The Board of Trustees’ inaction on tenure cases for professors not in the health sciences had stoked confusion on the campus.

Name, Image and Likeness and the transfer portal have greatly altered the landscape of college basketball in recent years. That reality came to the forefront for Tobacco Road basketball fans earlier this week when University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill forward Ven-Allen Lubin transferred to rival North Carolina State University.

After faculty raised alarm over the board’s delay on the decisions, trustees finally debated and voted by email. A couple of them said they generally opposed tenure.

The UNC Chapel Hill board hasn’t tenured a single professor in fields outside the health sciences since January. The inaction has prompted confusion and alarm among faculty.

University of North Carolina women's lacrosse team won its 4th national title - sisters Claudia and Paige Kelly are among 5 players from New Jersey.

Learn more in The N&O’s higher ed newsletter about UNC’s plans to expand its housing offerings, as it looks to enroll more students.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (WTVD) -- The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools (CHCCS) Board of Education announced Thursday that it has unanimously appointed Dr. Rodney N. Trice as the next superintendent of schools.

In response to uncertainties over federal funding, UNC-Chapel Hill has paused construction plans for a new research building on its campus. Why it matters: The pause is the latest sign of how changing priorities within the federal government under the Trump administration affect the Triangle's universities — key players in the region's and state's economy.