one Duke student have been chosen for the first class of Schwarzman Scholars and will study for one year at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China. UNC senior Larry Han, 2015 Carolina alumnus Max Seunik and...

Congressman David Price Thanks Tom Ross Criticizes BOG in House Remarks

Posted by Blake Hodge | Jan 7, 2016 | Featured, Higher Education

Tom Ross’ tenure as the President of the UNC System officially came to a close on Monday. The UNC Board of Governors announced in January 2015 that Ross would be removed from that position. That was the start of an...

Protesters Rally At UNC Board of Governors Meeting

Posted by Staff | Dec 11, 2015 | Featured, Higher Education

A group protesting the UNC Board of Governors and their decision to hire Margaret Spellings as UNC System President tried to force themselves past police officers and into the meeting, which was held Friday morning at the Friday...

UNC Town Hall Interrupted By Protest

Posted by Staff | Nov 19, 2015 | Featured, Higher Education, UNC

As the UNC Town Hall meeting on race and inclusion began Thursday evening, a group of protesting students interrupted moderator Clarence Page to make demands of the administrators present, including Chancellor Carol Folt and...

Tom Ross on UNC Presidential Search: ‘I’ve Stayed Out of It’

Posted by Blake Hodge | Oct 20, 2015 | Featured, Higher Education, UNC

The UNC Board of Governors will be meeting at 11 o’clock on Friday morning to select a new System President. A tentative agenda for the meeting calls for the 32-member board to go into closed session for reports from the...

NC State Athlete Dorm Draws Concern from UNC Board of Governors

Posted by Blake Hodge | Aug 10, 2015 | Featured, Higher Education

A new residence hall for basketball players at North Carolina State University caused contention at the UNC Board of Governor’s Meeting on Friday. Three members of the board – Marty Kotis, Bill Webb, and Thom Goolsby – voiced...

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