UNC Board of Governors Names David Crabtree CEO of PBS NC
The board skipped a national search and named the former longtime anchor and WRAL reporter CEO following a unanimous vote.
UNC-Chapel Hill Trustee’s Involvement in Debate Between Candidates for Student Body President Sparks Controversy
Student Body President Lamar Richards said in a complaint to UNC leadership that Trustee Marty Kotis attended an online debate, asked questions, and offered “pointed, professionally inappropriate responses in the chat” to candidates’ answers.
Twenty-two Things to Watch in 2022
The fight over gerrymandering, rising gun violence, and the pandemic’s Omicron era will shape the next year.
Since May, Nine Top Leaders at UNC-Chapel Hill Have Announced Their Retirements or Departures from the University
Five of the departures are deans of prominent schools. In addition to executive vice chancellor and provost Bob Blouin, three others are top-ranking staff members.
New Fee Hike Spurs UNC-CH Students to Seek More and Better Health, Public Safety Services
“When student fees are being used, students should always be part of the process of deciding how those fees will be used. And the question always needs to be, ‘are student fees being used in a way that empowers the campus community?’”
N.C. State Faculty Passes Resolution Calling for Vaccine Mandate
As of Monday, N.C. State said 73 percent of community members — 32,863 people, including students, staff and faculty—had either uploaded vaccine records to the school’s HealthyPack portal or been fully vaccinated on campus.
UNC Students Seek Equity, Safety After Years of Empty Promises
Students at UNC-Chapel Hill say the university needs to make good now on its promises of equity and safety to its community members of color.
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Middle Man for Silent Sam Settlement, President of Art Pope’s Foundation on the Shortlist for UNC-CH Interim Chancellor Position
The state’s Republicans won’t stop until the flagship university is overrun by right-wingers.
Poynter: How N.C. Policy Watch Reporter Joe Killian Followed the UNC-Nikole Hannah-Jones Story From Beginning To End
Killian first broke the news that UNC-Chapel was hiring the acclaimed journalist without tenure. He also got her first exclusive print interview after she she decided she wouldn’t be going to UNC.
UNC Press Now In the Crosshairs of Board of Governors As It Refuses to Reappoint Professor Who Criticized Its Handling of Silent Sam
Eric Muller has served two five-year terms on the UNC Press Board, and chairman for much of that time. The Board refused to re-appoint Muller, who has been critical of the UNC System’s handling of sensitive issues of race and history.
UNC Mega-Donor Walter Hussman Denies Exerting Pressure Over Hannah-Jones Hiring
UNC-Chapel Hill’s Board of Trustees faces a Friday deadline to address tenure for Nikole Hannah-Jones if it wants to avoid legal action.
N.C. Policy Watch: Deadline Set for Lawsuit in Nikole Hannah-Jones Tenure Controversy
Attorneys with the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and two law firms sent a letter to UNC’s vice chancellor and general counsel laying out Hannah-Jones’ case and demanding the university make good on an initial offer of a tenured position as Knight Chair.
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