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Month: February 2025

UNC Men’s Basketball is Having a Kodak Moment–and Not in a Good Way

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UNC-Chapel Hill men's basketball coach Hubert Davis watches the team. (AP Photo/Chris Seward)

Kodak was among the most valuable brands in the world before its insular culture contributed to its demise. UNC men’s basketball could be making the same mistake.

Published February 28, 2025
Categorized as Sports Tagged UNC Chapel Hill

Shaping Greensboro’s Future: Take Action with the 2025 Community Vitals Report

Photo provided by Action Greensboro

Action Greensboro’s 2025 Community Vitals Report is a comprehensive, data-driven overview of Greensboro and Guilford County.

Published February 27, 2025
Categorized as Sponsored Content Tagged Free, Sponsored: Action Greensboro

UNC System Approves Interim Chancellor to Lead Appalachian State University

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Appalachian State University Chancellor Heather Hulburt Norris. (Courtesy of Appalachian State)

Heather Norris is the third interim leader of a UNC System school in the last two years to secure the top job permanently.

Published February 27, 2025
Categorized as Higher Education Tagged Appalachian State University

A Law Professor Explains Her Response to New DEI Rules

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UNC-Chapel Hill law professor Osamudia James. (Courtesy of UNC-CH School of Law)

Osamudia James argues that most DEI efforts are legal, despite the Trump administration’s claims.

Published February 27, 2025
Categorized as Education, Higher Education Tagged Donald Trump, UNC Chapel Hill

The Fight that Fractured Saint Augustine’s University

Illustration by Nicole Pajor Moore with material from interviews and source documents.

Internal complaints and lawsuits reveal deep disputes about how the board of trustees has managed the institution.

Published February 27, 2025
Categorized as Higher Education Tagged Saint Augustine's University

The Assembly, Now With Reporting From Our Nation’s Capital

The Assembly has been selected as one of six newsrooms in the first cohort of the NOTUS Washington Bureau Initiative.

Published February 26, 2025
Categorized as The Assembly News Tagged Free

An Uphill Climb for North Carolina’s Ski Resorts

The view at Appalachian Ski Mountain in Blowing Rock. (Jesse Barber for The Assembly)

As climate change raises temperatures and changes snowfall patterns, the state’s multimillion-dollar ski industry has had to adapt. 

Published February 26, 2025
Categorized as Business, Environment, Sports Tagged Western NC

The Long Journey To Preserve Black History in Greensboro

Residents of the South Benbow Road Historic District during a 2024 community event. (Photo courtesy Eric Woodard)

An effort to commemorate a neighborhood steeped in Black history finally pays off.

Published February 24, 2025
Categorized as History, Place Tagged Greensboro, Regional

Why Trump’s Favorite N.C. Sheriff Wants to Oust Phil Berger

Rockingham County Sheriff Sam Page expresses support for immigration legislation at a committee hearing in April 2024. (AP Photo/Makiya Seminera)

The state Senate’s longtime leader faces an election challenge from Rockingham County Sheriff Sam Page.

Published February 24, 2025
Categorized as Elections, Law Enforcement, Politics Tagged 2026 Election, Phil Berger, Rockingham County

Fayetteville Museum Aims to Right the Record on Civil War History

The Martin Luther King Jr. Freeway runs alongside Arsenal Park, where the ruins of the Fayetteville Arsenal rest. (Andrew Craft for The Assembly)

The N.C. History Center on the Civil War, Emancipation & Reconstruction looks to tell “the truth with all its blemishes.”

Published February 24, 2025
Categorized as History, K-12 Education Tagged Fayetteville

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