The decision of the UNC Board of Governors to close three centers across the UNC System has drawn a lot of attention over the last few days. The Center for Poverty, Work, and Opportunity at UNC was voted to be shut down in the...
Read MoreStudents at North Carolina’s public universities will pay higher tuition and fees in the next couple of years after a one-year tuition freeze this year.
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Protesters have disrupted a University of North Carolina Board of Governors discussion over an anti-poverty center headed by a sharp critic of Republican lawmakers and Gov. Pat McCrory.
Read MoreA scholarship has been created at NC State University to honor the lives of three Muslim college students that were shot and killed earlier this month, in Chapel Hill. NC State Chancellor Randy Woodson announced the scholarship...
Read MoreHigher Education Institutions across North Carolina contribute over $60 billion to the state’s economy, according to a new study. Don Hobart, Associate Vice Chancellor for Research at UNC, says the flagship university’s impact...
Read MoreUNC is currently facing several legal challenges, including a class-action lawsuit from two former student-athletes filed last week. To handle the breadth of the lawsuits, UNC has retained the services of New York-based Skadden,...
Read MoreApplications for admission to UNC are up again. UNC is announcing a record for first-year applications, marking ten years in a row that a new record has been set. Overall applications are up two percent over last year and 37...
Read MoreThe full UNC Board of Trustees convened on Thursday at the Carolina Inn. As part of the consent agenda at the meeting, a design to improve pedestrian, bicycle, and vehicular access from Franklin Street to Cameron Avenue was...
Read MoreUNC officials announced the formation of the Carolina Research Venture Fund, at a Board of Trustees meeting on Wednesday. Board member Sallie Shuping-Russell, who is also a managing director at BlackRock – the world’s largest...
Read MoreThere have been ripple effects emanating through the UNC campus following news that Tom Ross would be transitioning out of his role as President of the University System over the next year. One UNC branch of note in this...
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