Andy Thomason

Discredited In 2009, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was on top of the world.Consistently named one of the top universities in the country, it had welcomed a new phenom of a chancellor who promise...

The last time UNC hired a big name NFL coach it led to the revelation of a decades long academic fraud scheme. Someone wrote a book about this press.umich.edu/Books/D/Disc...

The Controversy Roiling College Volleyball Just Keeps Growing Controversy over a player’s eligibility at San Jose State University has escalated with a new lawsuit that seeks to disqualify her from postseason play.

The volatile politics and unsettled rules around transgender athletes' participation in women's sports are on full display in the Mountain West. By @christadutton.bsky.social: www.chronicle.com/article/the-...

This is a good story, in part because it lays out why so much of the stink emanates from business schools specifically.

Is Dan Ariely Telling the Truth? After a data-fabrication scandal and a university investigation, the dishonesty researcher is trying to move on. But is the damage already done?

The behavioral economist Dan Ariely says Duke University found him responsible for research misconduct after a long investigation into his work (but not, he says, that he falsified data): www.chronicle.com/article/is-d...

Can Charlotte Re-Sort Itself? One year ago, Charlotte passed a landmark zoning reform aimed at reversing a century of segregation. The battle still rages.

Well well well if it isn't me writing about Charlotte www.theassemblync.com/place/charlo...

ah yes, my daily trip from the mailbox straight to the recycling bin

I see my decision to stop watching the Carolina Panthers is still paying off

why do I get so many emails

A Museum Was Warned About Looted Antiquities. It Didn’t Listen. Emory University’s art museum wanted only the finest artifacts. Hundreds of them are tied to convicted and alleged traffickers.

In the 2000s Emory University's art museum went on a shopping spree, winning praise and prestige for buying fine artifacts from people with known ties to looters. It has largely escaped scrutiny — until now. Great story by @stephaniemlee.bsky.social