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Student sustainability group working to build solar panel resources on campus buildings

By Alan Hunt | February 20

Morrison is the only dormitory to have solar panel installations, as well as real-time energy consumption monitors. But the Renewable Energy Special ...

UNC GPSG President-elect Theodore Nollert wants to build graduate student community

By Layna Hong | February 17

Theodore Nollert, a third-year doctoral student in the Department of English and Comparative Literature, will be the next president of the Graduate and ...

UNC Faculty Executive, Advisory committees propose faculty governance changes

By Liv Reilly | February 16

Members of the UNC Faculty Executive Committee and Advisory Committee convened for a joint meeting on Monday. They discussed potential term and responsibility ...

Theodore Nollert elected as Graduate and Professional student body president

By Allie Kelly | February 16

Theodore Nollert has been elected as Graduate and Professional Student Government student body president with 59.14 percent of the total votes cast — ...

Meet Li-ling Hsiao, UNC associate professor in Asian and Middle Eastern studies

By Aisha Baiocchi | February 15

Li-ling Hsiao, associate professor in the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies and associate dean for First-Year Curricula, teaches classes ...

Diversity committee discusses department hiring, faculty mentoring resources

By Brianna Atkinson | February 15

At its Feb. 14 meeting, the Committee on Community and Diversity met to discuss results from UNCu2019s 2018 Collaborative On Academic Careers in Higher ...

Ackland Art Museum hosts global cult cinema film forum at the Varsity Theatre

By Hadley Chapman | February 15

The Ackland Art Museum is hosting a global cult cinema-themed Film Forum at the Varsity Theatre this month. Films include “The Man Who Saved the World," ...

Meet the candidates for UNC Graduate and Professional Student Government president

By Natalie Varma | February 15

Two candidates are running to be the president of the Graduate and Professional Student Government: Theodore Nollert and Zachary Boyce. The election is ...

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Proposed renaming of UNC's Hamilton Hall after Pauli Murray still in progress

By Madi Kirkman | February 15

In July 2020, the chairpersons of the history, sociology, political science and peace, war & defense departments all signed a letter to the Chancellor ...

Sharmila Udyavar named associate director of global education at UNC

By Abby Pender | February 14

“I am extremely passionate about the need for every student to get a global experience,” Sharmila Udyavar, UNC's new associate director of global ...

'They see value': Postdoctoral program supports faculty members of color

By Hannah Rosenberger | February 14

The Carolina Postdoctoral Program for Faculty Diversity aims to set up scholars from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups for possible tenure-track ...

Asian American Center to host mental health discussion

By Kelly Kendall | February 14

The UNC Asian American Center will host it "Topics in Asian American Mental Health: A Discussion" event this Wednesday at 5 p.m. over Zoom.

Faculty Council discusses new Heels Care Network, COVID-19 on campus

By Emily Shih | February 14

At their Friday meeting, UNC Faculty Council discussed COVID-19 policy updates, Project Kitty Hawk and campus mental health concerns. The council also ...

'Preserving the core of what makes you wonderful': Gillings welcomes new vice dean

By Jade Neptune | February 14

Robert Smith III is leaving his current role as associate chairperson for administration in the Department of Neurology at the UNC School of Medicine. ...

Award-winning author Marcia Chatelain delivers 2022 Black History Month lecture

By Brooke Elliott | February 11

On Feb. 9, acclaimed historian and Georgetown University professor Marcia Chatelain delivered UNC’s 2022 Black History Month lecture, discussing her ...

Class of 2018 graduates talk with each other during Commencement.

Journalist and UNC alumnus Frank Bruni to be spring 2022 Commencement speaker

By Allie Kelly | February 10

New York Times columnist and bestselling author Frank Bruni will be the spring 2022 Commencement speaker, which will be held on May 8 in Kenan Stadium. ...

UNC launches new mental health initiative called 'Heels Care Network'

By Natalie Varma | February 9

On Feb. 9, UNC launched the Heels Care Network, a collection of university-wide mental health resources for students, staff, faculty and other members ...

As classes return in person, UNC students navigate University Approved Absences

By Aisha Baiocchi | February 9

While students who are directed to quarantine or isolate by a medical provider, Dean of Students Desirée Rieckenberg said that there is not a University ...

Junior Teddy Vann elected 2022-2023 UNC student body president

By Allie Kelly | February 9

Vann received 47.03 percent of the 4,246 votes cast in the student body president election, according to the results from the UNC Board of Elections.

'Do your personal best': Richards looks back on his term, gives advice to next SBP

By Jade Neptune | February 9

Junior Lamar Richards' term as student body president will come to an end in April. As the junior public policy and human organizational leadership ...