UNC Chapel Hill's decision to close six area studies centers is the Carolina Way version of Trump withdrawing the US from 66 global organizations -- narrow-minded, ill-considered, and devastating for both the university and the wider world. @unc-ch-aaup.bsky.social amp.heraldsun.com/news/politic...

It's the new year - time to start saving our university! See you 1/7/26 (FDOC) at 12:00pm at the South Building Let's tell the administration to stop making rash ideologically-driven spending decisions & start taking our academic mission seriously.

URGENT ACTION: the UNC System is planning to force instructors to publish their syllabi, claiming these are public records and not our intellectual property. We have a small window of time to redirect this decision. Please sign actionnetwork.org/petitions/pr...

Statement about ICE presence on campus unc-ch-aaup.org/assets/joint...

We demand that UNC Chapel Hill ensure the safety of its students and staff in the face of domestic terrorism. unc-ch-aaup.org/news#2025-11...

ICE appears to be headed to Raleigh today. If you suspect ICE presence, call the Siembra hotline to verify: 336-543-0353. It is important to share information, not spread panic. If you see an arrest happening, make noise, take video, draw a crowd. Know your rights:

Why is a university in stellar financial condition seeking to impose a $70 million cut on its lowest-paid staff? This audit lays bare the truth: cuts at UNC-Chapel Hill are the result of political pressure. Press release unc-ch-aaup.org/assets/exter... Presentation www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ULA...

Howard Bunsis Audit Analysis Presentation; Thursday, 11/13 @ 5:30 pm, Kerr Hall 1001 Please join us in person or virtually to receive the findings from Howard Bunsis's independent audit of UNC finances. Bunsis's analysis equips us with data to challenge ServiceFirst austerity measures .

Join us Thursday to receive the findings from an independent audit of UNC finances! This analysis equips us with data to challenge ServiceFirst austerity measures to reduce faculty and staff numbers, salaries, and benefits. unc-ch-aaup.org/news#2025-11...

This afternoon's clear statement from Lee Roberts that UNC cannot and will not sign Trump's Compact, because of issues with academic freedom, came about in part because of the pressure from students, faculty and alumni✊

SUNRISE UNC is calling for UNC to reject the compact and is organizing a rally Friday 11/07 at 1:15 PM on Polk Place! Trump Compact: www.washingtonpost.com/documents/22...

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BSM Town Hall TODAY at 6PM … and more upcoming events in this week’s updates: unc-ch-aaup.org/news#2025-10...

Contact the UNC BOG, the UNC-Chapel Hill BOT, President Peter Hans, Chancellor Roberts and members of the NC Assembly - tell them to *reject* the contract the Federal Administration is trying to use to violate scientific integrity at UNC: coalitionforcarolinafoundation.org/petition-rej...

Chapel Hill Friends-Join UNC Faculty & the Community at the Right to Light Rally for Higher Ed Friday Oct 24 2-4 PM. Speakers include Prof. Gene Nichols, UNC faculty, students & staff, including members of @unc-ch-aaup.bsky.social Free speech on campus, research, and education are all on the agenda

A statement by the Black Student Movement www.instagram.com/p/DPo8EDBAE7...

Upendo, Black Student Movement gathering space closed by UNC administration despite being open to *all* students. www.wral.com/news/local/u...

We encourage all AAUP members and concerned citizens to join the No Kings protest on Saturday, October 18. Actions are organized locally, and you can find details about an event near you at the link below👇

Prof. Dixon reinstated! AAUP press conference! A conversation with the ex-Provost! 1st Amendment event! Celebrate tenure at Namu! Right to Light rally! And more in this week’s chapter updates… unc-ch-aaup.org/news#2025-10...

Prof. Dixon reinstated! AAUP press conference! A conversation with the ex-Provost! 1st Amendment event! Celebrate tenure at Namu! Right to Light rally! And more in this week’s chapter updates… unc-ch-aaup.org/news#2025-10...

Dwayne Dixon reinstated! Excellent work on direct action @unc-ch-aaup.bsky.social (us!). Power to the people✊.

All across the country, as faculty rights and freedoms are under attack, @aaup.org is really stepping into the breach. If you teach in higher ed and aren't a member, please consider joining.

UAW immigration emergency hotline is open for AFT / AAUP members: (888) 416-2110

Faculty First Responders Resources See below for some resources on digital security, academic freedom, and building institutional responses to support colleagues. unc-ch-aaup.org/assets/digit... unc-ch-aaup.org/assets/cdaf-... unc-ch-aaup.org/assets/rsc-t...

Science for democracy. Much needed. Powerful @science.org editorial by @gretchentg.bsky.social & @chenoweth.bsky.social “The ability to tell the truth, especially when it does not suit any particularly partisan aims, is an essential prerequisite for a free society” www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

On September 25th at 5:30pm at the UNC FedEx Center, UNC Global Affairs and the UNC Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life (CITAP) will host a special Diplomatic Discussion on “When Nothing Seems True: Information Warfare and the Fight For Democracy.” global.unc.edu/event/diplom...

The campus community is invited to print shirts and posters bearing the quote from poet June Jordan that appeared prominently on the mural: I told you I loved you and I wanted genocide to stop. Meet outside Hanes Art Center at 3pm on Wed. Sept. 3. Bring a blank shirt if you'd like to screenprint.

AAUP NC and the UNC-CH chapter of AAUP stand in solidarity with the professors and students whose academic freedom and free speech rights were violated by the cover-up, removal, and destruction of the student-created mural “I told you I loved you (Gaza Solidarity).” unc-ch-aaup.org/news#2025-09...

The UNC-CH AAUP chapter president sat down with 97.9 The Hill’s Aaron Keck to discuss the fight for tenure at UNC. The AAUP has called on the BoT to explain an unusual months-long delay in approving tenure for dozens of faculty this year. Listen to the discussion: chapelboro.com/the-aaron-ke...

#AAUP-UNCCH let's get out there! meet 11-1 at Peace and Justice Plaza, march to Carrboro starting at 1pm. Lux Libertas, let freedom ring🇺🇸

The expansion of SCiLL and the legislature’s design to exclude current UNC-CH faculty from planning and decision-making comes as other programs actually created by faculty and staffed by scholars with genuine disciplinary expertise will probably be placed on the chopping block unc-ch-aaup.org/scill

“Why didn’t the board approve these faculty members in March? Why were humanities, social sciences, and professional school faculty targeted? What will be done to ensure this kind of delay does not happen again?” unc-ch-aaup.org/news#2025-06...

AAUP President asks for an explanation of tenure delay #organize #academicfreedom www.aaup.org/news/aaup-pr...

In addition to prohibiting UNC institutions from adopting sanctuary policies, SB 153 requires UNC to share staff and student citizenship info with law enforcement officials, which can then be shared with ICE. It's back in front of the state senate--call now! www.ncleg.gov/findyourlegi...