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A former ECU chancellor is suing the UNC System. Here's what you need to know.

By Maydha Devarajan | July 6

Earlier in June, former ECU Chancellor Cecil Staton filed a lawsuit against the UNC System over his resignation in March 2019. Here’s what you need ...

'Source of student advocacy': Student Body President Reeves Moseley looks to year ahead

By Sara Raja | June 29

Reeves Moseley didn’t expect to begin his term as student body president during a pandemic. The rising senior took on his role in April with the ...

Undergraduate Senate urges BOT to involve UNC community in renaming process

By Chiara Evans | June 26

The Undergraduate Senate passed a concurrent resolution at its full meeting Wednesday night, calling on the Board of Trustees to take action in renaming ...

N.C. Senate appoints Art Pope, conservative political figure and businessman, to UNC BOG

By Suzannah Claire Perry and Maydha Devarajan | June 25

Art Pope — a well-known and formidable conservative figure within North Carolina politics — was appointed by the N.C. Senate Thursday evening to the ...

System may not refund housing if students are forced to move out, UNC-G contract says

By Kyle Ingram and Emma Geis | June 23

On Monday, UNC-Greensboro notified its students in an addendum to its housing contract that, based on UNC System policy guidance, on-campus students who ...

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N.C. Community College System President Peter Hans to be next UNC System President

By Maydha Devarajan | June 19

Peter Hans was elected unanimously as the next UNC System president at an emergency Board of Governors meeting Friday. Hans is the ninth president of ...

UNC System's historically minority-serving universities given $6 million for COVID-19 research

By Emma Geis | June 11

The UNC System's six historically minority-serving institutions are receiving $1 million each from the N.C. Policy Collaboratory to support COVID-19 related ...

UNC faculty member selected for prestigious O. Max Gardner Award

By Chiara Evans | May 28

Dr. Samantha Meltzer-Brody, chairperson of UNC Department of Psychiatry and director of the UNC Center for Women Mood Disorders, was named the 2020 recipient ...

BOG meeting: Controversial member resigns; members halt raises to tuition and fees

By Brian Keyes | May 20

The UNC Board of Governors meeting on Wednesday included a vote to halt raising tuition for next year, interim UNC System President Bill Roper stating ...

UNC System Presidential Search Committee reviews applications amid COVID-19 delays

By Kyle Ingram | May 4

The UNC System Presidential Search Committee met via conference call Monday to review applications for the position. The selection process for the next ...

UNC System interim president expects campuses to reopen in the fall

By Rachel Crumpler | April 29

UNC System President Bill Roper said in a Wednesday statement that he expects to reopen UNC System campuses to reopen in the fall, and UNC Chancellor ...

Thousands sign petition with demands regarding UNC System response to COVID-19

By Sasha Schroeder | March 31

The petition, drafted by Kylah Guion, a 20-year-old political science student at N.C. A&T State University, lists demands to the UNC System regarding ...

UNC System plans to refund students for unused housing and meal plans

By Maeve Sheehey | March 30

According to a press release from the UNC system — the statewide body that governs all 16 public universities in North Carolina — students will be ...

UNC's $2.5 million Confederate payout won't be fully repaid despite backdoor deal reversal

By Charlie McGee | March 26

The UNC System's now-infamous settlement with the North Carolina Division Sons of Confederate Veterans Inc. was struck down last month after a swarm of ...

Silent Sam will not return to campus, UNC System leaders say

By Anna Pogarcic | February 21

UNC System Board of Governors Chairperson Randy Ramsey said Silent Sam will be secured away from UNC's campus at a meeting Friday.

UNC grad becomes first Black female pilot for N.C. National Guard

By Brittany McGee | January 16

"It was like an out-of-body experience," Lindsey Jefferies said when she first helped fly a plane during her time in her high school's JROTC.

Judge who approved Silent Sam deal previously had UNC-favorable decisions reversed

By Preston Lennon | December 19

In a flurry of signatures and stamps, the Silent Sam deal was pushed through the system, going from a lawsuit to a signed judgement in under 10 minutes. ...

Sons of Confederate Veterans members oppose $2.5 million Silent Sam reward

By Charlie McGee | December 14

Multiple current member of the North Carolina Division Sons of Confederate Veterans Inc. spoke to The Daily Tar Heel in the aftermath of the Confederate ...

How the Republican takeover of the General Assembly changed the UNC System

By Maeve Sheehey and Anna Pogarcic | December 4

The General Assembly turned majority-Republican in 2010, and with it the Board of Governors experienced a significant turnover in membership.

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 ...