Census Report: Off-Campus Students Inflate Local Poverty Rates
A recent report finds Chapel Hill’s poverty rate is cut in half once off-campus students are taken out of the equation.
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BOG Takes 1st Step to Replacing President Ross
The first step in determining the next President of the UNC System was taken by the Board of Governors on Wednesday. Tom Ross is scheduled to leave that position in January of next year, following a decision by the BOG. A...
Read MoreUNC Loans $3M to Preserve Housing in Northside Neighborhood
Mayor Mark Kleinschmidt made a big announcement Monday about Chapel Hill’s Northside neighborhood: “UNC Chapel Hill is the new catalyst by providing a $3 million no-interest loan that will be managed by our friends from the Self Help Credit Union to lead the acquisition of properties in the neighborhood.”
Read MoreUNC to Continue Work on Poverty
Many UNC faculty members, and citizen across the state, have expressed concern recently with the decision from the Board of Governors to close three centers across the UNC System. UNC Faculty Chair Doctor Bruce Cairns tells...
Read MoreBoxill Resignation Comes Days Before Appeal Hearing
Dr. Jan Boxill, who has been one of the key figures in the academic scandal at UNC, resigned her position just before her appeal of her firing was to be heard by a faculty committee. Rick White, Associate Vice Chancellor for...
Read MoreUNC System President Ross Responds to Governor’s Budget
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Highlights of Gov. Pat McCrory’s $21.5 billion spending plan released Thursday for the 2015-16 fiscal year. Unless otherwise noted, the dollars amounts are for the 2015-16 year only. For spending...
Read MoreTransparency at UNC
The University of North Carolina has been under an intense microscope in recent years, dealing with questions from an academic scandal that spanned nearly two decades. The issue of public records being filled by UNC has been a...
Read MoreUNC Graduate Program in Spotlight
The graduate program at UNC was put under the microscope in an article in Sunday’s News and Observer after revelations were made that special permissions were given for athletes at Carolina. WCHL’s Blake Hodge spoke with UNC...
Read MoreChancellor Emeritus Moeser: Campus Climate Change at UNC
UNC Chancellor Emeritus James Moeser is calling on residents of North Carolina to stand up for the state’s universities. Anxiety has fallen on much of the UNC campus following decisions recently made by the University System...
Read MoreEve Carson Scholarship Carries on Her Memory
Thursday marks the anniversary of a day that many in the Chapel Hill community will never forget. March 5, 2008, Eve Carson was shot and killed. At a press conference, then Chapel Hill Police Chief Brian Curran made the...
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