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Nurse Koren Garrity in her office in the Behavioral ED near a painting of a polar bear which she displays in order to comfort her patients.

'Compassion, fatigue and vicarious trauma': Sexual assault nurses treat the physical and the emotional

By Jenni Ciesielski | September 29

Koren Garrity was ready to move on.

Two years after changes, Title IX policy has gaps in implementation

By Acy Jackson , Danielle Chemtob and Belle Hillenburg | September 23

Her life was stuck for a year. R., a survivor who wishes to remain anonymous, reported her sexual assault case to UNC’s Title IX office and did not ...

Demonstrators march from the Peace and Justice Plaza on Franklin Street on Friday evening.

Protest highlighted survivors' voices

By Felicia Bailey | September 16

Shouts of “justice delayed is justice denied” and “students safety before reputation” were heard down Franklin Street as students and community ...

UNC football player responds after being suspended from team with assault, sexual battery charges

By Sara Salinas | September 16

UNC football player Allen Artis responded through his lawyer Friday afternoon after he was charged with misdemeanor assault on a female and sexual battery ...

UNC football players react to charges against Allen Artis

By Blake Richardson | September 16

North Carolina football coach Larry Fedora said the team is treating the indefinite suspension of junior linebacker Allen Artis like any other absence. ...

Letter from Delaney Robinson's lawyer said UNC violated its own Title IX policy

By Acy Jackson | September 15

One day after sophomore Delaney Robinson and her lawyer announced their intent to pursue self-sworn misdemeanor charges against UNC football player Allen ...

Delaney Robinson says UNC, Orange County DA failed her in rape case

By Acy Jackson and C Jackson Cowart | September 14

On Valentine’s Day 2016, current sophomore Delaney Robinson said she survived a sexual assault in Ram Village

Delaney Robinson (center), with her attorney Denise W. Branch and her father, Stacey Robinson, earlier today at her press conference.

Sophomore says she was raped by UNC football player in February

By From staff and wire reports | September 13

UNC sophomore Delaney Robinson says she was sexually assaulted by a UNC football player in Ram Village in February.

Injury Prevention Center receives $2 million for rape prevention research

By Noni Shemenski | September 9

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention awarded UNC’s Injury Prevention Center a four-year, $1.79 million grant to evaluate the effectiveness ...

Reporting assault: New policy and open campus conversation encourage survivors to speak up

By Kelly Jasiura | September 8

Nearly four years after UNC came under fire for mishandling sexual assault cases and two years after the University responded with a new reporting policy, ...

Kansas State lawsuit sparks conversation about off-campus sexual assault

By Kelsey Mason | April 26

The effects of two Kansas State University students’ sexual assault lawsuits are stretching nationwide — reigniting issues of sexual assault in Greek ...

Orange County Rape Crisis Center plans events to raise awareness for Sexual Assault Awareness Month

By Alexis Allston | April 13

Today, one in five women experience sexual assault or rape in their lifetime. The Orange County Rape Crisis Center has organized a series of events throughout ...

UNC students participate in a walk as a part of the “It’s On Us” even, which sought to raise awareness of and prevent sexual assault.

Greek groups host discussion about sexual assault at "It's On Us"

By Brinley Lowe | April 7

Hundreds stood outside of the Campus Y Thursday as Lauren Debski recalled her experience of sexual assault.

Fraternities and sororities team up to combat sexual assault at UNC

By Jack Davis | April 7

Greek organizations are bringing the national “It’s On Us” campaign to Chapel Hill to raise money and awareness for sexual assault for the Orange ...

Junior Catherine Lake from Miami, Florida pumps iron during Greek Life's "Curls for Girls" event in the Pit this Wednesday.

Curling for a cause: Greek groups team up to combat sexual violence

By Anna Freeman | March 2

A group of students will be lifting weights in the Pit for a few hours a day until Friday to fight sexual assault on college campuses.

Duke under investigation for Title IX complaint

By Sierra Dunne | January 24

Duke University is joining more than a hundred universities nationwide to be investigated for mishandling sexual assault cases on campus, according to ...

Gender Violence Prevention Task Force talks faculty social norms

By Amy Nelson | January 13

On Wednesday, about 20 faculty, staff and students sat in the Carolina Union's upper level to discuss recommendations for the Gender Violence Prevention ...

Title IX programs increase costs

By Danielle Chemtob | November 8

A wave of gender discrimination regulations in the last year has forced UNC-system schools to rapidly rework their policies and expand staff — a cost ...

Mishana Sturdivant, the president of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc., and a communications and journalism major from Winston Salem, sits outside of Coker Hall on Monday evening.

Delta Advocates play a supportive role within sororities

By Anyssa Reddix | October 19

The Greek community is increasing sexual assault awareness by expanding the Delta Advocate program to include the Greek Alliance Council and the National ...

SBP Houston Summers: Party monitors still on the table

By Anna Freeman | October 5

The idea of adult party monitors might evoke images of sad, middle-aged men, but Houston Summers, student body president, said this plank of his platform ...