- Former Gov. Martin: Listen to each other on HB2As controversy over HB2 roils campuses and boardrooms across the state, former Gov. Jim Martin weighs in with a simple suggestion: Listen to each other. By Jim Martin How did we ever ...Read more
- McCrory budget: A bonus won’t cut itRALEIGH – “The state of North Carolina cannot function without a strong, motivated workforce,” Gov. Pat McCrory said as he presented his proposed 2016-17 budget to state legislators last week.1 If ...Read more
- “Igniting the spirit of inquiry” at NC A&TGREENSBORO – Dr. Salil Desai researches things most of us struggle to comprehend: How to deposit nano-scale droplets. Bio-chemical sensors. Regenerative tissue engineering. Desai established NC A&T State University’s Integrated Nano ...Read more
- McCOLL: “University graduates have built the state.”CHARLOTTE – The man who built Bank of America came to North Carolina for its university – and he says it’s our responsibility to make sure others get the same ...Read more
- ECSU Chancellor: Train students to create jobs, not just fill them^ PHOTO ABOVE: Elizabeth City State University Chancellor Thomas Conway with UNC President Margaret Spellings as she visits ECSU’s aviation program. ELIZABETH CITY – Thomas Conway took over as Chancellor of ...Read more
- “High tech/high touch” at WSSUWINSTON-SALEM – Dr. Manjunatha Bhat teaches anatomy and physiology by what he calls “high tech and high touch.” With classes of as many as 100 students, technology must play a ...Read more
- NCGAP: Right problem, wrong solution“Right problem, wrong solution.” That’s how University of North Carolina System President Margaret Spellings sums up NCGAP, the legislature’s program to force a percentage of public university applicants to enroll in ...Read more
- UNCG professor sees a Digital ZenGREENSBORO – Religion, we all know, is a touchy subject – but imagine how challenging it is to teach religion in a world that is both increasingly polarized and increasingly ...Read more
- HB2 tarnishes our brandNorth Carolina, its institutions of higher education and its communities have just seen their brand tarnished. HB2, the new law that requires LGBT folks to use the restroom of the sex ...Read more
- Learning how bees talk at UNC CharlotteCHARLOTTE – At a time when honey bees are in serious – and mysterious – decline, Dr. Stanley Schneider and his students are figuring out how the bees talk. Schneider, a ...Read more