Since January 2016, the University of North Carolina system has had two “permanent” presidents and two interim leaders (including current Interim President Dr. Bill Roper).
Published: Thursday, April 18th, 2019 @ 5:59 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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UNC's new interim president presented a welcome address Jan. 25 to the UNC Board of Governors, setting the tone for new leadership in the departure of former President Margaret Spellings.
Published: Monday, January 28th, 2019 @ 5:56 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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On Monday, Jan. 14, Folt announced her plans to leave her position in Chapel Hill at the end of the academic year and to remove Silent Sam's pedestal from campus.
Published: Monday, January 21st, 2019 @ 4:03 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper shared the following statement on University of North Carolina's Chancellor Carol Folt's decision to remove the remainder of Silent Sam.
Published: Friday, January 18th, 2019 @ 8:27 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Silent Sam - the controversial Confederate statue that formerly stood on UNC Chapel Hill's campus - may turn into a rallying election issue for liberal activists, a member of the University of North Carolina Board of Governors told Carolina Journal.
Published: Sunday, October 7th, 2018 @ 3:39 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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I was named head coach of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill wrestling team in 2003. I was fired this past June. The athletic director has publicly stated that I was fired for "performance"; specifically, that I had not been successful in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).
Published: Wednesday, September 9th, 2015 @ 5:37 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) visited the UNC Genetic Medicine Building to discuss the recently announced public-private partnership between UNC and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) to create an HIV Cure Center and a jointly owned company, Qura Therapeutics, dedicated to discovering a cure for HIV/AIDS.
Published: Wednesday, May 27th, 2015 @ 4:10 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory was on the campus of UNC-Chapel Hill today to celebrate the largest financial commitment from an individual in the university's history. Class of 1972 alumnus Fred Eshelman has made a $100 million donation to the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy. The governor joined Chancellor...
Published: Friday, December 5th, 2014 @ 9:54 am
By: Chris Downey
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A lot of dollars are riding on how many courses professors in the University of North Carolina system teach (or how many they are perceived to teach). Roughly half of the UNC budget consists of professors' salaries.
Published: Wednesday, June 18th, 2014 @ 8:51 am
By: John William Pope Center
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The novel assigned to first-year students enrolling at UNC-Chapel Hill in the fall is well-written, engaging, funny, and touching. The characters are deep and (mostly) believable. For the book, The Round House, author Louise Erdrich won the 2012 National Book Award for Fiction, an award for which...
Published: Saturday, June 7th, 2014 @ 8:34 am
By: John William Pope Center
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There is an impossibly tough question that all universities must answer, from a legal if not moral perspective. How much of our limited resources should we spend to ensure that the next victim of a sex crime is given the treatment he or she deserves? The University of North Carolina at...
Published: Sunday, April 6th, 2014 @ 2:14 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Finally! After a long, brutal winter, North Carolina is seeing a sure sign of spring - the annual tussle over the UNC system budget.
Published: Tuesday, March 11th, 2014 @ 6:42 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Answer: THIS WOMAN. Carol Folt, acting president of Darthmouth College, was named this week as the first female chancellor of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Published: Thursday, April 18th, 2013 @ 7:30 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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I admit that I was stunned by the appointment of Carol Folt as chancellor of UNC-Chapel Hill. It’s hard to believe that someone who has spent her entire career at Dartmouth, a relatively small (4,200 students) Ivy League college, can navigate the shoals of a large...
Published: Thursday, April 18th, 2013 @ 4:24 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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