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Potential budget cuts could jeopardize financial aid awards

By Elise Young | April 12

A legislative proposal to decrease state financial aid funding by $37.6 million for the 2011-2012 academic year could throw University aid packages into ...

Gay UNC student attacked, burned in hate crime

By Paula Seligson | April 11

UNC freshman Quinn Matney was walking on South Campus last week when a nearby man came up, grabbed him by the wrist and burned him with an unknown object. ...

Town hosts event emphasizing sustainability

By Brian Fanney | April 10

Chapel Hill’s Earth Action Day event at Southern Community Park featured vendors selling “green” products, artists who use recyclable materials ...

Psychoactives expert takes unconventional path to award

By Harrison Okin | April 10

Bryan Roth came to UNC’s Department of Pharmacology from Case Western in 2006, and has since presided over a research lab known for its work with psychoactive ...

Undergraduate research on the rise

By Jeanna Smialek | April 10

With budget cuts, the Office of Undergraduate Research has been forced to cut some of its support programs. But undergraduate research has managed not ...

UNC’s Relay for Life raises over $200,000 for American Cancer Society

By Katia Martinez | April 10

UNC’s Relay for Life was held this past Friday and Saturday. The 20-hour event at Fetzer Field raised $205,852.27 for the American Cancer Society.

Zeller and Henson to return, no decision from Barnes

By Kelly Parsons | April 6

The 2010-11 North Carolina men’s basketball season ended two weeks ago. But without confirmation about the return of three starting Tar Heels, the UNC ...

Photo: Walk-up music gets team pumped up (Erin Hull)

UNC women’s softball players get ready to play with walk-up tunes

By Brooke Pryor | April 6

To sports fans, music at the games transforms the athletic event into a spectacle. For the players, it means much more. As every member of the North ...

UNC workers to rally, sit out today

By Claire McNeill | April 6

Maintenance workers will sit out on the steps of South Building from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. to protest the elimination of a compressed work schedule option. ...

Board of Governors discussing funding for UNC system

By Tarini Parti | April 6

At the UNC-system Board of Governors meeting today, the main item of discussion is expected to be the system’s budget and plans to cope with a significant ...

More than 100 shed their shoes in one-mile walk

By Florence Bryan | April 5

Eight-year-old Madison Montgomery paraded barefoot down the sidewalk of Martin Luther King Boulevard Tuesday evening with her father, little sister and ...

Fewer but newer faces take student government reins

By Aaron Moore | April 5

After emerging as the unscathed winner in a contentious election and waiting for more than a month to be inaugurated, Mary Cooper stepped up to the Great ...

UNC’s Chancellor Thorp defeats students in Rubik’s Cube competition, talks innovation

By Chelsea Bailey | April 4

The scene came right out of the 80s. In the middle of a crowd, Chancellor Holden Thorp and senior Will Freeman faced off, waiting for the “Go” to ...

The Carolina Center for Public Service hosted it's annual Public Service awards in the Alumni Center. The awards honors students and faculty that have better the community through service and programs.
Alice Ammerman won the Ned Brooks Award for Public Service.

Public Service Awards recognize community members

By Paula Seligson | April 3

Friday afternoon, the 12th annual Public Service Awards Celebration and Showcase honored 21 groups and individuals who learn by applying the skills they’ve ...

Gas costs may lead to pricey transit contracts

By Chad Royal | April 3

Gas prices in the area have increased $.25 since February, leaving some residents feeling helpless and some government services challenged.According to ...

Photo: Norton chosen to be next editor-in-chief

Norton named DTH’s next editor-in-chief

By Amelia Nitz | April 3

Junior Steven Norton was chosen Saturday to be the next editor-in-chief of The Daily Tar Heel. Norton, now managing editor of the DTH, was selected from ...

Man escapes treatment, steals and crashes ambulance

By Olivia Barrow | April 1

While being treated by emergency personnel around 9 a.m., a man fled his house, stole an ambulance and drove it around a neighborhood crashing into cars. ...

Creative Arts week attracts big names

By Britton Alexander | March 31

Student Government is beginning a push to break down the barriers between the student body and the arts community. Carolina Creative Arts — a week-long ...

Student clowns bring humor to hospitals

By Gloria Schoeberle | March 31

Red rubber noses, outlandish outfits, giant underwear — all in an unexpected place. In the spirit of unconventional health care activist and doctor ...

Doctor shortage increases

By Chelsea Bailey | March 31

Jim Bedford has been studying at UNC for more than eight years. Now a fourth-year medical student, Bedford, who specializes in psychiatry, recently ...