Two years of COVID-19: A look back on UNC student experiences

Two years of COVID-19: A look back on UNC student experiences

Two years of COVID-19: A look back on UNC student experiences

Since March 2020, UNC students have experienced a mixture of virtual and in-person learning, as the University has adjusted to providing a college ...

Word on the street: students adjust to spring semester classes

As the spring semester begins, students are navigating the return to both in-person and virtual classes. 

Column: Translating UNC's COVID-19 communications

"I wish I could decipher even more from these emails, but after six hours of nonstop reading, I have a headache like a 7.0 magnitude earthquake. Unless ...

Editorial: How to get at-home COVID-19 test kits

"Although these options to obtain a free COVID-19 test are steps forward, they aren’t steps that are large enough. With the rise in omicron cases, it’s ...

Column: UNC's inconsistency in COVID-19 testing helps no one

"The decision to move to appointment-only asymptomatic testing is emblematic of how UNC students, faculty and staff have to handle this pandemic: We are ...

Editorial: What mask should you be wearing?

"Masking has been proven to be a critical public health tool for preventing the spread of COVID-19. And to protect yourself, others and the community, ...

Kody Kinsley assumes role as NCDHHS secretary, replacing Cohen

Kody Kinsley's priorities include leading the state's pandemic response amid a surge of the omicron variant and responding to the state's ongoing opioid ...

Column: Disabled people are experts on our own health

"Now, I’m assumed to add so little to my classes that it is perfectly acceptable when I’m not really a part of them. I see campus opening back up ...

Editorial: Pandemic highlights rural healthcare disparity

"The coronavirus pandemic has exacerbated health care barriers for rural communities, including health care provider shortages, insufficient internet ...

Column: UNC continues to research omicron as variant spreads

"With research on omicron developing from here on out, new recommendations and policies are likely to emerge to protect the general public from the variant. ...

Editorial: UNC's COVID-19 policies fall behind other elite institutions

"Should UNC have taken a similar approach to what the likes of Duke and Yale have done and postpone the start of the semester? Or even completely move ...

Column: UNC's spring plans delay the inevitable for graduate instructors

"Remote learning isn’t fun for students or instructors, and the prospect of returning to Zoom is daunting. But I carry the burden of doing what I can ...

Editorial: UNC's lack of leadership isn't new, but it's still unacceptable

"We’ve seen it before — the lack of leadership to condemn racism and discrimination on campus, the lack of leadership to offer attendance flexibility ...

Editorial: Relaxing COVID-19 policies is dangerous – UNC does it anyway

"UNC administration cannot be the master of both worlds, although it may try, because there is only one right course of action – the one that protects ...

Column: The "Carolina Experience" comes at a cost

"I’m dying to see a UNC-Duke basketball game in the Dean Dome, graduate next to my friends at convocation and sign my name atop the bell tower. But ...

Op-ed: UNC isn't ready for the omicron variant

"When we do eventually return to the comforts of a residential experience, we must do so not because of loyalty to the past but rather because of a commitment ...

Faculty Executive Committee discusses spring return-to-campus concerns at UNC

The University has no plans to delay the spring semester as of now, Provost Bob Blouin said at a UNC Faculty Executive Committee special meeting Thursday. ...