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UNC softball uses eight run seventh inning to take down UNCG, 15-5

| March 26

Elevate: Amplifying voices in our community

The Chapel Hill and Orange County Welcome Center on March 23, 2025. The Town of Chapel Hill has erased multiple sites from the Town website related to racial equity, DEI, LGBTQ+ history.

Chapel Hill community, council members respond to Town's removal of DEI content from website

By Sarah Clements | March 24

The Town restored the sites on March 20 after pushback from the community.

129 years after founder attended UNC, Pepsi secures exclusive vending rights

By Sarayu Thondapu | March 18

Caleb Bradham, Pepsi-Cola’s founder, studied medicine at UNC. In August 2024, Pepsi secured the pouring and exclusive vending rights contract for UNC’s ...

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'Tears my heart apart': UNC summer research programs canceled amid federal cuts

By Akash Bhowmik and Maria Sullivan | March 4

Various summer research programs at UNC have been canceled after the onslaught of executive orders by President Donald Trump targeting NIH and NSF funding ...

Trustees raise concerns with DEI policy in hiring

By Twumasi Duah-Mensah and Dania Al Hadeethi | February 18

Even before the UNC Systems wide DEI ban, some members of the Board of Trustees took issue with specific policies advocating for DEI in hiring and other ...

Column: While national corporations drop DEI, choose local businesses that truly care

By Hailie Davidson | February 16

"In Chapel Hill and Carrboro, organizations prioritize ideals like DEI and sustainability not for profit maximization but out of a genuine respect for ...

UNC System suspends general education and major-specific DEI requirements

By Alice Scott | February 11

In an email on Monday to the campus community, Chancellor Lee Roberts and Provost Chris Clemens wrote that current classes and course content are not ...

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Editorial: Honor contributions of Black North Carolinians, even if our University won't

By Editorial Board | February 4

"As UNC students, we must recognize the handprints of enslaved labor impressed into the very foundation of this university, names in brick and stone of ...

Carolina Postdoctoral Program for Faculty Diversity program comes to an end

By Twumasi Duah-Mensah | January 14

The program offered two years of support and a path to a tenure-track position at universities.

'It didn’t come as a shock': A timeline of DEI repeal and effects at UNC

By Claire Harutunian | December 2

Following the Diversity and Inclusion repeal in May, current and future University students have seen the impact of new policies.

Editorial: The Editorial Board reflects on its 2024 coverage

By Editorial Board | December 2

"With the year coming to a close, we reflect on our coverage — what we did well and what we can improve on moving forward."

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University Gender Violence Services Coordinators program celebrates 10th anniversary

By Lily Kane | November 17

UNC's Gender Violence Services Coordinators program works within the University to help victims of gender-based violence through confidential support. ...

UNC Undergraduate Executive Branch hosts DEI Town Hall

By Caleb Herrera | October 3

The UNC Executive Branch held a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Town Hall on Wednesday, discussing changes on campus after UNC's alignment to the removal ...

Fate of UNC Diversity, Equity and Inclusion program participants remain unclear

By Regan Butler | September 17

Students involved in programs under the D&I Office struggled to respond to the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion policy change. The decision resulted ...

Student organizations discuss the impact of the loss of DEI on the LGBTQ community

By Michael Singleton | September 17

“I'm going to love my fellow humans, and I don't need institutional funds to do it,” SPark, a former DEI fellow, said. “I think that is a view that's ...

Following the money: University moves millions amid DEI program cuts

By Madeleine Ahmadi and Daneen Khan | September 16

After the UNC System Board of Governors repealed system-wide policy requiring Diversity, Equity and Inclusion services this May, UNC-CH and all other ...

Op-ed: Black Student Movement is concerned for UNC’s future without D&I

September 16

"The political state of North Carolina and the country more broadly have heavily warped policymakers and invested parties' grasps on the value of DEI. ...

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'Keep fighting': student government maintains DEI efforts despite repeal

By Maria Sullivan | September 16

The UNC Executive Branch continues Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts after UNC Board of Governors repeals policy requirements.

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Members of cultural interest greek life respond to the University's DEI cuts

By Albert Carlson | September 16

Members of cultural-interest Greek Letter Organizations share their concerns with DEI, including how their organizations must account for a less diverse ...

UNC System schools eliminate, realign positions after DEI system cuts

By Sarayu Thondapu and Defne Önal | September 15

All campuses in the UNC System made changes to their job descriptions, admissions of student support centers, employee training and the programmatic content ...

UNC System announces multi-million dollar cuts for DEI positions and programs

By Ananya Cox , Madeleine Ahmadi and Daneen Khan | September 11

The University eliminated 20 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion positions, realigned 27 and redirected 5.3 million dollars of DEI funding.