Friday morning, UNC held a dedication ceremony for the Hortense McClinton residence hall and the Henry Owl Building. The university installed these Carolina trailblazers’ names on two buildings whose prior names were tied to white supremacy.
The Coalition for Carolina recently held a panel about university governance at UNC. The group questioned GOP influence within the UNC Board of Governors and UNC Board of Trustees.
This year, UNC made national headlines following the Board of Trustees decision to “take no action” on Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones’ tenure application.
With the recent appointment of astrophysicist Chris Clemens as UNC’s next provost and several faculty leaving the university, some faculty members say there is a concerning trend of political influence at Carolina.