University of North Carolina
US Supreme Court Strikes Down Affirmative Action in College Admissions
Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote in dissent that the decision "rolls back decades of precedent and momentous progress." read more >
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Walter Hussman’s College Wake-Up Call
The newspaper publisher recalls a professor’s advice more than 50 years ago when he was not exactly making a scholarly name for himself at the University of North Carolina. read more >
Jonesboro Sun Building’s Sale Reflects New Economy of News
The paper is among many that have sought savings in a deeply besieged industry where readers, advertisers and revenue have been fleeing to the web. read more >
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Hannah-Jones Chooses Howard After N. Carolina Tenure Fight
A Black journalist who won a Pulitzer Prize says she will not join the University of North Carolina following an extended tenure fight that involved Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Publisher Walter Hussman. read more >
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A White Donor’s Campaign Against a Black Journalist
Walter Hussman Jr., generally thoughtful and shrewd, is taking a public blistering over emails he thought were private. read more >
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Hussman Values Chiseled In Stone at Chapel Hill
The core values Walter Hussman has been printing in Wehco’s 10 daily papers for two years will be chiseled in granite in Carroll Hall at the University of North Carolina, home of the Hussman School of Journalism & Media. read more >
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Hussman Donates $25M to UNC Journalism School
Walter Hussman Jr., publisher of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and chairman of Wehco Media of Little Rock, startled the local media word by donating $25 million to the journalism school of his alma mater, the University of North Carolina. read more >
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UNC Innovation Chief Addresses Business Leaders at UALR
Judith Cone, chief innovation officer for the University of North Carolina's flagship campus in Chapel Hill, told leaders of central Arkansas' business community Monday evening that innovation is not a synonym for creativity, but a process. read more >
by Mark Carter -