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'A perfect match': The Durham VOICE celebrates 10th anniversary in print

By Alexis Dumain | February 4

The Durham VOICE celebrates 10 years of community journalism with UNC and North Carolina Central University students, high school teens and local partners ...

Coronavirus puts UNC study abroad programs at risk

By Allie Kelly | February 4

The outbreak of coronavirus in China threatens all non-essential travel to China, which may include study abroad trips.

Porthole Alley contains the "Parade of Humanity" mural, painted in 1997 by Chapel Hill native Michael Brown.

Nostalgia v. innovation: UNC takes suggestions on revitalizing Porthole Alley

By Allie Kelly and Brent Van Vliet | February 4

Meetings about Porthole Alley on Franklin Street have given students and community members an opportunity to voice their opinions about how to improve ...

A startup by a UNC professor seeks to lower global cancer treatment disparities

By Rachel Crumpler | February 3

EmpowerRT is working to decrease the widening gap in cancer treatment at 5 to 10 percent cost of new machines and technology in low and middle income ...

Here's what students need to know about voting in the primaries

By Evely Forte | February 3

From who will be on the ballot to polling places to early voting dates and more, there's a lot voters need to know before they head to the polls next ...

Meet the UNC senior who won the prestigious Churchill Scholarship

By Evan Castillo | February 3

Daniel Malawsky, a senior biostatistics and mathematics major at UNC, has been selected to study at Churchill College with the Churchill Scholarship. ...

New on-campus mental health network allows for peer-to-peer support

By Abbey Thompson | February 3

To promote student mental and emotional wellness on campus, University student government members and Mental Health ambassadors created the UNC Peer-Based ...

Sustainability officer fired, contrary to UNC statements; energy initiative sputters

By Kyle Ingram | February 2

Documents obtained by the DTH show chief sustainability officer Brad Ives was fired, contradicting University officials' claims that he left to pursue ...

Meet the UNC student who runs his own online chess tutoring service

By Macy Meyer | February 2

Priyav Chandna, a UNC student, started playing chess as a child. Now he's helping other aspiring players master the craft.

UNC responds to concerns about coronavirus

By Erich Hess | February 2

With cases of coronavirus cropping up around the world, UNC is taking precautions to avoid an outbreak.

Program at U.S.-Mexico border offers immersive experience to first-gen UNC students

By Hunter Haskett | February 2

EDUC 320: "Navigating Education Borderlands" is a summer program that allows first generation college students to study at the U.S.-Mexico border to conduct ...

Behind closed doors: UNC System concealed $74,999 deal's role in Confederate payoff

By Charlie McGee | January 30

A secretive $74,999 payment has remained a standout question in a pair of backdoor deals between the UNC System and the North Carolina Division Sons of ...

'Devastating to morale': State budget impasse halts faculty raises at UNC

By Anna Neil | January 30

The N.C. General Assembly has adjourned until April without passing a budget. Here's what that means for UNC faculty.

'It’s a surreal feeling': Asian American Center approved by Board of Trustees

By Ramishah Maruf | January 30

The UNC Board of Trustees approved three new centers at Wednesday's meeting.

Reese Innovation Lab partners with brands like Lenovo to tell stories

By Macy Meyer | January 29

The Reese News Lab and Emerging Technologies Lab have merged to form the Reese Innovation Lab, which combines journalistic, computer science and business ...

Former N.C. chief justice's portrait removed from courthouse over slave trader past

By Amena Saad | January 29

The portrait of former N.C. Chief Justice Thomas Ruffin was removed from Orange County Courthouse after it was found he was an enslaver, a slave trader ...

"It can't be business as usual": Commission gives Guskiewicz campus safety solutions

By Emily Orland | January 29

“We want to change from simply listening and acknowledging, and we don’t want to wallow in our harm. We want to move forward and come up with some ...

Asian Studies curriculum introduces new Korean studies major

By Preston Fore | January 29

UNC's Asian Studies Department is allowing students to major in Korean studies. The addition comes thirteen years after the first Korean class was offered ...

UNC researchers contribute to breakthrough in HIV cure research

By Abbey Thompson | January 28

A breakthrough in HIV cure research has come to light, thanks to a partnership between UNC, Emory University and Qura Therapeutics. The team of researchers ...

Unmarked graves of enslaved people demonstrate Chapel Hill's dark past

By Hannah McClellan | January 28

“With all the intense emotional reaction over the fall of an abstract monument to slave-owning soldiers, you might think people might be up in arms ...