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The Siren holds open discussion on Delaney Robinson case

By Maria Prokopowicz | September 15

The Siren opened up its weekly meeting to all students Wednesday night to discuss a response to the UNC administration in light of Delaney Robinson’s ...

Student-athletes meet to discuss time management, potential NCAA bylaws

By Brendan Marks | September 15

The blessing and the burden of the student-athlete, as North Carolina track and field coach Harliss Meaders called it, is all-encompassing. But one ...

Docent Rhonda Wilkersen leads women from the Oxford Study Group around the "History and Mystery" exhibit in the NC Museum of Art, which showcases the best of the museum's Old Master British paintings and sculptures. The exhibit is a result of the Scott Project, an effort to unveil the origin of these works by students and faculty from UNC and Duke in partner with the museum.

UNC professor leads team to art discoveries with NCMA

By Brinley Lowe | September 15

Thanks to art history professor Tania String, Raleigh’s North Carolina Museum of Art has made discoveries in 500-year-old British art.

Kenyan senator Peter Nyong'o speaks on African politics

By Jenni Ciesielski | September 15

By Jenni Ciesielski Senior Writer Last night, Kenyan senator and professor Peter Nyong’o spoke at the Nelson Mandela Auditorium about the current state ...

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 ...

Business school proposes additional student fee

By Aaron Redus | September 15

The Kenan-Flagler Business School has proposed a plan that would raise the cost of attendance for undergraduate business students by charging a new fee ...

Juniors Studio Art and English major Diandra Dwyer (left) and Media & Journalism and Global Studies major Maggie Shibley have big plans for Carolina Animators Anonymous, a new club on campus. Dwyer is the club's president; Shibley is vice-president.

Animation club offers artistic opportunities

By Ashley Cruz | September 15

A new media club at UNC is giving students an opportunity to be a part of a group interested in learning about and creating animations.

New UNC Hospitals surgical tower will create more space

By Ivy Ingle | September 15

Plans for the new surgical tower at UNC Hospitals are still under evaluation after its proposal at the May 2016 Board of Trustees meeting.

The Muslim Students Asscotiation pitched approvel for an exception to a policy prohibiting them from having an external bank account while maintaining current student government funding.

Student Congress approves bank account for Muslim Student Association

By Nic Rardin | September 14

Student Congress met on Tuesday night to approve a number of new appointments and grant an exception to the UNC Muslim Students Association for an external ...

Political groups on campus gearing up for the November elections

By Belle Hillenburg | September 14

Leading up to November, UNC political organizations have different ways of spreading their messages. UNC Young Democrats President Courtney Sams said ...

Hunger Lunch wasn't in the Pit in January because it was no longer profitable for the Durham-based caterer.

Hunger Lunch partners with UNC graduate's 'So Good Pupusas'

By Harris Wheless | September 14

Hunger Lunch is back and ready — with fork and knife in hand — to nourish UNC, now offering rice and beans through UNC alum Cecilia Polanco’s food ...

Diversity liaisons work to ensure UNC's campus is inclusive

By Charlotte Harris | September 12

UNC has received the Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award for the second year in a row from Insight into Diversity, a higher education magazine. ...

Squash taking off as workout option at UNC

By Felicia Bailey | September 12

Squash is on the rise this year. Not the vegetable, but the recreational sport played in a room with four walls and abnormally small doors.

Former UNC student and performer Chase Rice performs as a part of the 2016 Jubilee hosted by the Carolina Union Activities Board. Rice performed in Carmichael Arena after the Spring Game.

Comedy show for Homecoming to save money for big Jubilee

By Alexis Bell | September 12

Plans for the spring Jubilee concert are underway, with a music genre survey currently available and no fall Homecoming concert to compete for funding. ...

Different ways of helping people — Stephen Lich teaches economics and fights fire

By Natalie Conti | September 12

Students can find economics professor Stephen Lich lecturing in Murphey Hall on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. At other times, Lich can be found fighting ...

Samantha Ty, a senior and Global Studies major, testing out her coffee.

UNC says hello to The Meantime — a new coffee shop in the Campus Y

By Acy Jackson and Jamie Gwaltney | September 12

The Meantime Coffee Co., a new student-run coffee shop in the Campus Y, opened its doors for the first time today.

Arteen Asgharzadeh (left), the Growth Leader for JoyRun, and Savanna Michaux, JoyRun's Student Leader on campus, stand together in the pit.

Community-driven app JoyRun will deliver almost anything around campus

By Elizabeth Barbour | September 12

JoyRun is an app that allows any member of the UNC community to deliver anything to other people around campus.

Word on the Street: How do you remember 9/11 today?

By Jamie Gwaltney and Sofia Edelman | September 12

Current students were only children when the attacks in New York City, Washington D.C. and rural Pennsylvania occurred on Sept. 11, 2001. Students shared ...

From left to right Morgan McLaughlin, Ada Wilson, Rhonda Gibson and Judith Webb discuss LGBTQ life at Friday's meeting.

Committee plans to make LGBTQ life more comfortable at UNC

By Leah Moore | September 9

The Provost’s Committee on LGBTQ Life met Friday afternoon to discuss their budget for the upcoming school year, plan a luncheon and discuss ways they ...

Fraternities consider impact of social probation exceptions

By Colleen Moir | September 9

When sanctions for fraternities in UNC’s Interfraternity Council are decided by the IFC’s own Greek Judicial Board, the punishments tend to come with ...