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UNC student political groups organize in preparation for 2016 election

By CJ Farris | September 17

As the country prepares for the presidential primaries in 2016, political groups on campus are organizing in an effort to increase the amount of voters ...

Junior chemistry major Emily Janeira walks and texts in front of Bingham on Wednesday.

Texting while walking: Distraction or danger?

By Amy Nelson | September 16

While texting and driving is a much-publicized danger, texting and walking can also be a problem.

Clinical trial registry helps weed out bad medical science

By Nick Niedzwiadek | September 16

When flu breaks out, doctors across the world often rely on Tamiflu, a medication considered so vital it is listed on the World Health Organization’s ...

NC teachers to receive one-time $750 bonus

By Nick Niedzwiadek | August 26

By Nick Niedzwiadek Senior Writer The state’s two-month overdue budget glacially neared completion Wednesday as the legislature reached an agreement ...

Smart phone app identifies when user is at risk for disease

By Blake Dodge | August 20

The UNC-Duke basketball rivalry is as strong as ever, but researchers from both schools have engaged in a team effort to produce new disease-tracking ...

UNC research team advances in national competition

By Jocelyn Rives | July 17

A team of UNC graduate students is entering the final phase of a competition to create a startup based on innovations in neuroscience.

Pharmacy professor Lee dedicated to research

By Anyssa Reddix | April 16

At a research-based university like UNC, professors who conduct and publish their research are not uncommon.

Fewer southern accents in Triangle area, NC State professor finds

By Cole del Charco | April 6

To some people, the Southern accent is a euphonic staple of Southern living, while to others it’s a blemish that hearkens back to the Civil War.

Appalachian State professor uncovers fossils from dinosaur era in Triangle

By Marisa Bakker | March 25

Andrew Heckert has a skeleton in his closet — though it might not be what people think.

Most doctors have allowed parents to delay children's vaccines, study finds

By Lauren Hong | March 20

A recent study has found that a majority of doctors have acquiesced to parents’ wishes to delay children’s vaccinations, even against the prevention ...

Burr, Tillis among republicans who sent controversial letter to Iranian leaders

By Corey Risinger | March 15

U.S. Sens. Richard Burr and Thom Tillis of North Carolina were among a coalition of 47 Republican senators to send a controversial letter to Iranian leaders ...

Smokers gather around the flagpole Wednesday afternoon.

Study: e-cigarettes easy to get for minors in NC

By Sarah Kaylan Butler | March 5

UNC researchers have found e-cigarette vendors and customers are largely ignoring some of the state’s laws regulating them.

Animal deaths in UNC labs criticized

By Kate Albers | March 5

The University’s use of animals in research is being questioned by a national research watchdog organization.

Report: NC public health lags behind

By Charles Talcott | February 24

A recent study shows North Carolina is falling behind other states in preventing tobacco use, on top of having a large number of residents with poor nutrition, ...

UNC computers unaffected despite Lenovo software threat

By Elizabeth Matulis | February 23

From September to January, Lenovo was installing software called Superfish on many of its computers — and though most UNC students’ laptops weren’t ...

Stephen Senter, UNC's greenhouse gas specialist

UNC faces long road to goal to be carbon neutral by 2050

By Olivia Bane | February 19

In 2007, UNC pledged to become carbon neutral by the year 2050, but those in charge of UNC’s energy services are not optimistic about meeting that deadline. ...

Darren Bell, creator of Chapel Hill Carrboro City School's Community Connection Program speaks at Smith Middle School on Feb. 5.

CHCCS program provides laptops to at-risk students

By Zhai Yun Tan | February 6

Sarahi Gamboa Ramirez failed one of her high school English classes because she couldn’t finish her homework on time. The homework, heavy on research ...

Hillsborough will not receive Google Fiber installation

By Hannah Jaggers | February 3

While many Triangle residents rush to their computers to test out new, lightning-speed Internet, the town of Hillsborough will be waiting for their browsers ...

Offshore drilling might be reality in North Carolina

By Corey Risinger | January 29

Five years after the British Petroleum Deepwater Horizon Oil spill, thoughts of offshore oil drilling are slipping back into the long-term plans of North ...

Google Fiber to bring faster internet to Chapel Hill, Carrboro

By Trent Hollandsworth | January 28

Google Fiber will help Chapel Hill and Carrboro approach the speed of light.