UNC Health Care is gearing up to fight a legislative proposal that would dramatically overhaul its governance structure and hamper its ability to expand.
Dr. Bill Roper’s office in Bondurant Hall overlooks bustling South Columbia Street.
China-based Ming Yang Wind Power will officially open a research and development center at N.C. State University today — a step toward the potential construction of wind farms in North Carolina.
The UNC system benefits the state’s economy by as much as $10.4 billion, according to a study completed by N.C. State University economics professor Michael Walden.
The N.C. General Assembly has traditionally given high levels of funding to higher education, and as a result, public university tuition has remained low. But substantial UNC-system budget cuts have led some to question the longevity of the low-tuition model.
Even as the UNC system struggles in the midst of economic instability, other states are looking to its centralized system as a guide to cutting costs.
Before Dosher Memorial Hospital in Southport, N.C. could renovate some of its older patient rooms, it had to complete paperwork, which cost the hospital more than $100,000.
When Gen. Martin Dempsey was a student at Duke University, his favorite past time didn’t involve attending lectures. But the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff and the highest ranking military officer in the country delivered one of those lectures Thursday, joking that he would rather be at a sports bar.
A private fundraising effort has saved one campus of the state’s Governor’s School program — and fundraisers have until January to save the second.
The prolonged battle concerning ownership of Rex Healthcare has put the UNC Health Care system under scrutiny — but now the system is asking that the same scrutiny be applied to its competitor.
