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State audit finds troopers in violation of highway patrol residency policy

By Payne Lubbers | September 14

Several troopers within the State Highway Patrol may not live close to the county in which they work, according to a recent report by the Office of the ...

N.C. Attorney General sues Trump over DACA

By Kylie Marshall | September 7

North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein joined 15 other state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to protect Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival ...

Duke to increase employee minimum wage to $15 by 2019

By Becca Heilman | September 5

Duke University will increase its minimum wage to $15 per hour for all regular University and Health System staff by 2019, according to a university statement ...

Folt denies white supremacist Richard Spencer space to speak on campus

By Tyler Fleming | August 30

Richard Spencer, president of the National Policy Institute and a white nationalist organizer, was denied a request to rent space on campus, according ...

Faculty Executive Committee discuss Silent Sam solutions

By Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez | August 28

Silent Sam dominated the conversation at the Faculty Executive Committee Meeting Monday afternoon, with some members calling on Chancellor Carol Folt ...

BOT says UNC lacks legal authority to remove Silent Sam

By Corey Risinger | August 25

The UNC Board of Trustees said the University does not have the legal authority to remove Silent Sam — after announcements by Gov. Roy Cooper and Chapel ...

Loud cries denounce Silent Sam

By Myah Ward , Corey Risinger and Molly Horak | August 23

After more than two hours of protest, those still present at Silent Sam took a seat — sitting cross-legged just feet behind a metal fence and a line ...

Provost Jim Dean steps down

By Tyler Fleming | August 22

Chancellor Carol Folt sent an email to the Carolina Community around 11 a.m. announcing that Jim Dean, executive vice chancellor and provost, is stepping ...

Here's what the UNC-system has been up to this summer

By Danielle Chemtob | August 21

The controversy over the fate of the UNC Center for Civil Rights' ability to litigate dominated the UNC Board of Governors’ agenda in the past few meetings, ...

Campus, town police review options

By Myah Ward | August 21

Following the attack in Charlottesville, the Chapel Hill Police Department is using experience from other communities and past events to prepare ...

Updated: Fences go up around Silent Sam

By Molly Looman | August 21

Chancellor Carol Folt sent a campus wide email this afternoon about a possible rally that may occur tomorrow evening concerning the Silent Sam statue. ...

Resident found dead in on-campus family housing community

By Leah Asmelash | August 20

An incident of domestic violence at one of UNC’s graduate and family housing communities left one resident dead and two injured early Sunday morning. ...

Chapel Hill mayor asks UNC to remove Silent Sam

By Tyler Fleming | August 18

Chapel Hill mayor Pam Hemminger sent a letter to Chancellor Carol Folt asking UNC to take down Silent Sam — a monument to Confederate soldiers on UNC's ...

UNC responds to Charlottesville violence

By Leah Asmelash | August 17

Chancellor Carol Folt released a statement Tuesday condemning the events in Charlottesville, Va., but some students and faculty say her letter wasn’t ...

Charlottesville violence prompts Chapel Hill vigil

By Molly Horak , Ana Irizarry and Rebecca Ayers | August 13

Students and local residents gathered on Sunday in front of the Silent Sam monument on UNC's campus for a vigil in solidarity against the violence that ...

New Board of Trustees chairman elected

By Rebecca Ayers | July 29

The UNC Board of Trustees elected current member Haywood D. Cochrane Jr. as chairman of the board on Thursday for a one-year term. Current members Charles ...

Photo Courtesy of Dan Sears/UNC-Chapel Hill

Paul Hardin leaves behind legacy of integrity

By Rachel Jones | July 9

On Saturday afternoon, the Senior Pastor of University United Methodist Church Justin Coleman began his New Testament reading for the memorial service ...

Chancellor Carol Folt delivers her State of the University address to the UNC Student Congress Tuesday evening in the Aquarium Lounge of the Student Union. She began her speech by addressing House Bill 2 and how she plans to respond on campus.

Chancellor’s letter for first-year students

July 7

Dear Class of 2021, Welcome to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. You are joining a very special, global community that will support and ...

UNC receives million dollar prize

By Nic Rardin | June 20

UNC has been chosen to receive the Cooke Prize for Equity in Educational Access and will receive $1 million from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation.

North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper speaks at the opening for the Horizons Center, which helps pregnant or parenting moms with substance abuse problems.

UNC Horizons Program debuts new holistic care space

By Acy Jackson | April 20

A round of applause erupted after Chancellor Carol Folt shouted “in one location” at the opening ceremony for the UNC Horizons Program’s new center. ...