The grant backs Truist’s mission to support the growth and success of small businesses, particularly those led by underrepresented founders.

In a statement to WUNC, the Charlotte Hornets confirmed its ownership group is backing a bid to bring a WNBA expansion franchise to Charlotte. The Sting played in Charlotte from 1997 to 2006.

The Trump administration will temporarily stop its DOGE staff from accessing sensitive student data such as Social Security numbers and bank account numbers. 

Johnson & Wales University, which operates campuses in Charlotte and Rhode Island, announced last month the JWU Pledge, which will cover the full cost of tuition for eligible students with an annual household income of up to $80,000 beginning this fall. For students from families with an annual income below $200,000 the university will cover at least 60% of tuition costs.

UNC’s behind-closed-doors exploration of conference realignment and its future in the ACC was known by only a code name.

Perhaps the purpose of higher education, at least initially, shouldn’t be to pass on a fixed set of job skills, but to form the intellect.

Over the course of senior Laura Saavedra Forero time at UNC, Morehead-Cain leadership began to consider her activism actions as violations of the Foundation's standards.

One-year returns averaged more than 11 percent for fiscal 2024. But the future remains murky for the higher ed sector, which faces funding cuts and a potential endowment tax. Endowment returns climbed in fiscal year 2024, offering a boost to university coffers at a time when even the richest institutions have been gripped with financial uncertainty amid the Trump administration’s attempts to freeze federal funding and change research reimbursements.

For more than a dozen institutions, the single-year losses could amount to over $100 million.