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On the steps of South Building: The decade according to UNC's chancellors

By Hannah Lang | December 4

Three chancellors have served this decade. The DTH talked to each of them about their time in the position.

Some fear the UNC System is going corporate as administrative searches continue

By Maeve Sheehey | November 11

As the UNC System searches for a president and UNC searches for a chancellor, the prospect of a having a leader from the corporate world adds to the existing ...

Former UNC Chancellor Holden Thorp named editor-in-chief of Science magazine

By Will Forrest | August 25

Science, a family of academic journals, named former UNC Chancellor Holden Thorp as its new editor-in-chief. Thorp, a chemist, was chancellor from 2008 ...

Scholar program adds new faculty members

By Macon Gambill | June 30

Ten UNC faculty members were recently selected for the sixth class of Thorp Faculty Engaged Scholars.

Thomas Ross, the president of the University of North Carolina system, opens up the discussion regarding the Wainstein report that was released to the public Tuesday afternoon. The report details how the Department of African and Afro-American Studies at UNC allowed for its athletes to receive high grades with minimal effort for nearly twenty years.

Wainstein report might be the conclusion to UNC's academic scandal

By Bradley Saacks | October 23

It was all a lie.

UNC’s energy plant will most likely not meet the 2020 coal-free deadline promised by former Chancellor Holden Thorp in 2010.

UNC likely won't meet its 2020 coal-free deadline

By Stephanie Lamm | September 26

The University put its energy supply up to bid twice in 2011, but they could not find a supplier capable of producing the quantity needed on a regular ...

Universities replicate UNC's own Carolina Counts in decreasing administrative costs

By Michelle Neeley | February 11

A UNC-CH program has been saving the University millions — and it’s now getting attention from the state legislature.

Past chancellor, Holden Thorp comes back to UNC to teach a class of Econ 125, a class that he started here at UNC.

Former chancellor Thorp visits UNC for ?rst time since leaving

By Eden Ye Tianyue | October 31

Former Chancellor Holden Thorp said returning to UNC Thursday was just like coming home. Thorp returned to the University he attended, taught and led ...

New retaliation probe announced

By Megan Cassella | July 10

Despite a pre-emptive external review completed by the University weeks ago, a third federal investigation regarding UNC’s handling of sexual assault ...

Folt greets UNC, meets tough job ahead

By Megan Cassella | July 3

Tucked in a corner office within South Building, a very small woman sits behind a very big desk.

University offers to make up for fraudulent classes

By Megan Cassella | June 26

A smattering of supplemental courses might be all that’s left for the University in its ongoing battle to rid itself of an academic scandal that has ...

Thorp, Carney will leave office at end of month

By Jordan Bailey | June 26

Throughout Chancellor Holden Thorp’s career, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Bruce Carney stood faithfully beside him to fill in where he was ...

Gambill case review reveals flaws in Honor System

By Megan Cassella | June 12

An external review of the Landen Gambill Honor Court case detailed weaknesses in the University’s Honor System and called into question the merits of ...

Administrators should redefine Honor Court's reach

June 11

Chancellor Holden Thorp’s recent decision to suspend and review a provision of the Honor Code is a step in the right direction for the University — ...

Thorps say goodbye to the small city

By Andy Willard | May 28

Chancellor Holden Thorp and his wife will leave behind more than just their beloved University when they move to St. Louis next month.

UNC Board of Governors Chair Hannah Gage and UNC President Erskine Bowles applaud Chancellor Holden Thorp during Sunday's University Day ceremony on Polk Place. The ceremony featured the presentation of distinguished alumni, remarks by community and state leaders, and the official installation of Thorp as the tenth chancellor of the University. An estimated 2,750 people attended the event.

Holden Thorp leaves UNC on path to fixing problems

By Nicole Comparato | April 26

When a younger Holden Thorp played bass in the band, he would think of himself as the guy who sits in the background and makes the other instruments sound ...

Christi Hurt, Carolina Women's Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Thorp names interim Title IX coordinator

By Caitlin McCabe | April 17

Christi Hurt said she wants to see the day when people who work in sexual violence prevention are out of a job. It is with that mindset that Hurt, current ...

Carol Folt, the interim president of Dartmouth College, celebrates the announcement of her position as UNC's new chancellor-elect at the Board of Governor's Meeting on Friday afternoon.

Chancellor-Elect Carol Folt praised by UNC leaders

By Amelia Nitz and Nicole Comparato | April 12

UNC-system President Thomas Ross said the first time Carol Folt walked into his office and sat down to answer his first question, he knew he would choose ...

Sources: Dartmouth's Folt to be named UNC's first female chancellor

By Amelia Nitz and Nicole Comparato | April 11

Two sources familiar with the University’s chancellor search have confirmed that Carol Folt, interim president at Dartmouth College, will be named ...

Chancellor Holden Thorp halts controversial Gambill hearing

By Caitlin McCabe | March 27

Chancellor Holden Thorp exercised a seldom-used power of his office Tuesday when he asked the student-led Honor Court to suspend proceedings between sophomore ...