UNC Chapel Hill Board of Trustees votes down anti-discrimination resolution
November 10, 2021 A.P. Dillon
RALEIGH — A resolution that would eliminate discrimination in hiring and admissions was voted down by UNC Chapel Hill Board of Trustee members at its Nov. 4 meeting. The resolution is just a single line that reads, […]
University policies, lawsuit threat led trustees to approve Nikole Hannah-Jones' tenure offer
August 11, 2021 Matt Mercer
CHAPEL HILL — According to former UNC Chapel Hill trustee Charles Duckett, what actually happened behind the scenes was a much different process than what played out publicly in the controversy surrounding the journalism school's […]
Nikole Hannah-Jones rejects UNC Chapel Hill job despite receiving tenure
July 7, 2021 Matt Mercer
CHAPEL HILL — Nikole Hannah-Jones, the writer of the controversial "1619 Project," turned down a job at UNC Chapel Hill and will instead take a tenured position at Howard University. Hannah-Jones made the announcement on […]
UNC Chapel Hill trustees to vote on Nikole Hannah-Jones tenure
June 29, 2021 The Associated Press
CHAPEL HILL – A news release from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill said the school's trustees would meet Wednesday, June 30. It is expected they will vote on whether to grant tenure […]
Letter: Hannah-Jones won't join UNC-CH faculty without tenure
RALEIGH — Investigative journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones has told the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in a letter that she will not join the faculty at its journalism school without tenure, a report said […]
100 in 100: Orange County's Brian Roberts, Orioles Hall of Famer
June 19, 2020 Brett Friedlander
North State Journal's 100 in 100 series will showcase the best athlete from each of North Carolina's 100 counties. From Alamance to Yancey, each county will feature one athlete who stands above the rest. Some […]
Protesters pull down Silent Sam on UNC campus
August 22, 2018 Donna King
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — UNC Chapel Hill is launching a criminal probe after protesters toppled a statue of a Confederate soldier on its campus Monday night, the latest move to dismantle Civil War symbols amid debate about […]
Spellings marks two years at the helm of UNC system
March 7, 2018 Donna King
RALEIGH — It's been two years since Margaret Spellings took office as the president of the University of North Carolina system, overseeing its 17 campuses. As she moves into her third year, she's focusing on […]
North Carolina universities top U.S. News and World Report rankings
September 14, 2017 Mollie Young
DURHAM — Duke University continues to rank as a top tier institution in the nation according to this year's "Best Colleges" list by U.S. News and World Report. Duke ranked 9th on the publication's annual "National […]
Silent Sam's last semester? Chapel Hill students protest for removal of Confederate statue
August 23, 2017 Mollie Young
CHAPEL HILL — Nearly 1,000 people rallied at the UNC Chapel Hill for the removal of "Silent Sam," a Confederate soldier statue on the main campus on Tuesday. "Hey, hey! Ho, ho! These racist statues got […]