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Word on the Street: What will happen and what will the score be at the UNC versus Duke football game this Saturday?

By Marine Elia | September 21

With football in full season, UNC students wait in anticipation for the game this Saturday against our historic enemy—Duke. Staffwriter Marine Elia ...

$18 million donation hopes to create new horizons

By Cy Neff | September 21

The Shuford family wanted to make a difference. With an $18 million donation, the entrepreneurship program will certainly feel the lasting effects of ...

Chemistry professor receives 22nd Heinz Award

By Danielle Bush | September 21

Joseph DeSimone, a chemistry professor at UNC and chemical engineering professor at North Carolina State University, received the 22nd Heinz Award in ...

UNC alumnus Anthony Tambakis talked to students about life as a professional screenwriter Wednesday.

Screenwriter talk pulls back the curtain on Hollywood

By Abby Cantrell | September 21

Screenwriter Anthony Tambakis visited campus Wednesday evening to talk with students and aspiring screenwriters. He discussed tricks of the trade, the ...

Sylvia Hatchell credits Blood Donation Center for 20 years of saving lives

By Nicole Booth | September 21

Four years ago, on October 9, 2013, UNC Women’s Basketball Head Coach Sylvia Hatchell was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia. Today, Coach Hatchell ...

Accessibility Resources and Services (ARS) office is located in Student and Academic Service Building (SASB) North.

Accessibility Resources and Service office cannot always accommodate students

By Katie Rice | September 20

The Accessibility Resources and Service office at UNC knows that when an office with five full-time staff members serves a community of 1,300 students, ...

Edwidge Danticat (left) and Joseph Jordan (right), Director of Stone Center,  talk to the audience at the 25th Annual Sonja Haynes Stone Memorial Lecture.

Haitian author Edwidge Danticat calls for togetherness

By Lorcan Farrell | September 20

Weaving a story of refugees, her own immigration and the world that her daughters must live in today, Edwidge Danticat, an activist and storyteller, delivered ...

The club ultimate frisbee team holds their evening practice at Hooker fields on Sept. 18.

UNC Darkside sets sights on chasing a championship

By Jacob Hancock | September 20

UNC is chasing a national championship. This sentence could be copied into an article about almost any sports team on campus in any given year. ...

Pride Place continues to create an immersive community for LGBTQ students

By Marine Elia | September 20

Before Pride Place, junior Brennan Lewis was unsure if they would have a "normal" first-year experience in their dorm room. As a non-binary student, they ...

UNC scores well in LGBTQ athlete survey

By Charlie McGee | September 20

In the world of sports, physical talent is often the only thing fans see from the stands. For Stephen Bickford, a former UNC men's soccer player who was ...

Beloved media lab manager passed away; the community remembers his impact

By Ramishah Maruf | September 19

Greg Klaiber lives on in the memories of the UNC community, whether it be as a sound engineer, the digital media lab manager for the Media Resource ...

The Carolina Swing Dance Club welcomes all with open arms

By Suzanne Blake | September 19

Senior Rachel Dango described herself as a terrible dancer when she reluctantly tagged along with friends to the first Carolina Swing Dance Club meeting ...

Dr. Mario Capecchi, a 2007 Nobel prize winner in Physiology/Medicine, speaks about his research at the 7th Annual Oliver Smithies Nobel Symposium on Tuesday afternoon.

The Nobel Symposium inspires the next generation of scientists

By Jerry Jiang | September 19

The UNC School of Medicine welcomed Dr. Mario Capecchi, distinguished professor of biology and human genetics at the University of Utah, as the keynote ...

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UNC Professor launches third book, with hopes to create a reader-writer connection

By Kate Karstens | September 19

With bright eyes, crossed legs and a bow tie loosely linked around her shirt collar, creative writing professor Gabrielle Calvocoressi spoke about ...

UNC senior Rubi Franco Quiroz speaks on Sept. 18 at the DACA in Crisis event, a panel discussion comprised of lawyers, activists and students about how to support the undocumented and DACAmented community.

UNC students united and outraged over DACA announcement

By Preston Lennon | September 18

As the political climate in both the country and the University becomes more volatile, UNC students are continuing sight for their beliefs and make their ...

Benjamin Davis is mellow in yellow

By Preston Lennon | September 18

Outside of Graham Dormitory on a weekend afternoon, Benjamin Davis answers a question — the same one that he’s faced countless times in interactions ...

Students face off in the first ever Carolina Data Challenge

By Mark Burnett | September 17

Eyes focused on computer screens, students from across the state spent their weekend analyzing data sets and competing at the first ever Carolina Data ...

Susan King, the Dean of the School of Media and Journalism, speaks at the First Amendment Day opening ceremony in 2015.

MJ Fest highlights student-run media organizations on campus

By Jessica Snouwaert | September 17

In an effort to showcase communication opportunities beyond the classroom, the School of Journalism and Mass Communication held their annual MJ Fest, ...

Christina Perkins (left) talks with artist Mequitta Ahuja (right) about her artwork during her exhibit, Meaningful Fiction and the Figurative Tradition, in the Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History on Thursday evening.

Art exhibition encourages representation of women of color in painting

By Emily Galvin | September 14

The daughter of an African-American mother and South Asian father, Mequitta Ahuja's latest exhibit reflects a discourse on representation of women of ...

CHispA opens conversation on ethnicity and race

By Ashley Cruz | September 14

CHispA encouraged students to discuss ethnicity and race in the Latinx community through speakers and open forum Thursday.