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Ahead of Carolina's Spring Commencement on Sunday morning, our graduating students celebrated their years of hard work and diligence at graduations across campus.

A highly respected leader, Kamrhan Farwell brings extensive experience to this role, most recently leading a 120-person communications team at the flagship campus known as Mizzou, as well as the University of Missouri System.

Native American students recently circulated an online petition to “Save American Indian & Indigenous Studies at UNC-Chapel Hill.” After the petition received several thousand signatures, the university put a pause on the decision to end the major. Students and faculty say the threat to the program is a symptom of a larger problem.

Chris Clemens, an astrophysicist who has worked at UNC since 1998, was approved Thursday to be the university's next provost.

Chris Clemens, the College of Arts & Sciences' Jaroslav Folda Distinguished Professor of Physics and Astronomy, will serve as the next executive vice chancellor and provost, effective Feb. 1, 2022. Chief of Staff Amy Locklear Hertel will be moving into a redefined executive vice provost role and Christi Hurt will assume the role of chief of staff to the chancellor.