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Photo: Transportation talk (Daniel Turner)

Kleinschmidt tests transit system; talks with residents

By Michelle Zayed | April 20

Mayor Mark Kleinschmidt put the Chapel Hill Transit system to the test Wednesday, riding the HS route to the Varsity Theater. Wearing tennis shoes, jeans ...

Photo: Hillsborough satellite to open in 2013

UNC Health Care breaks ground on Hillsborough campus

By Tyson Leonhardt | April 20

UNC Health Care broke ground on its first satellite campus Wednesday, a move intended to alleviate patient overcrowding at the main campus.

"Voice of the Tar Heels" Woody Durham retires

By Jonathan Jones | April 19

After 40 years as the “Voice of the Tar Heels,” play-by-play announcer Woody Durham retired Tuesday night. Durham, 69, has called more than 1,800 ...

Woody Durham retires after legendary career as play-by-play announcer

By Jonathan Jones | April 19

After 40 years as the “Voice of the Tar Heels,” play-by-play announcer Woody Durham retired Tuesday night. Durham, 69, has called more than 1,800 ...

Photo: Matney: Injury was self-inflicted

Matney faces misdemeanor charge for filing false report

By Andy Thomason | April 19

The freshman who claimed to have been the victim of a hate crime two weeks ago is now facing a misdemeanor charge for filing a false police report.

Judge: University should have provided public records

By Keren Goldshlager | April 19

A Wake County Superior Court judge wrote Tuesday that UNC should have complied with certain public records requests filed by media during the NCAA investigation ...

Implementation of Medlin’s artistic legacy remains unclear

By Nick Andersen | April 19

With the tacit support of some of the University’s biggest artistic policy makers, former Student Body President Hogan Medlin’s broad proposal to ...

UNC law professor’s legal brief prompts TVA reform

By Elizabeth Johnson | April 19

With 30 days and the help of nearly 100 UNC students, professor Donald Hornstein was able to help North Carolinians breathe a little easier. Hornstein ...

UNC approves contextual grading policy

By Claire McNeill | April 19

With an average campus grade point average of 3.1, UNC is one of many universities nationwide questioning the true value of a grade point average in the ...

DTH, media groups receive favorable decision in lawsuit

By Sara Gregory | April 19

The University should have complied with public records requests filed by The Daily Tar Heel and other media organizations, a state judge wrote Tuesday. ...

UNC’s diversity provost search team looks at redefining role

By Chelsea Bailey | April 18

At its meeting Monday, the search committee charged with selecting the next associate provost for diversity and multicultural affairs considered not only ...

SBP Mary Cooper cuts cabinet from 45 to 27

By Lydia Rusche | April 18

Student body president Mary Cooper revealed her choices for chairmen of her administration’s cabinet committees Sunday night. But more surprising ...

Wilson criticized for theory

By Jessica Kennedy | April 18

Among names like “Oprah” and “Bono,” E.O. Wilson was relatively unknown to students on the commencement speaker advisory committee. But months ...

UNC-system historically black colleges and universities affected by budget cuts

By Vinayak Balasubramanian | April 18

The 17.4 percent budget cut for UNC-system schools recently proposed by the N.C. House appropriations subcommittee on education has the potential to disproportionately ...

Harrison Barnes announces return to UNC basketball

By Jonathan Jones | April 18

No longer will Strickland or the rest of the North Carolina basketball team be bothered with questions on Barnes’ decision after the freshman announced ...

NIH research funding budget to decline, opinions vary on effects on university research

By Matt Steyl | April 17

Funding for university research is dwindling, but some researchers say it might not be a bad thing. The federal budget, approved by U.S. Congress earlier ...

‘Touch a Truck’ event lets kids see vehicles up close

By Jodie singer | April 17

Chapel Hill Boy Scout Troop 39 hosted its third annual Touch a Truck event Sunday in the University Mall parking lot, where children could play in more ...

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War, 150 years ago

By Ethan Robertson | April 17

One hundred fifty years ago Sunday, residents of Chapel Hill first heard about the start of the Civil War.

Yankaskas settles appeal, agrees to retire from UNC

April 17

The University reached a settlement last week with Bonnie Yankaskas, ending an 18-month standoff in which the embattled cancer researcher appealed a salary ...

UNC takes advantage of ECU errors

By Evan G. Marlow | April 12

East Carolina had plundered 22 opponents entering Tuesday night’s game at Boshamer Stadium. But it was the Pirates’ five blunders that cost them against ...