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The Carolina Veterans Resource Center sits on Branson Street.

Veterans Week hosts events to challenge perceptions of student veterans

By Marine Elia | November 9

For Doug Yorty, transitioning from a seven-year military career to student life offered its fair share of difficulties. After being stationed in Fort ...

Students are getting more sleep than in past decades

By Cy Neff | November 9

Some students' expectations for sleep — or a lack thereof due to parties, events and late nights in Davis Library — might be off-base, according to ...

Dr. Tibor Spitz presented his artwork and life story of surviving the Holocaust in the Union Auditorium in 2017.

Tibor Spitz speaks at UNC on Holocaust experience

By Lorcan Farrell | November 8

When he was 15 years old, Tibor Spitz crawled out of a hand built shelter, dug into the side of a hill in Slovakia, where he had spent the previous seven ...

Police formed a barricade to hold off protestors around Hyde Hall after detaining a man during a protest in August.

Silent Sam protesters discover undercover campus police officer

By Preston Lennon | November 8

Randy Young, media relations manager for UNC Public Safety, said in a statement that the purpose of assigning officers, rather in uniform or not, to the ...

Controversy surrounds NCAA after ruling NCSU athlete ineligible

By Preston Lennon | November 8

On the same day the NCAA acquitted UNC, ending the chapter of a recent academic-athletic scandal, a basketball player was punished at NC State University. ...

Get in loser, we're going shopping (for classes)

By Vennela Medapati | November 8

It’s that time of the year again, when students are filling up their shopping carts and preparing for class registration. It's a stressful time for ...

Davie Poplar has stood for centuries

By Molly Looman | November 7

On Dec. 3, 1792, Revolutionary War Gen. William R. Davie and five other men were having a picnic. It was this meeting that would decide the location ...

American Indian Heritage Month places focus on the future, not the past

By Charlie McGee | November 7

With November marking National American Indian Heritage Month, assistant professor of American Studies, Benjamin Frey, thinks the month means more than ...

YES brings student companionship and support to the elderly

By Ramishah Maruf | November 7

For senior Priyansh Patel, taking care of elderly relatives was simply a fundamental part of being in a family, a value he grew up with in an Indian culture. ...

Maddy Munoz, a Loco Cocoa organizer, serves hot chocolate to UNC students Eileen Yang and Parker Novack at the Student Union on Tuesday morning.

Loco Cocoa turns business project into hot chocolate pick-me-up

By Suzanne Blake | November 7

Knowing that the November days will turn colder, a group of first-year students developed a unique business plan to address the seasonal and early ...

Shalane Flanagan's NYC marathon victory inspires UNC Marathon Team

By Nicole Booth | November 7

UNC alum and former athlete, Shalane Flanagan, made history this weekend, being the first American woman to to win the New York City Marathon in 40 years. ...

Professor Daniel Reichart looks to help others while recovering from burns

By Kayla Boswell | November 6

UNC Physics and Astronomy Professor Daniel Reichart's Thursday didn't go quite as planned. “I was on my way to get some ice cream and I ...

The Unsung Founders Memorial was a subject of debate earlier this year, 2017, during the Silent Sam sit-in.

Task Force to tell the history of the University from its builders to its first students

By Madeleine Fraley | November 6

Underneath the changing leaves in McCorkle Place stand Silent Sam and the Unsung Founders Memorial — symbols of the University’s rich history. But ...

Crossing guard Joann Isom hugs UNC junior Carlos Salas after receiving money raised via GoFundMe for Isom to take a trip to visit her son. Salas set up the GoFundMe fundraiser after seeing Isom's story on the Humans of UNC Facebook page.

UNC crossing guard set to cross country

By Danielle Bush | November 6

The walk to Polk Place from the depths of South Campus for a Monday morning eight am class can seem like an tiresome effort for the average first-year ...

Students competed in Crash Campaign this weekend, a 24-hour long PR competition in the UNC School of Media and Journalism.

Crash Campaign pull all-nighters to help local businesses

By Jessica Snouwaert | November 5

Fueled by lots of coffee, bagels, granola bars and pizza, close to 80 students spent 24 hours straight planning advertising and public relations campaigns ...

Sarah Dendy of Durham has her copy of "Seeing Seeds" signed by Teri Dunn Chace.

Writer speaks about inspiration for her work at NC Botanical Gardens

By Summer Epps | November 5

Seeds are often overlooked, but on Sunday at the North Carolina Botanical Garden, they were the star of the show.

Center for Sports Business closes, director is let go amid student disapproval

By Brooke Bauman | November 5

With over three decades of experience in sports business and a passion for teaching, Professor Deborah Stroman has made it a priority to empower marginalized ...

Pi Beta Phi and Phi Delta Theta hosts 10th annual Eve Carson memorial 5K

By Mark Burnett | November 5

Pi Beta Phi and Phi Delta Theta co-hosted the 10th annual Eve Carson Memorial 5K For Education and brought in around 1,400 runners on Saturday. Held in ...

UNC Graduate students build app to teach middle school students about sex ed

By Emily Galvin | November 5

Two UNC doctoral students are changing the way middle school students access sex education. Elizabeth Chen and Christina Leos, both studying health behavior ...

WOTS: How did you learn about sex education?

By Emily Galvin | November 5

Graduate students in the Gillings School of Global Public Health created an app called "Real Talk," which uses credible sources to expose middle school ...