CHAPEL HILL – In a deeply troubling development, North Carolina’s public universities have lost a second leader with Carol Folt’s announcement Monday that she’ll step down as Chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.1 Since Folt arrived in 2013: Applications to UNC-Chapel Hill grew to a record 43,384 (for a first-year class… READ MORE
BOG buys time for a Silent Sam solution
CHAPEL HILL – Given the many factors involved – safety, cost, emotions and the law – the UNC Board of Governors made a reasonable call last week to put off a decision about the Silent Sam Confederate monument at UNC Chapel Hill and work toward the right solution.1 “The goal here is nothing less than… READ MORE
A university with its hands tied
CHAPEL HILL – Hardly anyone seems satisfied with a plan UNC-Chapel Hill officials unveiled Monday to move the Silent Sam Confederate memorial to a new history center the University has contemplated since 2015.1 But Chancellor Carol Folt and the University’s Board of Trustees have largely had their hands tied by a state law that places… READ MORE
Building a marketplace of ideas in Chapel Hill
CHAPEL HILL – The next time you hear someone say there’s no diversity of thought on college campuses, tell them about the Institute of Politics at UNC Chapel Hill. Founded last year by undergraduate Tanner Glenn, the Institute sponsors a speaker series that includes diverse political viewpoints. “There’s such a need for it,” says Glenn,… READ MORE
MBA@UNC takes Chapel Hill to you
CHAPEL HILL – MBA@UNC, the online MBA offered by the University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School, has been ranked among the best in the nation by various publications. But its students certainly aren’t limited to this nation. UNC Kenan-Flagler has had students attend class from aircraft carriers, while fighting pirates in Africa, on deployment… READ MORE
Barcott to UNC grads: Take the pain
CHAPEL HILL (May 13, 2018) – On a day normally considered joyous, alumnus Rye Barcott offered some advice based in reality for UNC Chapel Hill graduates who will ultimately confront adversity: Take the pain. Barcott, a 2001 Carolina alum, Marine Corps veteran in Bosnia and Iraq, social entrepreneur and Higher Education Works board member, told… READ MORE
How university startups deliver an economic boost to North Carolina
How university startups deliver an economic boost – and improve lives – in North Carolina communities By JUDITH CONE Vice Chancellor for Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Economic Development University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill If the State of North Carolina was actively recruiting a company promising to bring 8,000 good jobs with revenues of $10… READ MORE
UNC’s ‘uncommon education to the common man’
CHAPEL HILL – In June, a foundation established by the late owner of the Washington Redskins awarded the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill $1 million for its efforts to enroll low-income students and support them through graduation. Carolina beat out Brown, Rice, Stanford and the University of California, Berkeley to win the 2017… READ MORE
Giving middle-schoolers a First Look at college
CHAPEL HILL – Thinking about college doesn’t start when you’re a senior in high school. It starts in middle school, if not sooner. Or – especially if no one in your family has been to college – sometimes not at all. Part of the reason UNC Chapel Hill won the $1 million Cooke Prize for… READ MORE
Building – quite literally – on UNC research
SANFORD (Aug. 9, 2017) – UNC Chapel Hill and biopharmaceutical giant Pfizer offered a textbook example this week of the value of university research – and not just in Research Triangle Park. Pfizer and Gov. Roy Cooper announced that Pfizer will invest $100 million in expansion of its facilities in Sanford to build on research… READ MORE
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