Community members attend inaugural Chapel Hill-Carrboro Juneteenth events -

HVAC units stolen from historic Cedar Grove Ruritan Club, sheriff offering $1500 award

By Chloe Teachey | April 11

The Cedar Grove Ruritan Club has been saving up for around three years for these units. Buck Curtis, a club member and former president, said the organization ...

These Orange County women help provide resources to the housing insecure

By Emmy Trivette | April 11

On the heels of Women’s History Month, the Daily Tar Heel is spotlighting six women in Orange County’s public safety system who have helped each of ...

UNC Bhangra Elite hosts annual Bhangra Sutra event virtually

By Avery Baker | April 9

Each dance group has a bhangra segment included in their performance, which allows both the dancers and the audience to witness how the Punjabi culture ...

Former youth prison turned radioactive waste decay site operated by UNC

By Helen McGinnis | April 9

The Chapel Hill Youth Development and Research Unit, now known as Chydaru, was an experimental youth prison that was later repurposed as a radioactive ...

As students get vaccinated, Campus and Community Advisory Committee discusses fall plans

By Kameron Hall | April 8

While there is still uncertainty surrounding the fall 2021 semester, it is projected to look as “normal” as possible. University officials intend ...

UNC's first on-campus vaccine clinic opens Wednesday

Guskiewicz: UNC aims for a mid-July return to normal operations

By Maddie Ellis | April 8

"We can see the light at the end of the tunnel, but we're not at the end of the tunnel yet, but I'm confident that we'll be able to get there," Chancellor ...

UNC Health pauses administration of Johnson & Johnson vaccinations, will resume Saturday

By Sonia Rao | April 8

UNC Health paused administration of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines across its clinics Thursday following adverse reactions in 4-5 patients ...

N.C. Senate passes bill to raise the minimum age for juvenile delinquency

By Kelli Rainer | April 8

Of states with a specified minimum age, North Carolina currently has the lowest in the nation.

UNC BIPOC Student-Athlete Collective creates new platforms for activism and discussion

By Lucas Thomae | April 8

Started in May 2020 to give Black student athletes a place to process the turbulent emotions surrounding the police killing of George Floyd and the protests ...

'See from our perspective': Students petition chemistry department for support

By Kaitlyn Dang | April 7

According to the petition, students are advocating for fairness and respect for their well-being by asking the department to lower the difficulty levels ...

Divided N.C. House passes bill to limit governor’s emergency powers along party lines

By Guillermo Molero | April 7

The Emergency Powers Accountability Act would require the governor to receive approval from a majority of the Council of State – the collective name ...

Meet the women in charge of Orange County's public safety system

By Emmy Trivette | April 6

These three women focus on documenting and maintaining the portions of Orange County’s public safety system dealing with community involvement and mental ...

Genna Rae McNeil retires from the history department after 36 years

By Sophie Seoyoung Cho | April 6

Genna Rae McNeil — the first Black tenure-track faculty member in UNC's history department — will retire this semester after working at UNC for 36 ...

Zooming in: Ackland student guides program engages audiences with art

By Sophia Ramirez | April 6

With a piece of sarcophagus, a pocket watch, and a portrait of an unidentified sex worker called “Peaches,” a student tour guide at the Ackland can ...

N.C. House introduces bill that would ban trans athletes from gender-identifying teams

By Kathryn Goodwin | April 6

House Bill 358, introduced on March 22 in the N.C. House of Representatives, would require middle, high school and collegiate athletes to compete on the ...

CAPS does not have any AAPI counselors. These students seek to change that.

By Praveena Somasundaram | April 6

AAPI community members have the lowest help-seeking rate of any racial or ethnic group according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness. Studies over ...

Lawmakers file new bills to increase scope and scale of punishments for hate crimes

By Susie Webb | April 5

The mirrored bills would expand the definition of a hate crime and increase the scope and scale of punishments for hate crimes. The introduced Hate ...

UNC baseball gets shut out by No. 18 Florida State in series-deciding game

By Asheebo Rojas | April 5

In game three on Easter Sunday, the Tar Heels suffered their most lopsided defeat of the season, losing 8-0.

Who is ... Kathryn Peters? Carrboro civic technologist wins 'Jeopardy!' game

By Britney Nguyen | April 5

Peters won first place on a "Jeopardy!" episode that aired on March 22. She then returned as the reigning champ on an episode that aired March 23, where ...

UNC student group Holi Moli adapts annual Holi celebration virtually

By Lucy Smithwick | April 5

“It was definitely a very different transition from going from all these friends and family that I have where I live back home to here,” Mansi Gupta ...