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Federal officials will consider adding the site at 828 Martin Luther King Fr. Blvd to the national Superfund program.

Hans recently spoke with WUNC's Brianna Atkinson about the chancellor search process, the challenging governance structure a chancellor faces, and how NC State chancellor Randy Woodson has avoided all the drama that seems to envelop Chapel Hill.

Roberts' priorities include campus safety, updating outdated facilities and forming the university's next strategic plan.

WUNC's stories in 2023 took our photographers from a speedway in North Wilkesboro to a small town on the Lumber River, from the governor's mansion in Raleigh to a college student's closet in Chapel Hill, and from a rowdy Reynolds Coliseum to a graduation stage in Greensboro.

As 2023 comes to end, we asked WUNC’s producers and reporters to reflect on their favorite stories of the year.

2023 was another year where North Carolinians grappled with change, growth, and big events across politics, education, culture, sports and more. At WUNC, we tried to dig deeper into the stories that mattered the most to our audiences.

Lee Roberts will start as interim chancellor on Jan. 12, after Kevin Guskiewicz leaves to become president of Michigan State University.

Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz will leave UNC-Chapel Hill to become the next president of Michigan State University.

Michigan State University's Board of Trustees appointed UNC-Chapel Hill chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz as president on Friday

A recent state law will put computer science classes in North Carolina middle schools and high schools, and make them a requirement for graduation. But how will public schools recruit or retain enough teachers with these highly sought-after skills?