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The Duke University Chapel on Duke’s West Campus, as photographed in 2017, serves as a symbol of the university.

Duke to open First Amendment clinic, offer free counsel

By Anna Pogarcic | February 27

With UNC still barred from litigation by the UNC Board of Governors, Duke Law School plans to open a First Amendment Clinic, which will give free legal ...

Preserving the old to celebrate the new: ECSU to create African-American Heritage Center

By Anna Pogarcic | February 21

Preserving the old to celebrate the new. Elizabeth City State University plans to create an African-American Heritage Center on campus from a building ...

UNC junior Alexis Hall works with UNC Office of Diversity & Inclusion and runs two programs through it.

UNC-system diversity programs under examination by BOG

By Emily Davis | February 20

A system-wide study presented to the UNC-system BOG reveals disparities between UNC-system schools' diversity and equal opportunity programs and policies. ...

Tillis' new bill would allow HBCUs more financial flexibility

By Ryan Smoot | February 20

A new bipartisan bill in the U.S. Senate would give HBCUs in North Carolina more financial flexibility.

One NC community college will no longer award D's

By Georgia Wieland-Stanford | February 14

A North Carolina community college eliminated D's from its grading scale.

NCCU officially joins Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory as first HBCU

By Olivia Slagle | January 31

Minority students, older students and former military students from NCCU that have contributed for years will now see increased opportunities as official ...

UNC system happenings for Jan. 30, 2018

By Michael Meeks | January 30

N.C. State students take an unusual approach to their solar vehicle competition, astronaut Christina Koch keeps busy as she awaits her first mission, ...

Sexual assault, free speech, DACA among top 10 higher ed issues for 2018

By Olivia Slagle | January 29

The American Association of State Colleges and Universities named sexual assault, campus free speech and DACA students among the top 10 higher education ...

Death at Wake Forest University is one of 11 school shootings this year

By Anna Pogarcic | January 29

A Winston-Salem State University student was shot and killed at Wake Forest University on Jan. 20 following an alleged altercation at an on-campus venue. ...

North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein delivers a talk at UNC on Thursday afternoon about problems that affect college campuses.

NC Attorney General talks issues facing students in and out of college

By Michael Meeks | January 25

The tour, which will take place at various universities across the state, will focus on student issues like student loans, sexual assault and substance ...

UNC system reveals new logo and identity

By Bailey Aldridge | January 24

The University of North Carolina System is launching a new logo and idenity, along with two new initiatives.

Photo illustration. Though opioid abuse rates are highest in people aged 18 to 25, colleges often do not have permanent funding to address it.

North Carolina colleges are trying to combat opioid misuse — but they lack needed funding

By Danielle Chemtob | January 22

When Alexander Smith peered through the plexiglass window of his jail cell into his father’s eyes, he saw the destruction he’d caused. Smith’s addiction ...

NCCU School of Law's accreditation under review by ABA

By Emily Davis | January 22

N.C. Central University's School of Law is under threat of losing its accreditation after examination by the American Bar Association.

Protestors created a variety of signs and posters before the Sebastian Gorka's November speech on campus.

NC ranked top state for campus free speech despite controversial BOG policy

By Georgia Wieland-Stanford | January 21

Although a December study by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education ranked North Carolina as best in the nation for campus free speech, debate ...

Mark Dorosin (left) and Elizabeth Haddix (right), co-directors of the newly founded Julius L. Chambers Center for Civil Rights, pose for a portrait outside the new center in Pittsboro, NC.

Former UNC law center employees continue fight for civil rights

By Georgia Wieland-Stanford | January 14

After the September 2017 UNC Board of Governors vote that banned the UNC Center for Civil Rights from litigating and the abrupt termination of employees ...

BOG-approved free speech policy could lead to student expulsion

By Ana Irizarry | January 10

UNC system students and faculty can now be punished for "substantially (disrupting) the functioning of the constituent institution or substantially ...

Economic impact of HBCUs is almost $15 billion, study finds

By Lucas Risinger | November 27

American Historically Black Colleges and Universities contribute $14.8 billion to the U.S. economy, according to a new study.

UNC Center for Civil Rights plans for the future following the September BOG decision

By Tallman Boyd | November 15

This past September, the UNC Board of Governors voted to ban litigation work done by the UNC School of Law’s Center for Civil Rights — which provided ...

NC leaders discuss issues facing military-affiliated students at summit

By Michael Meeks | November 14

Student veterans, campus leaders from UNC System schools, North Carolina community college administrators and N.C. legislators gathered Monday for the ...

NC attorney general hosts first collegiate council meeting to combat college opioid crisis

By Tallman Boyd | November 2

North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein led the first of four collegiate council meetings within the UNC system to work with students on combating ...