Our Future with AI
If you’re like most people, you probably find the future of Artificial Intelligence (AI) a bit scary, exciting and confusing all at the same time. Chancellor Lee Roberts has made AI a central pillar to Carolina’s future, and we are fortunate to have many on faculty and staff at Carolina who are experts in this […]
Next Week’s Webinar and Roberts’s Remarks on Research
Join us for our next webinar: Teaching and Using Artificial Intelligence at UNC-CH Monday, June 2, 2025 at 3:30pm ET RSVP HERE Roberts’s remarks on research: At the Coalition for Carolina, we’ve been forcefully advocating for leadership at a time of great uncertainty for Carolina and institutions of higher education. This past week, we were […]
Legal Scholars Discuss: Student Visas and Immigration on Campus
Friends, Thank you for the fantastic response to last month’s webinar where the Coalition for Carolina cofounders discussed what has been happening recently at Carolina and at universities around the country. We had enormous feedback requesting more webinars to discuss important topics affecting Carolina, and we’re answering that call. Please join us for our next […]
Thank You for a GREAT Response to the Webinar
Friends, Thank you to everyone who joined us for last week’s webinar featuring Coalition co-founders Mimi Chapman, Roger Perry and Paul Fulton. If you missed the webinar, you can follow this link to access the recording. Below is a short video clip that gives you a sense of the discussion. It is such a critical […]
Holden Thorp: How Federal Research Cuts Impact Us
Thank you to those of you who answered last week’s call to share personal stories of how recent cuts at NIH and USAID are affecting you, your colleagues, your friends and your family. We are still collecting stories from the community, so please send us a note at contact@coalitionforcarolina.org if you have a story you […]
A Message from Mimi
Dear friend, I was proud to be part of founding the Coalition for Carolina Foundation in 2021. It was a very different time then, just four years ago. Some of the challenges we faced then seemed insurmountable – many days, you wondered how things could possibly get worse. Fast forward to 2025, and you have […]
Making Sense of the Senseless with NIH
“Chaos” is not a word you want associated with scientific research. But it’s gracing countless headlines as the Trump administration pulled the plug on National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding that powers our research institutions, including UNC. As NC Health News detailed in a Jan. 27 article about North Carolina funding by NIH: “UNC Chapel […]
Happy Thanksgiving
Dear Coalition for Carolina Supporters: As we enter the holiday season, we want to share how thankful we are for your support. That support takes many forms. Some of you have supported us financially. Others have provided needed affirmation and encouragement. And still others help us to do think critically about our work and do […]
Something to Hope For
By Mimi Chapman Please note, the Coalition for Carolina does not have a stand on the on-going war in the Middle East. We are concerned for the well-being of all on our campus and recognize the complicated factors at play in the choices campus leadership makes in such unsettling times. The post below is meant […]
UNC Takes a Step Backward on Racial Diversity
UNC has taken a serious step back from its commitment to fairness and equal opportunity. Black student enrollment in this year’s freshman class dropped from 10.5% to 7.8%, Hispanic enrollment dropped from 10.8% to 10.1%, and Native American enrollment dropped from 1.6% to 1.1%. This is the first class to be admitted since the U.S. […]