Kevin Guskiewicz the university's 12th chancellor.
In the early afternoon on August 28, 2023, the second week of the fall semester, a PhD student shot and killed associate professor Zijie Yan in Caudill Labs, a laboratory building near the center of campus.
In April 2024, UNC students joined other campuses across the United States in protests and establishing encampments against the Gaza war and the alleged genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. Students demanded transparency in investments and that UNC divest from Israel. With the administration coming down hard on the protesters, the students called for the protection of their first amendment rights. 36 arrests were made with police clearing out the encampment that was set up in Polk Place. Palestine Legal filed a federal civil rights complaint alleging that there was preferential treatment of Israeli students by UNC, and targeting of pro-Palestine students.
== Campus ==
UNC-Chapel Hill's campus covers around 760 acres (310 ha), including about 125 acres (51 …
