Sexual Assault -

Sexual assault focus is on undergrads

By David Doochin | October 2

Though UNC has made some strides to change the climate of sexual assault in the undergraduate population, graduate students are often left out of the ...

Event to bring attention to sexual assault and violence

By Belle Hillenburg | September 30

At Speak Out!, Project Dinah members share stories of sexual assault and violence through the words of survivors.

Rape culture persists online after Asheville owners discovered publishing sexual exploits

By Hari Chittilla | September 30

Coffee talk has taken a turn for the graphic, as two owners of a local Asheville shop were found broadcasting their sexual encounters online. Jacob Owens ...

Safe Campus Act bill would change process of reporting sexual assault

By Grant Masini | September 22

Republican sponsors of a U.S. House of Representatives bill hope to change the process of reporting sexual assault on college campuses.

Survey says 1 in 4 undergrad women are assaulted

By Anyssa Reddix | September 22

Survey results released Monday show the proportion of women assaulted after enrolling at UNC may be as high as one in four.

Column: No one narrative defines survivors

By Alice Wilder | September 21

Over the summer, I survived an experience of sexual violence.

Opinion: All Greeks should push for programs to prevent rape

September 4

In 2014, UNC’s Interfraternity Council amended its constitution to mandate that all of its 22 member organizations require new and executive board members ...

A year later, more communication needed for sexual assault policy

By Acy Jackson | August 27

After a year with the new sexual assault policy, students and administrators are still looking for the right ways to explain and punish sexual assault. ...

Survivors shout to stop sexual violence

By Elizabeth Baker | April 21

Frustrated by what they describe as the cultural silence surrounding sexual violence, leaders from the Orange County Rape Crisis Center and El Centro ...

Professor Tori Ekstrand works in her office in Carroll Hall Monday afternoon. Ekstrand teaches in the School of Journalism and Mass Communications and gives her students warnings about sensitive topics in class. "It's not so much about triggers," Ekstrand said. "It's about helping students realize the realities we face and our responsibilities."

Professors weigh classroom trigger warnings

By Caroline Lamb | April 21

Professors are becoming increasingly aware of how they should teach sensitive or potentially traumatizing material in the classroom, often referred to ...

Fraternities see full participation in One Act training for Greeks

By Sara Salinas | April 19

With Sexual Assault Awareness Month winding down, UNC’s Interfraternity Council can boast 100 percent compliance with new sexual assault prevention ...

Junior Landi Gambill holds a sign addressing Carol Folt in the screening of the documentary "The Hunting Ground" in the Carroll Hall auditorium on Thursday.

"Hunting Ground" panel discusses assault epidemic

By Sofia Edelman | April 17

Zero: the number of students expelled from UNC for sexual assault in recent years.

UNC among cohort of universities ramping up sexual assault trainings

By Paige Hopkins | April 13

UNC students taking the newly required sexual assault education module this semester weren’t alone — nationwide, schools are implementing similar ...

Association of Student Governments wraps up for year

By Elizabeth Matulis | April 13

In the final meeting of the UNC-system Association of Student Governments this academic year, N.C. State University’s Zack King was sworn in as the ...

NC universities take stand against sexual assault

By Hallie Dean | April 7

Competition and rivalry aside, universities across North Carolina came together on Monday to stand in solidarity against sexual assault as part of a statewide ...

Armed with dated rules, sororities struggle to battle sexual assault

By Liz Bell | February 26

Samantha Robertson joined a sorority because she wanted to be part of an organization that existed to serve women.

UNC community has mixed opinions on sexual assault modules

By Emily Lowe | January 23

As someone actively involved in preventing sexual harassment on campus, junior Nabil Lachgar was disappointed when he realized the ease with which students ...

Sexual assault survey faces criticism

By Caroline Lamb | December 2

Despite protests from professors nationwide, the Association of American Universities is moving forward with a survey on campuses’ sexual assault climate ...

Title IX Coordinator Howard Kallem leaving

By Caroline Leland | December 1

Less than a year after joining UNC as Title IX coordinator, Howard Kallem is leaving for a similar position at Duke University.

Carrboro resident Hjordis Blanchard speaks about her daughter’s rape case, which prosecutors dismissed.

Forgotten rape leaves a broken mother in Chapel Hill

By Jenny Surane and Amanda Albright | November 25

In November 2004, Chelsea Barnes wrote a chilling poem.