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A University of North Carolina at Greensboro associate dean announced he will resign at the end of May. The move was made in protest over the administration’s ongoing academic portfolio review process.

Physics, anthropology, and religious studies are included in the undergraduate programs that may be eliminated at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. As WFDD’s David Ford reports, university officials released its list of courses on the chopping block amid budget woes.

Chappell grew up in the mill town of Canton in the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina. In a documentary about his life, “Fred Chappell: I Am One of You Forever,” he said he carried the mountains with him whenever he went. He spent most of his career in Greensboro, writing and teaching in the graduate-level creative writing program he helped build.

The University of North Carolina at Greensboro is teaming up with Guilford County Schools by covering tuition for future math and science teachers. 

The University of North Carolina at Greensboro will honor Juneteenth this year with historic

Rhiannon Giddens, who studied music as a graduate student at UNC Greensboro, will receive the 2023 Pulitzer Prize in Music for the opera “Omar,” which she co-wrote with Michael Abels.

The University of North Carolina Greensboro has launched a program to offset the school’s carbon footprint. The initiative also aims to improve housing conditions for local residents. 

The University of North Carolina at Greensboro will receive almost $2 million in federal funding to develop augmented reality, or “AR” programs, for first responders.