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NCInnovation awards inaugural ‘Pipeline’ grants to UNC Asheville

March 29, 2026 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — NCInnovation, a North Carolina-based public-private partnership focused on commercializing university research, has awarded its inaugural Pipeline Grants to four faculty-led projects at UNC Asheville. Each project receives $10,000 to advance early-stage innovations toward […]

High Point leads the way as other women’s mid-majors hope for at large bids

March 14, 2026 Ryan Henkel

The women’s college basketball regular season has come to a close and now, we’re in tournament season, starting first with the various conference tournaments. All 31 conference tournament champions will receive autobids to the NCAA […]

Queens, High Point earn NCAA bids as three NC mid-major teams remain alive

March 14, 2026 Jesse Deal

CHARLOTTE — With conference tournament play well underway, two of North Carolina’s 15 mid-major men’s basketball programs have secured NCAA Tournament bids, 10 have seen their March Madness hopes end and three remain alive. Queens […]

Staffer ‘no longer’ at NCSU after undercover video

February 20, 2026 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — An NC State staffer is no longer with the school following an undercover video by Accuracy In Media in which the employee boasted about getting around diversity, equity and inclusion prohibitions put in […]

2025 Year in Review: Enrollment gains, possible tuition hikes mark year in higher education

December 26, 2025 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — Highlights from the UNC System in 2025 included enrollment growth, a possible tuition hike and several schools garnering positive free speech rankings. The UNC System saw record student enrollment gains this year, with preliminary student enrollment […]

MLB teams look to N.C. in Draft

July 25, 2025 Shawn Krest

Wake Forest may have grabbed the spotlight early in last week’s MLB Draft, but the rest of the state’s baseball talent was eventually uncovered. At press time last week, three rounds had been completed. A […]

Undercover videos show more pushback of UNC System DEI ban

June 19, 2025 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — Two more undercover videos of UNC System employees claiming to be avoiding the systemwide ban on diversity, equity and inclusion. Accuracy in Media (AIM) posted two more videos over the past two weeks: […]

NCInnovation OKs $13.7M in projects

May 22, 2025 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — NCInnovation, a nonprofit university research accelerator, announced $13.7 million in research and development funding for 17 new projects it has approved. The projects funded span 12 of the state’s public universities. “The research […]

Disrupted by Helene, UNCA still among Big South favorites

March 6, 2025 Cory Lavalette

ASHEVILLE — Finishing the regular season with two straight losses was not how UNC Asheville men’s basketball coach Mike Morrell wanted his team to enter the Big South Tournament, but there is no denying his […]

NCAA hopes dimming for UNC

February 14, 2025 Shawn Krest

The NCAA first expanded the tournament to allow multiple teams from each conference starting in 1975. For the next 27 years, the University of North Carolina was in the field for every single one. As […]