New students, new chancellor at UNC, where campus safety is top of mind

Posted Aug 18, 2024
Students moved into their dorms Friday on the UNC campus, and the school's new chancellor was there to greet some of them. “I’m a freshman, also," said Lee Roberts, the former interim chancellor who was elected permanent chancellor on Aug. 9. The school has an incoming class of 4,700 first-year students. That figure doesn't include transfers. (WRAL.com)

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