UNC Charlotte says an administrator is “no longer employed” after a video went viral of her implying work related to diversity, equity and inclusion was still happening on campus.

The video, which appears to use a hidden camera, was originally posted by nonprofit activist group Accuracy in Media. Posts on X by Corey DeAngelis, who identifies himself as a senior advisor for the nonprofit, received more than 4 million views. They caught the attention of Assistant U.S. Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon and N.C. Senate leader Phil Berger, who also posted about the video.

In response to uncertainties over federal funding, UNC-Chapel Hill has paused construction plans for a new research building on its campus.

Why it matters: The pause is the latest sign of how changing priorities within the federal government under the Trump administration affect the Triangle's universities — key players in the region's and state's economy.

The dean of the UNC School of Law recently announced he is stepping down from the role.

After serving as dean since 2015, Martin Brinkley said Monday he will leave the position at the end of the 2025-26 academic year, or if Chancellor Lee Roberts can hire a successor before then.

“When one has lived for a while in this world, one learns to listen to the gentle but firm voice of the writer of Ecclesiastes: ‘To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted,’” Brinkley said in an email to the law school community, according to the North Carolina Tribune.