UNC President Emeritus Tom Ross is the 2016 recipient of the University Award. It is the highest honor given by the UNC Board of Governors and recognizes exceptional service to higher education in North Carolina; the award is...
Read MoreUNC System president emeritus Tom Ross has been named president of the Volcker Alliance. The organization announced the move on Tuesday. The Volcker Alliance is a “nonpartisan organization formed in 2013 to address the challenge...
Read MoreThe UNC Board of Governors met in a special session on Tuesday to discuss the University System’s legal options following a flurry of litigation on Monday over House Bill 2. The controversial North Carolina legislation was the...
Read MoreUNC leaders say Margaret Spellings should be building relationships – and she may be uniquely suited to do it.
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UNC has been ranked the ninth best public university in the United States for African-Americans in...
Read MoreThe UNC Board of Governors has changed the location for its scheduled meeting on Friday amid “potential for large numbers of protesters,” according to UNC System spokesperson Joni Worthington. The meeting was scheduled to take...
Read MoreMargaret Spellings said on Friday that she wanted to “clarify perhaps some confusion about the guidance that went out” to the UNC System campuses in a memo dated Tuesday, April 5. The memo told campuses that the controversial...
Read MoreThe plaintiffs challenging North Carolina’s controversial House Bill 2 issued a statement saying they were “disappointed” in the leadership from the University of North Carolina after a memo was sent to the system Chancellors...
Read MoreMore than 50 UNC – Chapel Hill faculty members have signed a statement asking for the repeal of House Bill 2, the controversial legislation pushed through the North Carolina legislature in a special session last week. The bill,...
Read MoreMargaret Spellings made several stops during her visit to the UNC – Chapel Hill campus on Tuesday. She had lunch with students and faculty in Gerrard Hall while protesters shouted “Go Home Marge” and “Come Outside” from a staged...
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