Our Calls For Leadership
Over these past several months, we’ve talked a lot about taking action. Much of that has been focused on reaching out to your elected officials in Washington. As we’ve gotten considerable feedback from members of the Coalition, it is clear you want more action from our leaders not just in Washington, but on Carolina’s campus […]
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 […]
Reminder – Webinar – In Times Like These: A Conversation with Coalition for Carolina Co-founders
What the hell is going on in Chapel Hill? That was the headline of our first newsletter back in 2021. The same thing could be asked today. Though we never could have anticipated how dramatically things would evolve over the past few years – and especially these past few months. This week’s news was that […]
Webinar – In Times Like These: A Conversation with Coalition for Carolina Co-founders
As we take on the major challenges facing UNC today, it’s important to remember why our Coalition exists. We founded the Coalition for Carolina when we saw the impact of outside forces dictating the choices on our campus. Think Silent Sam, COVID policies, and a disregard for tenure determinations. Campus autonomy was being undermined and […]
Recommended Reading
With all that’s happening right now, it’s hard to keep up. We at the Coalition are here to help. We covered last week how federal attacks on research won’t just affect universities like UNC, but will have lasting consequences on all of our lives when we lose the next generation of researchers and scientific progress […]
A Future Without Research
The headlines are becoming more frequent. We’re starting to see the direct impact of funding cuts at universities across the country. Every day, another university is announcing a hiring freeze, rescinding graduate student acceptances, pausing new construction or taking other devastating steps due to NIH and USAID cuts. A hiring freeze struck our neighbors at […]
Take Action on NIH and USAID Cuts
A lot is going on in Washington. If it’s not enough to keep up with the news of the day, Tuesday’s joint address to Congress was packed full of hot-button political talk. Unfortunately, protecting the research community and its vital work did not seem to be a priority talking point for those in power in […]
The Stories Behind the Stats
Science and research are under attack. We know about the sweeping layoffs and funding freezes happening at research institutions across the country. Yet for many of us, because this is so unprecedented, so drastic and so immediate, it’s hard to grasp what this truly means for Carolina today and in the future. According to a […]
Time to Lead!
As we shared last week, and as we all know from reading the news every day, the University is facing perilous, unpredictable times. Nearly every day brings some new uncertainty. Now is the time for the Board of Trustees to work hard and advocate for the University. As the UNC System’s flagship campus and one of the most respected in the […]
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 […]