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Black male enrollment at UNC hasn’t risen above 125 in a new class since 2009

By Colleen Moir | February 27

For Chris Faison, the key to raising graduation and retention rates for male students of color lies in professional resources and listening to what the ...

Craige Parking Deck may be receiving a "green" make-over, with plans to build an environmentally-friendly plant structure on it to spruce up its appearance and help clean the air. The plan is in the works and still requires BOG approval.

UNC Visitors’ Center offers campus tours in Spanish

By Kamilla Rekvényi | February 16

To make campus more accessible, the UNC Visitors’ Center has started offering their Welcome to Carolina tour in Spanish.

UNC's affirmative action lawsuit moves forward with Supreme Court ruling

By Felicia Bailey | November 20

UNC has been fighting a lawsuit against its affirmative action practices for two years, but a precedent-setting Supreme Court ruling from June indicates ...

Allen Hughes is a first-year veteran who has served in Germany, Japan, Poland and Israel. He majors in linguistics.

Student veteran transitions to life in college at UNC

By Danielle Bush | November 9

For first-year Allen Hughes, waking up in the morning before class does not consist of a stroll to Rams Head Dining Hall for breakfast; instead, he greets ...

UNC delays early admission application deadline because of hurricane

By Charlotte Harris | October 13

Hurricane Matthew's recent sweep through the coast added to many students' stress of applying to colleges.

Eddy Fernandez, a first-year student hoping to major in Health Policy and Management, is a Carolina Covenant Scholar. The Covenant program makes education affordable for Carolina undergraduate students from low-income families.

UNC system manages debt crisis, but challenges remain

By Kent McDonald | April 19

As a first-generation college student, UNC first-year Eddy Fernandez had one big worry — the cost.

Students struggle with readmission after leaving University for mental health reasons

By Samantha Sabin and Sarah Vassello | April 19

Sophomore Nikki McCurry didn’t expect withdrawing from the University for mental health reasons to be as taxing as it was.

Please mind the NCGAP

By Thomas Shealy | March 29

After a vote of approval from the N.C. legislature in the fall, concerns remain over the N.C. Guaranteed Admissions Program.

Out-of-state enrollment grows out of North Carolina

By Danielle Chemtob | February 10

Feeling budgetary constraints, many public flagship universities are increasing the number of out-of-state students, according to a recent analysis by ...

2014 and 2015 enrollees’ data used for lawsuit against UNC

By Jamie Gwaltney | November 19

The approximately 63,000 people who applied to enroll at UNC in fall 2014 and fall 2015 received letters on Nov. 13 notifying them that portions of their ...

Lack of progress in admissions lawsuit against UNC

By Sarah Watson | November 6

In November 2014, a lawsuit filed against UNC and Harvard University by the Students for Fair Admissions declared UNC’s undergraduate admissions was ...

UNC deviates from statewide homeschooling trends

By Samantha Paisley | October 26

Homeschool students outnumber private school students for the second academic year in a row in North Carolina — now totaling a difference of 10,000 ...

UNC joins admissions coalition amid lawsuit on fair admissions

By Cole del Charco | October 1

Despite an ongoing court case about the exclusion of Asian-American and white applicants, UNC announced on Tuesday it has joined a group of more than ...

Murphy Liu poses for picture during an interview with Karli Krasnipol at Alpine Bagel. Liu has answered questions posted by other students on facebook.

Facebook wizard helps younger students

By Karli Krasnipol | August 26

Most college students pass time by Netflix-bingeing, napping or doing homework, but junior Murphy Liu has found a different way: helping the UNC community ...

Electronic transcripts now available at UNC

By Sarah Kaylan Butler | April 1

Ordering a transcript just got a lot quicker.

Honors Carolina looks to grow, improve offerings to meet student expectations

By Victoria Mirian | March 31

James Leloudis, associate dean for Honors Carolina, has seen the program grow from a small two-year program into a four-year commitment.

UNC to grant students' requests for admissions files under FERPA

By Corey Risinger | March 23

College acceptance might no longer be a mystery to UNC students — the University is expected to join a national movement and release admissions files ...

UNC can be tough fit for out-of-state students

By Parth Shah | March 6

Size matters — at least, that’s what Massachusetts native Haley Scott thought in high school.

Student-athlete working group reviews early enrollment

By Megan Morris | February 13

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Students bring arts skills to tour guide position

By Madison Flager | January 27

Each fall, upward of 600 students apply for the prestigious role of admissions ambassador. Roughly 60 are accepted, joining the 180 current ambassadors ...