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Faculty respond to Board of Governors decision to close poverty center

By Megan Morris | February 27

Chancellor Carol Folt raced to Friday’s Faculty Council meeting from the Board of Governors meeting in Charlotte, where members decided to close UNC ...

Board of Governors approves the poverty center's closing

By Sarah Brown | February 27

CHARLOTTE — Amid students chanting, shaking fists and banging on doors, the UNC Board of Governors voted unanimously on Friday to approve the closing ...

National group speaks out on review of centers, institutions

By Caroline Lamb | February 25

Outcry surrounding a UNC Board of Governors recommendation to discontinue UNC’s Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity has stirred reactions of national ...

See below for a complete list of the UNC law faculty signees, including those not pictured above.

Law faculty take stand on poverty center’s potential closing

By Caroline Lamb | February 24

More than 60 UNC law faculty have signed onto a statement asserting that the UNC Board of Governors’ recommendations on the future of two centers in ...

Board of Governors recommend Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity to be closed

By Sarah Brown | February 19

After UNC Board of Governors member Jim Holmes announced Wednesday that UNC-Chapel Hill’s Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity would be recommended ...

Center for Faculty Excellence spurs classroom performance

By Kristen Chung | February 13

Without the Center for Faculty Excellence, biology professor Kelly Hogan would have waited a lot longer to see the achievement gap in her Biology 101 ...

Orgasm? Yes Please! replaced by another sexual health event

By Tyler Fleming | February 12

Despite the lack of funding for "Orgasm? Yes, Please!," an event that teaches participants about healthy sex, Project Dinah is still trying to raise awareness ...

Carolina Center for Public Service up for cuts

By Jane Wester | February 3

Teaching, research and public service — advocates for the Carolina Center for Public Service say UNC’s historic commitment to these values is threatened ...

Faculty discuss response to Tom Ross ouster

By Sarah Brown | February 3

The forced resignation of UNC-system President Tom Ross in January embodied what many university faculty members across the state perceive as a political ...

Civil rights center unapologetic about its advocacy efforts across the state

By Caroline Lamb | February 2

For Allen Buansi, it happened when UNC’s Center for Civil Rights presented to his class at East Chapel Hill High School.

Gov. Pat McCrory, Board of Governors tout education reform

By Nick Niedzwiadek | January 28

CARY — Years before he became governor, Pat McCrory was a student teacher at North Rowan High School preparing to stand in front of a class for the ...

UNC-system President search process revisited

By Sarah Brown | January 28

CARY — Students and faculty have made clear over the past week through public statements, letters to the editor and social media that they want a say ...

Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity fights Board of Governors’ cuts

By Carolyn Ebeling | January 27

As North Carolina’s poverty rate rises, the University center devoted to addressing it faces extinction.

UNC coalition presses Board of Governors for answers

By Sarah Brown | January 27

Students from the UNC BOG Democracy Coalition met with several Board of Governors members on Monday, brimming with questions about system president Tom ...

Faculty Executive Committee talks Board of Governors tension

By Mona Bazzaz | January 27

Faculty leaders are struggling to accept the Board of Governors’ decision that led to the resignation of UNC-system President Tom Ross.

Chancellor Carol Folt answers question Friday afternoon during the Faculty Governance meeting about Tom Ross's resignation. "As a university I think we have a real opportunity to talk about what's important in a president of a system," she said.

Faculty Council wants a role in picking Tom Ross’ successor

By Ashlen Renner | January 26

After the UNC-system Board of Governors forced President Tom Ross to resign earlier this month in a surprise move, faculty members at UNC worry they won’t ...

ASG lobbies for student participation in choosing new UNC system president

By Marisa Bakker | January 26

Student body presidents from across the UNC system hope to have a say in the selection of the new UNC system president.

Tom Ross, current UNC-system president, hugs a colleague after a news conference Friday. Ross announced he would be stepping down in January 2016.

UNC-system President Tom Ross forced to resign Friday

By Sarah Brown | January 20

Today, following the holiday weekend, UNC-system President Tom Ross will return to his Chapel Hill office — a familiar space he’s occupied for the ...

After freeze, in-state tuition could rise for UNC students

By Sarah Brown | January 16

In-state students in the UNC system received a respite from tuition hikes this school year — but with state support for universities remaining fairly ...

Emilio Vicente, senior public policy major from Siler City, leads a discussion on financial aid and other student issues at a meeting for the North Carolina Student Power Union at Campus Y on Wednesday night based around the UNC Board of Governors.

UNC students to protest research institute cuts

By Olivia Bane | January 16

Black-clad UNC students are planning to sit in on the UNC Board of Governors’ meeting on Friday in Chapel Hill to show support for the University centers ...