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NCDHHS, in partnership with Trualta, provides free, bite-sized, clinically validated learning to empower caregivers
Published: Thursday, March 24th, 2022 @ 8:45 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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When the U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday that it would take up a case challenging UNC-Chapel Hill’s admissions policy, the court made the rare decision to shorten the normal federal appeals process.
Published: Friday, January 28th, 2022 @ 6:13 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The U.S. Supreme Court is poised to make what could be a landmark ruling on the constitutionality of affirmative action after justices decided Monday, Jan. 24, to take up cases arising from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Harvard University.
Published: Wednesday, January 26th, 2022 @ 2:14 am
By: Carolina Journal
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People wanting to learn the fate of Silent Sam will have to wait a bit longer
Published: Monday, March 11th, 2019 @ 4:28 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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An after-action report on the toppling of Silent Sam reveals "serious deficiencies" in how UNC-Chapel Hill law enforcement handled the situation.
Published: Monday, February 11th, 2019 @ 7:56 am
By: Carolina Journal
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UNC-Chapel Hill is expanding its transfer student program by adding partnerships with Guilford Technical and Central Piedmont community colleges.
Published: Wednesday, January 16th, 2019 @ 3:30 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Silent Sam soon may return to campus after the UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees approved a recommendation to rehouse the Confederate memorial in a new, on-campus historic education center near UNC Medical Center
Published: Wednesday, December 5th, 2018 @ 9:29 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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On the campus of UNC-Chapel Hill stood the noble statue of "Silent Sam," the Confederate soldier who stood vigilant watch over the campus. It stood on McCorkle place, the University's upper quad, facing Franklin Street.
Published: Sunday, September 9th, 2018 @ 11:53 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Microaggression - that's a fancy term many radical college students and administrators are using these days as a means to supposedly call out racism and protest unsafe and hostile environments for minorities
Published: Sunday, September 18th, 2016 @ 7:28 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Saddling one person with responsibility for enforcing "integrity" is Orwellian.
Published: Thursday, April 28th, 2016 @ 4:03 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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If you want to find out the real purpose of something, follow the money.
Published: Monday, March 14th, 2016 @ 7:31 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Governor Pat McCrory facilitated an educational panel discussion today at UNC-Chapel Hill to discuss the Connect NC bond investments in the university and the region
Published: Friday, February 19th, 2016 @ 7:14 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Researchers from Duke University and UNC-Chapel Hill presented their report on the effects of alcohol on the brains of young people to the Governor's Substance Abuse and Underage Drinking Prevention and Treatment Task Force today. Governor Pat McCrory requested the report in December.
Published: Wednesday, February 10th, 2016 @ 10:47 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Lefties like to paint those of us on the right,who resist the dark side, as bigots. But they should take a good hard look at themselves.
Published: Sunday, January 24th, 2016 @ 1:38 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Altha Cravey, a geography professor at UNC-Chapel Hill, issues a series of demands at Friday's meeting of the UNC Board of Governors before being removed by security.
Published: Sunday, January 10th, 2016 @ 3:41 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The GOP takeover in Raleigh presented all kinds of opportunities to remake the political landscape for years to come.
Published: Sunday, June 21st, 2015 @ 3:19 am
By: Brant Clifton
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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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It's particularly disgusting to see our state's drive-by media try to compare the UNC Board of Governors' decision to shut down a scam on the Chapel Hill campus to McCarthyism or the state's one-time speaker ban.
Published: Tuesday, February 24th, 2015 @ 12:23 am
By: Brant Clifton
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More than 100 students, faculty, administrators, and political activists packed a lecture hall at UNC-Chapel Hill last Thursday to hear controversial indigenous studies professor Steven Salaita speak about academic freedom and censorship.
Published: Friday, February 13th, 2015 @ 6:15 am
By: John William Pope Center
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What is the do-rag rule, you ask?
Published: Tuesday, July 29th, 2014 @ 10:11 am
By: Brant Clifton
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An anonymous complaint and student petition to oust the president of Martin Community College roused a mini-eruption at the close of last month. The complaint, a 10-page email titled "The Crisis State of Martin Community College," made the news in Greenville - the nearest major city to the...
Published: Saturday, July 19th, 2014 @ 9:11 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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In June 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court took a step toward weakening racial preferences in university admissions. Ed Blum is trying to end them for good nationwide, potentially starting at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Published: Friday, July 11th, 2014 @ 2:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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One of the things that came out of the UNC academic scandal was athletes reading at a third grade level. Why aren't we raising a fuss about the K-12 public school system that allowed these individuals to GRADUATE while reading at a third grade level?
Published: Tuesday, April 8th, 2014 @ 11:29 am
By: Brant Clifton
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We are pleased to announce that effective February 17, Kim Genardo will be assuming a new role in the NC Department of Commerce as director of strategic and economic development communications.
Published: Thursday, February 13th, 2014 @ 1:18 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Bill Barber, his rabble, and their allies in the media and North Carolina Democrat Party have been hitting us with sob stories about the short-changing of higher education in North Carolina that apparently started when that bad man from Charlotte moved into the executive mansion on Blount Street.
Published: Wednesday, November 27th, 2013 @ 10:21 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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I have always tried to be successful. Back in high school, success meant doing well in classes so that I would get into a good college. Being involved in extracurricular activities or having a job was helpful, but academics were vital. Getting into a top school like Chapel Hill only strengthened...
Published: Saturday, August 31st, 2013 @ 8:19 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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This year, a plan for a "gender-neutral" housing complex at UNC-Chapel Hill drew lots of attention, first from the state legislature, and then from the university system's governing body, the UNC Board of Governors. The plan was intended to permit gay, lesbian, bi-sexual, or transgendered...
Published: Wednesday, August 21st, 2013 @ 7:43 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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In 2008, a committee of faculty members at UNC-Chapel Hill was astounded to discover that the average grade of a Carolina student was 3.213 - well over a B average. Led by Andrew Perrin, a professor of sociology, the school's Educational Policy Committee began looking at how other universities...
Published: Saturday, August 17th, 2013 @ 2:45 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Freshman year in college is a time of celebration for most. Freed from the babysitting and busy-working grind of high school as well as from the direct supervision of family members, most freshmen revel in their newfound liberty. It is a profoundly strange time for anybody to be...
Published: Friday, July 12th, 2013 @ 11:55 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Over the last decade, freshman reading programs at North Carolina college have been, variously, controversial, touchy-feely, and arguably too easy. Now, they seem to be dying off. Four North Carolina colleges have dropped their programs outright, and several more have scaled them down considerably.
Published: Monday, July 1st, 2013 @ 12:39 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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What's that smell, you ask? Why it's the patchouli-and-granola Chapel Hill-Carrboro crowd stinking up Jones Street and tying up police officers' valuable time -- comparing themselves to MLK and protesting "draconian cuts" to public education.
Published: Saturday, May 18th, 2013 @ 11:29 am
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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On July 1, sixteen new members will join the UNC Board of Governors. The newcomers are almost all Republicans, and thus might be expected to be conservative about expenses, but will they reform the system?
Published: Tuesday, April 16th, 2013 @ 12:35 pm
By: Jenna Ashley Robinson
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Campus lefties are crying over Gov. Pat's plans to cut $140 million from the UNC system.
Published: Wednesday, April 10th, 2013 @ 3:25 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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