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Kamikazi breaks it down at biannual Spring Workshop

By Raymond Chen | March 4

The workshop has become popular among the members of UNC's hip-hop dance group because it is open to everyone and helps bring in diverse talent to teach ...

Meet the UNC students spending Spring Break building homes in Guatemala

By Rachel Crumpler | March 4

Students in the club From Houses to Homes UNC-Chapel Hill will be spending their Spring Break helping Guatemalan families get a sturdy home.

UNC grad student develops app for African American youth mental health

By Nathan Wesley | March 4

Are better mental health resources important to you? Or are you interested in technology? This UNC graduate student is creating a new app, targeted toward ...

Kenan Flagler professor finds possible new solution to gender pay gap

By Rachel Crumpler | March 4

Women are consistently paid less than men in the United States and around the world, and a a new study has revealed that an increase in wage transparency ...

Pi Lambda Phi members charged with violating commercial fire codes

By Elizabeth Moore | March 4

Five Pi Lambda Phi students were charged for tampering with smoke detectors nearly 23 years after five students died in a fraternity house fire on Mother's ...

Asian American Student Association votes to sign amicus brief in support of UNC in affirmative action lawsuit

By Maydha Devarajan and Abbey Thompson | March 4

UNC’s Asian American Student Association is supporting the University’s race-conscious admissions process in a lawsuit against Students for Fair Admissions, ...

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump spoke in the Greensboro Coliseum on Tuesday, June 14, 2017.

Here's how the political climate could be making it even harder to get into law school

By Evely Forte | March 3

Both pre-law students and law admission officers attribute some increase in law school applications to the current political climate.

BOG Committee Meetings Kellie Hunt Blue, Pearl Burris-Floyd, R. Doyle Parrish

UNC alumni and former leaders call for reform in system governance

By Praveena Somasundaram | March 3

A petition surfaced that demanded reform to the way the UNC system is governed, especially in the wake of several administrative departures.

Copyright law can be ®eally ©onfusing, but it doesn't have to be

By Noah Dolgoff | March 3

"We need to protect expression and innovation by reducing the chill of uncertainty."

A painting removed from Campus Y reflects a long conflict with Faculty Governance

By Praveena Somasundaram | March 1

During the renovations in the early 2000s of the Campus Y, jurisdiction of parts of the building became the responsibility of both UNC and Campus Y leadership. ...

New Mediterranean restaurant is replacing Tama Cafe on Franklin Street

By Laura Rong | February 28

The food, people and music are what the new Mediterranean restaurant coming to Franklin Street is all about.

UNC professors aim to improve health care in Malawi

By Cam Edson | February 27

UNC Project-Malawi is a collaboration between UNC and Malawi Ministry of Health and Population.

#Fight4HER campaign advocates for global women's abortion rights

By Elizabeth Thompson | February 27

A student grassroots campaign is working to combat the limitations imposed by President Trump's gag rule against certain reproductive rights issues. ...

How UNC has changed in the four years since 'The Hunting Ground'

By Suzanne Blake | February 26

"The Hunting Ground" brought to light the difficulties that sexual assault survivors face on college campuses. Here's how the documentary affected UNC. ...

President of Charlotte Hornets to lecture at Shuford Program in Entrepreneurship

By Elizabeth Thompson | February 25

Fred Whitfield, Michael Jordan’s close friend and business confidant, and president and vice chairman of the Charlotte Hornets will join the UNC Shuford ...

When is it ethical for teachers to direct classroom discussions?

By Rachel Crumpler | February 25

A new lecture series installation explores when it's right for teachers to direct classroom discussion, lead by a NC State professor.

We talked to that first-year who unicycles everywhere

By Raymond Chen | February 25

The iconic unicycling student that cruises across campus is dedicated to their craft.

Meet the Wheelers, the UNC twins who wear green and red every day

By Chapel Fowler | February 25

Twins "Mint Matthew" and "Lava Luke" Wheeler have become campus celebrities of sorts at UNC for color coordinating their outfits.

Crashing the 'boy's club': UNC students study role of women in political campaigns

By Arabella Saunders | February 25

Students at the School of Media and Journalism conducted a study into gender inequality in the field of political tech and presented it in Washington, ...

Climate change and emigration from Central America may be more related than you think

By Kyle Arendas | February 25

Climate change and emigration from Central America was the topic of choice at a two-day conference on Latin American studies put on by UNC Chapel ...