UNC Coverage

UNC-Chapel Hill, Duke to provide more flexibility for staff returning to office
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill welcomed employees back to campus Monday after more than a year of remote work during the pandemic. But the normal workday at UNC-Chapel Hill and at Duke University will likely not be the same as it was before the pandemic.

Duke, UNC-Chapel Hill allowing some people to continue working from home at least part of the time
UNC-Chapel Hill welcomed employees back to campus Monday after more than a year of remote work during the pandemic. But the normal workday at UNC-Chapel Hill and at Duke University will likely not be the same as it was before the pandemic.

Chancellor's future not discussed at UNC-Chapel Hill board meeting
As speculation continues over his future, Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz spoke at Thursday's Board of Trustees meeting as University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill leaders discussed racial equity, coronavirus and the new academic year.

Trustees go out of their way to praise embattled UNC-Chapel Hill chancellor
As speculation continues over his future, Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Board of Trustees met Thursday to discuss th eupcoming academic year, the ongoing pandemic and racial equity.

UNC leaders discuss plans for new academic year
Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz and other university leaders delivered remarks at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Board of Trustees meeting on Thursday, July 15, 2021.

UNC-Chapel Hill faculty adopt resolution supporting chancellor amid speculation he'll soon be fired
The new chairman of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Board of Trustees said Wednesday that the rumors of Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz's imminent demise are greatly exaggerated. But Mimi Chapman, chair of the university's Faculty Council, said Guskiewicz's job has become so tenuous that officials are bandying about names for a potential replacement.

Is UNC-Chapel Hill chancellor's job in jeopardy? Trustees chair, faculty chair disagree
The new chairman of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Board of Trustees said Wednesday that the rumors of Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz's imminent demise are greatly exaggerated. But Mimi Chapman, chair of the university's Faculty Council, said Guskiewicz's job has become so tenuous that officials are bandying about names for a potential replacement.

Emergency meeting at UNC-Chapel Hill comes amid concerns over chancellor, race relations
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Faculty Council is holding an emergency meeting Wednesday afternoon.

Timing of UNC Faculty Council meeting raises eyebrows as university copes with controversies
Members are expected to discuss university administration and governance.

Cooper spoke with Hannah-Jones during UNC saga, laments governance issues at state universities
The governor and the Pulitzer Prize winner spoke twice ahead of the UNC-Chapel Hill tenure vote, governor's office confirms.

CBC OPINION
Editorial: UNC's hard-earned reputation shattered by lingering racism, difficult to mend
Tuesday, July 13, 2021 -- "Glass, China, and Reputation, are easily crack'd, and never well mended," Ben Franklin reminds us in Poor Richard's 1760 Almanack. Seventy years of reputation repair shattered. This is nothing for anyone to take any satisfaction from. Acknowledge the damage now. Work to diversify the UNC Board of Governors and the individual campus boards of trustees, faculty and student bodies. Start the mending.

NAACP call for removal of UNC acting police chief accused of punching student protester
Students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill continue to call for the removal of acting police chief Rahsheem Holland.

NAACP members protest UNC acting police chief
The newly formed UNC-Chapel Hill chapter of NAACP protests in solidarity with Black students, calling for the removal of the university's acting police chief.

Security expanded around UNC memorial to freed African Americans after men carrying Confederate flags threaten to vandalize it
A man carrying a Confederate flag has threatened to vandalize a UNC memorial dedicated to enslaved and freed African Americans. Man carrying Confederate flag threatens UNC memorial to enslaved and freed African Americans

Men with Confederate flags threaten to vandalize Unsung Founders Memorial
A man carrying a Confederate flag has threatened to vandalize a UNC memorial dedicated to enslaved and freed African Americans.

Black students say UNC-Chapel Hill not safe for them
Groups of Black students and faculty laid out a list of demands Wednesday for University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill administrators to make the campus more inclusive.

Black students, faculty demand changes at UNC-Chapel Hill
Groups of Black students and faculty laid out a list of demands Wednesday for University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill administrators to make the campus more inclusive.

Black groups at UNC-Chapel Hill discuss fallout of Hannah-Jones controversy
The Carolina Black Caucus and Black Student Movement hold a news conference to discuss the future of the Black community at UNC-Chapel Hill in the wake of the controversy over granting tenure to Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones.

UNC student groups to talk expectations for campus police, moving on from Nikole Hannah-Jones
The UNC Black student movement is accusing the campus police chief of punching a student. UNC has not responded to the claims.