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Tag: UNC
COVID-19
UNC at Chapel Hill Moves Online After 130 Students Test Positive for COVID-19
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has reversed its decision to hold in-person classes after about 130 students tested positive for COVID-19 in the first week of fall classes, reports CNN. According to UNC’s COVID-19 dashboard, the percentage of positive cases rose from 2.8% to 13.6% between the weeks of Aug. 3 and […]
August 18, 2020
News Roundup
Judge Voids U of North Carolina’s Settlement With Confederate Group
A judge on Wednesday voided a controversial settlement that the University of North Carolina system reached with the Sons of Confederate Veterans over a contentious Confederate monument, reported National Public Radio. The monument, a statue known as “Silent Sam,” was toppled in August 2018 by protesters who said it was a racist symbol. In November […]
February 13, 2020
Latest News
Duke University Settles Anti-Semitism Complaint
Duke University has reached an agreement with the Department of Education to settle an anti-Semitism complaint filed against it, reported the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA), the institution that filed the complaint.
February 3, 2020
News Roundup
N.C. Attorney General, Civil Rights Group Criticize UNC’s “Silent Sam” Settlement
North Carolina’s Attorney General Josh Stein “lashed out” in response to the University of North Carolina’s (UNC) gift of $2.5 million to a Confederate heritage group for the preservation of a Civil War memorial, according to The Washington Post. Stein criticized the school, saying the money would be better spent helping students. As part of […]
December 12, 2019
News Roundup
Black UNC Faculty Issue Letter on ‘Silent Sam’
Earlier this week, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chancellor Dr. Carol Folt announced that she was working with university trustees to create a relocation plan for the Confederate statue “Silent Sam” by a November 15 deadline. Hundreds of university faculty called for the polarizing statue to not be restored to its original location. […]
September 8, 2018
Campus Climate
UNC Leaders: ‘We do not support lawlessness’
Administrators from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the UNC System issued a statement Tuesday evening condemning the “mob actions” that led to the extralegal removal of the Confederate “Silent Sam” statue from its pedestal.
August 22, 2018
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UNC Vote Halts Civil Rights Center From Engaging in Litigation
In a move that was widely regarded as a foregone conclusion, the University of North Carolina board of governors voted on Friday to ban centers across the university system from engaging in litigation
September 10, 2017
Students
Judge: UNC Does Not Have to Provide Sexual Assault Findings
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — A judge says the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill does not have to release the names of students and employees that its administrative procedures determined were responsible for sex offenses. Local media outlets report Orange County Superior Court Judge Allen Baddour issued a ruling Wednesday in a lawsuit filed […]
May 7, 2017
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