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Editorial: Retaining BIPOC faculty must be a priority for higher education

By Editorial Board | January 24

"The University must dedicate itself to creating a thoughtful work environment that honors and respects the time, expertise and resources of faculty of ...

Durham entrepreneur Alvin Howard fights cruelty, shame with Good Steward Apparel

By Samuel Long | January 23

Al Howard said the clothes his business sells are about stewardship, which he defined as "the rent we pay to take up space in this world.” “Growing ...

'A lot was missing': Marisol Nugent hopes to bring attention to women's wrestling

By Ike Bryant | January 20

North Carolina redshirt first-year Marisol Nugent is the first woman ever listed on an ACC varsity wrestling roster. Nugent, who has wrestled from ...

UNC Center for Civil Rights director speaks at annual NAACP MLK Day celebration

By Samuel Long | January 18

The Chapel-Hill Carrboro virtually celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. day on Monday. The event featured prerecorded videos of the UNC Gospel Choir, an ...

Column: Critically changing how we honor Martin Luther King Jr.

By Zari Taylor | January 18

"We have a lot more to work on before we can congratulate ourselves for continuing King’s legacy. We should rather ask how much actual progress has ...

'A hometown hero': Carrboro celebrates folk musician on Libba Cotten Day

By Harrison Gummel | January 18

On Jan. 5, Carrboro celebrated Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten's birthday. The celebration honored Cotten's influence on American folk and blues music. ...

Southern Oral History Program research highlights justice and personal history

By Jade Neptune | January 18

The UNC Southern Oral History Program interns and researchers examine activism, environmental justice, tenure for female and femme faculty of color and ...

‘See me. We're here’: Chapel Hill's Black communities see a rise in student renters

By Elizabeth Moore | January 17

With an increase in students moving in, many historically Black neighborhoods in Chapel Hill and Carrboro are working to combat gentrification and the ...

UNC alumnus Eric Garcia talks new book that aims to reframe conversations around autism

By Valeria Cloës | January 17

Eric Garcia, a 2014 UNC graduate, a senior Washington correspondent at The Independent and a columnist for MSNBC, published "We're Not Broken" on Aug. ...

UNC alumna named one of TIME’s 2021 Heroes of the Year for vaccine research

By Katie MacKinnon | January 13

Corbett, who graduated from UNC with a doctorate in microbiology and immunology in 2014, is being honored alongside three other scientists, who researched ...

UNC plans MLK Day banquet and lectures on campus next week

By Brianna Atkinson | January 11

Here's a list of events UNC community members can participate in to honor the legacy of Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. next week.

'A step, but it’s not the goal': UNC community members react to building renamings

By Aisha Baiocchi | January 11

In December, the University announced it would rename two buildings on campus, for Henry Owl, the first American Indian student and student of color to ...

Column: Disabled people are experts on our own health

By Nicholas Li-wen Hatcher | January 10

"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 ...

Cary hosts sixth annual North Carolina Chinese Lantern Festival

By Sarah Choi | January 10

A large, red-lighted archway welcomed visitors this weekend at the front of Koka Booth Amphitheatre in Cary, leading to a lantern-filled pathway. The ...

'People have to eat': New restaurants open their doors in Chapel Hill

By Ethan E. Horton | January 9

Franklin Street has had its fair share of business turnover. Here's a look at five new restaurants that have recently opened.

Hortense McClinton, the first black faculty member at the University, spoke at the Parr Center for Ethics’ Lunch and Learn program in the Tate-Turner-Kuralt Building on Tuesday at noon. McClinton was hired in 1966 as a professor in the UNC School of Social Work.

Two buildings renamed after UNC 'firsts' Henry Owl and Hortense McClinton

By Allie Kelly | December 3

The Student Affairs building, formerly known as the Carr Building, will carry the namesake of Henry Owl, the first American Indian student and person ...

UNC research group creates more outdoor opportunities for local communities

By Ryan Koluch | November 30

UNC’s Food, Fitness and Opportunity Research Collaborative is working with underserved communities in Orange County through a project called Communities ...

'We’re hemorrhaging faculty of color': BIPOC faculty feel undervalued at UNC

By Jennifer Tran | November 30

While the number of faculty members of color at UNC has increased gradually in the past decade, many prominent members are choosing to leave the University. “We’re ...

History, Race and a Way Forward commission discusses naming removals and land acknowledgement

By Keerthana Gotur | November 30

The Commission met Monday to discuss a new ad-hoc committee to review naming removals, progress with the University's land acknowledgement and the Unsung ...

Dontae Sharpe granted pardon of innocence from the governor

By Meagan Bergstrom | November 29

“A pardon of innocence is a formal recognition that the person is actually innocent and therefore their conviction and their incarceration was wrongful," ...