Our Perspective

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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. …

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 …

“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 …

The response to last week’s piece about Bill Belichick and faculty salaries was overwhelming. If you missed it in your inbox, you can check it out here. Whether or not you think Belichick is the right fit for UNC, it’s clear there is …

We’ve kept mum so far, but surely, you’ve gotten an earful from your Carolina friends: here comes Bill Belichick. And as we all know, it didn’t come cheap. Belichick scored a five-year, $50 million contract – double that of his predecessor Mack Brown. …

Just in time for the holidays, a story broke about the secret gifts a few UNC Trustees have been giving their well-connected friends: improper and unfair advantages in the UNC admissions process. In December, the publication The Assembly attained a slew of text …