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Tar Heels to face Tennessee in the Music City Bowl

By Mark Thompson | December 5

North Carolina will face Tennessee in the Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl on December 30 in Nashville, Tenn. The Tar Heels (7-5) and the Volunteers ...

Tar Heels beat No. 10 Kentucky

By Jonathan Jones | December 5

Tyler Zeller scored a career-high 27 points and grabbed 11 rebounds while going 6-for-6 on free throws in the closing minutes of the game to help North ...

North Carolina forward Laura Broomfield goes up for a layup against Iowa. The 6-foot-1 junior scored 12 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in 20 minutes of action. It was her first double-double this year.

Tar Heels dispose of Iowa in ACC/Big Ten Challenge at home

By Evan G. Marlow | December 3

Despite nearly blowing a 15-point halftime lead, the No. 14 North Carolina women’s basketball team held on to defeat No. 18 Iowa 79-67 Thursday night ...

Cast memebers of “Aida,” Company Carolina’s production launching tonight and running through the weekend participate in a dress rehearsal on Thursday night.

Group makes return with 'Aida'

By Tariq Luthun | December 2

Company Carolina is launching its season with Elton John. Tonight, the Union Cabaret will feature the community-based theater group’s performance ...

Possible SBP candidates to be investigated by Board of Elections

By Jessica Kennedy | December 2

Though they might face punishment by the Board of Elections for illegal campaigning, Student Body Secretary Ian Lee and junior Rick Ingram aren’t worried, ...

Carolina Brewery recently signed agreements with several beer distribution companies to distribute their beer throughout the state so they can focus on making beer.

Carolina Brewery expanding its reach

By Chad Royal | December 2

Beer enthusiasts across the state can rejoice as the local brewery expands its distribution, which will now span from the Outer Banks to the Piedmont. ...

New University Mall home for library not guaranteed

By Olivia Barrow | December 2

Though local government is exploring moving a public library to a University Mall space currently occupied by Dillard’s, the retailer is showing no ...

Wake hospital asks for records from UNC Healthcare

By Jen Serdetchnaia | December 2

WakeMed Health and Hospitals is requesting UNC Hospitals to stop its “predatory behavior” in partnering with profitable private physicians’ practices ...

Debt commission issues its final report, calling for fiscal 'reckoning'

By From staff and wire reports | December 1

WASHINGTON, D.C. (MCT) — The bipartisan debt commission issued its final report Wednesday, warning that without the sacrifices it calls for, a fiscal ...

Orange County schools suffer from dried-up funding

By Victoria Stilwell | December 1

As local and state officials gear up for a third year of heavy budget cuts, many are concerned about what the reductions will mean for academics, staff ...

Chancellor Holden Thorp tells Employee Forum members that UNC will hire a consultant to review housekeeper complaints.

UNC to hire consultant to resolve housekeeping complaints

By Kelsey Finn | December 1

The University will hire an external consultant to address a range of complaints raised by housekeepers in recent months, Chancellor Holden Thorp said ...

Four HIV positive people participate in an open discussion as a part of the 12th Anuual HIV/AIDS Symposium on Wednesday.

Researchers share HIV research advancements

By Lindsay Sebastian and Kari Johnson | December 1

In what amounted to a State of the Union address on the University’s efforts to cure and stymie the spread of HIV, a group of researchers presented ...

John Henson, seen here in UNC’s game against Lipscomb on Nov. 12, carried the load inside with Zeller’s foul trouble, scoring 16 points.

Illini hands UNC season's third loss

By Louie Horvath | December 1

CHAMPAIGN, ILL. — It took 43 seconds for the North Carolina Tar Heels’ night to unravel on them in a 79-67 loss to Illinois. That is how long it ...

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.

UNC's first black professor shares memories of town's racism

By Katie Sweeney | November 30

When she arrived in Chapel Hill to teach social work in 1966, Hortense McClinton was welcomed as the first black professor at UNC. She remembered one ...

Students walk by construction on Battle, Vance and Pettigrew halls. The construction project is one of many on UNC’s campus. Most of the projects on campus are funded by the N.C. General Assembly, although some are privately funded. Campus officials are expecting a continued lack of funding since the midterm elections.

Building funds at UNC are unstable

By Will Doran | November 30

A bleak budget climate prevented the Democratic N.C. General Assembly from appropriating funds toward capital projects at UNC for the current fiscal year. ...

Arc of Orange County hosts Festival of Trees fundraiser

By Lisa LeFever | November 30

The Arc of Orange County is working to connect the community and raise money through its third annual Festival of Trees. The festival is being held ...

UNC women's basketball has partnered with Toys for Tots

By From staff and wire reports | November 30

Orange County Toys for Tots has partnered with the UNC women’s basketball team to collect toys for needy children throughout the county. Basketball ...

Katie Wordsworth, a freshman from Rocky Mount, has a state-funded grant. The state is finding new ways to fund grants for students.

State financial aid running low

By Elise Young | November 30

Katie Wordsworth, a freshman biology major, said she needs every cent of her financial aid grants to achieve her dream of becoming an oncologist. Once ...

Everclear banned in NC

By Estes Gould | November 30

Everclear and Diesel 190-proof alcohol will today follow the trail of Four Loko — off the shelves statewide. The Mecklenburg County Alcoholic Beverage ...

Self-anointed "nerds" serve up volleyball victory

By Seth Crawford | November 30

It started as a fun way to blow off steam, something graduate students could enjoy after grading tests and leading recitations. But after four years ...