UNC System President Peter Hans and UNC Board of Governors Chair Kellie Hunt Blue sent a letter on Aug. 18 in response to U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon’s Aug. 3 letter entitled “National Call to Action to University Presidents and Governing Boards.”
The UNC Board of Governors will meet in special session on Thursday, July 23, 2026.
This month, the UNC System Office welcomes a new cohort of Presidential Scholars for the 2026–27 academic year, marking a two-decade legacy of service and professional development for dozens of public university alumni.
The University of North Carolina System has named a select group of 35 participants for the seventh cohort of the UNC System Executive Leadership Institute.
The UNC System has built a new framework for preparing the state’s future elementary math teachers, along with resources to help their students succeed in the classroom.
The UNC Board of Governors elected Kellie Hunt Blue as its next chair, effective July 1, 2026.
Dr. Richard Kim pioneered asphalt design, set standards for the U.S. highway network RALEIGH, N.C. – Dr. Youngsoo Richard Kim, the Jimmy D. Clark Distinguished University Professor in civil, construction and environmental engineering at NC State University, has received the 2026 Oliver Max Gardner Award for his pioneering work in asphalt design that set standards …
The UNC Board of Governors will meet in regular session at 10 a.m., on Thursday, May 21, 2026, at the UNC System Office in Raleigh, NC.
A record number of future teachers, 522, have committed to participate in the state-funded North Carolina Teaching Fellows program during the 2026-27 academic year.
The UNC Board of Governors Presidential Assessment Committee will hold a special meeting on Tuesday, May 5, 2026.