UNC-Chapel Hill trustees celebrate NC budget funding even as campus faces more cuts

By: Clayton Henkel

Outlets: North Carolina Newsline

Published: July 29, 2026

Words: 622

Last Updated: 4 days, 23 hours ago

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As students prepare to return to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, trustees are celebrating a new state budget while voicing some concerns about cuts they’ve promised to make.

Nate Knuffman, UNC-Chapel Hill’s Vice Chancellor for Finance and Operations, told trustees Wednesday that the university put itself in a “favorable position” with legislators by committing early in the year to cut $25 million in administrative spending before the state budget was finalized.

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