CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Nikole Hannah-Jones was granted tenure Wednesday by the UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees, ending a weeks-long controversy that had erupted on the North Carolina campus and online.

Hannah-Jones, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist, is set to begin her position as the Knight Chair in Race and Investigative Journalism on July 1.

Hannah-Jones responded to the news of her tenure appointment via her Twitter account, where she posted what appeared to be a glass of celebratory whiskey. 

Gene Davis, the board vice chair, said that in granting Hannah-Jones tenure, “this board reaffirms its highest values first” — which drew large boos from the crowd. 

In April, Hannah-Jones was offered the position on