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The Board of Trustees met on Thursday, here's what happened

By Hannah McClellan and Emily Galvin | April 1

The Board of Trustees met on Thursday to discuss plans for UNC, involving future renovations and construction, public service at Carolina and more.

Students call for 'common sense' gun legislation in UNC's Rally for Our Lives

By Giselle Pagunuran | April 1

“The tides are turning, and they will continue to turn,” UNC first-year Joshua Romero said. “And let me assure you — you do not want to ...

Tanya Amert (Left to right), Diane Pozefsky, Sydney Mantell and Armando Jimenez speak at a panel on diversity in Computer Science on Wednesday hosted by The Computer Science department.

Women and minorities in tech are making their voices heard

By Suzanne Blake | March 28

The UNC Computer Science Diversity Panel discussed the difficulties women and minority groups can face in the workforce while also celebrating their accomplishments ...

Carolina students enjoy the snow on campus on Jan. 17.

Nontraditional students' life experiences give them edge in undergrad

By Hannah Anglin | March 28

UNC consists of a large group of undergraduate students who have come to college straight from high school, but a number of students have taken a more ...

Black Panther, a recent blockbuster hit, is now showing at the Varsity movie theater on Franklin Street.

Black Panther is a national phenomenon that also hits surprisingly close to home

By Ramishah Maruf | March 28

Marvel’s "Black Panther" is, in its simplest form, a phenomenon. The movie covers a range of topics about Black culture in a new and relevant way, all ...

Immigration panel gets opinions from across the globe on entrepreneurship and diversity

By Brooke Bauman | March 27

On Tuesday, immigrants from all corners of the globe gathered to discuss their common roots in business in North Carolina. The Center for the Study of ...

UNC student studies a Caribbean species of coral's possible resistance to climate change

By Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez | March 27

A UNC Ph.D. student in the Department of Marine Sciences discovered that some species of coral in Belize actually grow faster in the harsh environment ...

Some married or engaged college students receive negative responses and criticism about their marital statuses.

While adult marriage declines, married life at UNC receives positive response

By Kate Karstens | March 27

While the national statistics reflect an increase in age of first marriage, for the most part, married UNC students are welcomed with open arms. ...

Female professors' concentration on service could prove detrimental to their salaries

By Taylor Buck | March 26

Research shows that female professors tend to take on more service than men, reducing the time they have to spend on research. These factors, combined ...

Professor Frank Baumgartner, from the department of political science, introduces Kimberly Davis to speak about her brother, who was sentenced to death in the state of Georgia.

Anti-death penalty activist speaks at UNC about her brother's death row execution

By Casey Quam | March 26

Activist Kimberly Davis came to UNC's campus Monday night to speak about her family’s long struggle to prove the innocence of her brother, Troy Davis, ...

UNC Board of Governors passes new business school fee

By Hannah McClellan | March 25

The UNC Board of Governors passed a new business fee for undergraduates at Kenan-Flagler Business School that might make it easier for more students to ...

UNC Women's Health provides numerous paths to contraception for students

By Kate Karstens | March 25

Almost 50 years ago, the first intrauterine device was introduced, and we know it now as the pill. For UNC students today, Women’s Health Services offers ...

Chelsea Manning gives a speech in front of the Silent Sam monument during a rally on Saturday afternoon.

Chelsea Manning attended Silent Sam protest in Chapel Hill on Saturday

By Mark Burnett | March 25

“Obviously we got to close prisons, we got to deal with ICE, we got to deal with statues like this, we got to deal with white supremacy and all ...

Alli Whitenack (left) and Jessica Bolin are the new co-presidents for Campus Y, their term started March 9 — the day they received the keys for their new office.

While UNC aims to empower female leaders, the gaps still persist

By Emily Galvin | March 25

Women of UNC’s campus will not let the momentum of the past few decades’ advancements in gender equity rest. Though the majority of the students on ...

UNC's Asia Week gives Asian-American students a place on campus

By Mary Powell Boney | March 25

UNC's second annual Asia Week included workshops about language, career and identity and highlighted some areas of weakness on campus. "Asian-American ...

UNC professor Joseph Cabosky's passion for learning is contagious

By Kayla Boswell | March 22

Assistant professor Joseph Cabosky is involved with many things, The Durham VOICE, a community newspaper, teaching public relations at UNC and managing ...

UNC student groups want you to know that microaggressions are more than just insults

March 22

“Microaggressions can affect minority populations’ mental health because they end up internalizing the disdain of the dominant community,” said ...

President Donald Trump spoke in the Greensboro Coliseum in June of 2016.

The Trump administration may be considering visa restrictions for Chinese students

By Blake Weaver | March 22

In addition to proposed trade tariffs on China, Politico reported the Trump Administration is considering restricting the visas of visiting Chinese students, ...

UNC School of Medicine takes first in graduate school primary care program rankings

By Suzanne Blake | March 21

In a move from second place last year, the UNC School of Medicine was ranked first for their primary care program in U.S. News and World Report’s 2019 ...

Carolina For The Kids celebrates 20th year of Dance Marathon

By Grace Little | March 21

The annual 24-hour no-sleeping, no-sitting Dance Marathon is the culmination of a yearlong effort by Carolina For The Kids to raise money to support families ...