The Charlotte native won his first Olympic medal in Paris Saturday.

As the Paris 2024 Olympics concludes, we need to remember that Covid-19 has not gone away. The threat remains.

Many graduates received someone else’s diploma in the mail. The college blamed a clerical error.

The selection of Lee Roberts breaks with the usual academic backgrounds of previous UNC chancellors, but no longer is unusual in higher education.

Colleges large and small in the U.S. are cutting programs and eliminating majors to make ends meet. Among their budget challenges: Federal COVID relief money is expiring, operational costs are rising and fewer high school graduates are going straight to college.

The Israel-Hamas war has prompted some of the most volatile campus protests in decades. This summer, student organizers are rethinking strategies, as are counter-protesters and college administrators.

In 2005, the American Association of University Professors spoke out against this form of protest amid calls for scholars to spurn Israeli institutions. Now, the group says boycotts “can be considered legitimate tactical responses.” The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) has dropped its nearly 20-year-old categorical opposition to academic boycotts, in which scholars and scholarly groups refuse to work or associate with targeted universities. The reversal, just like the earlier statement, comes amid war between Israelis and Palestinians.

Lee Roberts, who served as budget director for a Republican governor, was named permanent leader of the North Carolina flagship.