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Here’s what the process of looking for a new chancellor looks like

By Praveena Somasundaram | February 1

Carol Folt gave her final remarks in a Board of Trustees meeting on Thursday, her last day as chancellor of UNC. We take a look back at previous chancellors ...

Column: Include transparency in the chancellor search

By Rachel Jones | January 31

"I love UNC. I would not do this job if I didn’t love UNC. But with that love comes expectations — expectations of transparency, of access, of truth." ...

Word on the Street: Students reflect on Chancellor Folt's last day

By Elizabeth Moore | January 31

Carol Folt completed her last day at UNC on Thursday, which elicited a mixed reaction from students. The Daily Tar Heel asked students in the Pit what ...

Chancellor Folt's last day and final Board of Trustees meeting

By Lindsey Banks | January 31

The UNC Board of Trustees held their last meeting with Chancellor Carol Folt in attendance Thursday morning. She gave her final remarks and was awarded ...

Students say goodbye to Chancellor Carol Folt before final day in office

By Edward Trentzsch | January 30

Folt, who is entering her final day as chancellor, paid a visit to the students who gathered in her honor and couldn’t hold back the tears as she read ...

Folt commended for her service, addresses responsibility around Silent Sam

By Praveena Somasundaram | January 22

Chancellor Carol Folt’s term only has 9 days left, and the Faculty Executive Committee convened with her before her leave.

What's the difference between the Board of Governors and the Board of Trustees?

By Praveena Somasundaram | January 17

In recent months, the role of the UNC-system Board of Governors and UNC-Chapel Hill's Board of Trustees has been highlighted surrounding the Silent Sam ...

Anti-Silent Sam advocates celebrate at victory rally Tuesday night

By Elizabeth Moore | January 15

Less than 24 hours after the Silent Sam pedestal was removed from McCorkle place, anti-Silent Sam activists threw a party. Here is the community response ...

Partnerships at UNC fostered by Folt will outlive her tenure

By Nathan Wesley | January 15

Here's a compilation of the financial growth Chancellor Folt championed for on-campus programs and student scholarships.

With 15 days left as UNC's chancellor, Folt looks back at her controversial tenure

By Myah Ward | January 15

After replacing former UNC Chancellor Holden Thorp in 2013, Chancellor Folt has outlasted numerous scandals and gained respect among faculty, staff and ...

Word on the Street: Students react to Chancellor Folt's resignation

By Arabella Saunders | January 15

Staff writer Arabella Saunders asked UNC students what they thought about Chancellor Carol Folt stepping down from her position and what it means for ...

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Who is behind the @now_what_sam Twitter account?

By Stephanie Mayer | November 14

Suggestions on what to do with Silent Sam posted by the account range from burying the statue like a Terracotta warrior to moving it off campus to a variety ...

Hillel holds vigil for Pittsburgh victims

By Elizabeth Moore | November 2

“When a great tragedy affects the Jewish people, it says, “If God has two giant tears, it fills the whole sea,” she said.

Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Winston Crisp to retire later this month

By Bailey Aldridge | October 4

After 26 years at UNC, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Winston Crisp will retire later this month.

Chancellor Carol Folt looks onto the Old Well from her South Building office. Folt has faced many pressures this year, including scandal and student protests.

Folt believes she should keep her opinions private

By Bradley Saacks | April 24

To Ayesha Faisal, most incoming freshmen have false expectations coming into UNC about what their time at the University will be like.

UNC misrepresented sexual assault policy

By Langston Taylor | April 24

For at least 12 years, UNC said it had a sexual assault policy it didn’t actually practice.

UNC investment debates complicate endowment

By Nick Niedzwiadek and Samantha Sabin | April 24

It wasn’t long after Mark Yusko arrived in Chapel Hill in 1998 with big ideas about how to revitalize UNC-Chapel Hill’s slumping endowment that he ...

As theme comes to close, Folt talks water research

By Victoria Mirian | April 24

Chancellor Carol Folt peered through two glass bottles — one filled with dirty water, one filled with clear.

Boxill’s role in academic scandal still under fire

By Amanda Albright and Sara Salinas | April 24

Six months after an administrative assistant was positioned at the center of UNC’s academic scandal, the involvement of respected senior lecturer Jan ...

Filling top in administration spots costs UNC $840K

By Amanda Albright | April 24

If anyone should be happy about chancellors quitting after just years on the job, it’s William Funk.