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Carol Folt, Roy Cooper announce partnership with United Health Foundation

By Anna Pogarcic | January 23

Chancellor Carol Folt, Gov. Roy Cooper and UnitedHealth Group CEO David Wichmann announced a partnership between UNC and United Health Foundation to launch ...

Duke study shows masculinity may be toxic to women and men

By Georgia Wieland-Stanford | January 22

A new Duke study shows toxic masculinity may have health consequences for men and women.

(From left) Kayla Dunson, Cheyloh Scott, and Jennifer Grayson from Fayettville, N.C. attended Saturday's march.

Raleigh's rally: Thousands gather for women's rights in the state's capital

By Mitra Norowzi | January 21

Ice still covered the grounds of Halifax Mall, but thousands of women and allies braved the cold to stoke the fires of resistance Saturday morning at ...

Protestors created a variety of signs and posters before the Sebastian Gorka's November speech on campus.

NC ranked top state for campus free speech despite controversial BOG policy

By Georgia Wieland-Stanford | January 21

Although a December study by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education ranked North Carolina as best in the nation for campus free speech, debate ...

Lack of suicide statistics at universities raises questions of prevention, response

By Lucas Risinger | January 21

A recent study found nearly half of the 100 largest public universities — including UNC-Chapel Hill — do not keep statistics on campus suicides. ...

BOG member questions legality of UNC Health Care merger

By Bailey Aldridge | January 19

The potential partnership between UNC Health Care and Carolinas HealthCare System has prompted skepticism from a UNC Board of Governors member over the ...

Trump's first year: A look back at the 45th president's ups and downs

By Anna Pogarcic | January 18

Saturday marks the one-year anniversary of the day Donald Trump took office as the 45th president of the United States after a nail-biting election season. As ...

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.

Stuck in limbo: Future for Dreamers remains uncertain

By Anna Pogarcic | January 16

Amid debates in Congress over the future of DACA, the President’s Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration wrote a letter to the majority and minority ...

Disadvantaged minority college grads face increased health risks

By Mitra Norowzi | January 15

A new UNC study may have implications debunking the traditional rags to riches narrative surrounding upward mobility and its relationship to higher education. ...

Mark Dorosin (left) and Elizabeth Haddix (right), co-directors of the newly founded Julius L. Chambers Center for Civil Rights, pose for a portrait outside the new center in Pittsboro, NC.

Former UNC law center employees continue fight for civil rights

By Georgia Wieland-Stanford | January 14

After the September 2017 UNC Board of Governors vote that banned the UNC Center for Civil Rights from litigating and the abrupt termination of employees ...

Lack of broadband access creates additional obstacles for students

By Olivia Slagle | January 10

One Christmas, Elly Sprinkle and her sister drove with their father to the public library in Stokes County, North Carolina, where they used the library's ...

BOG-approved free speech policy could lead to student expulsion

By Ana Irizarry | January 10

UNC system students and faculty can now be punished for "substantially (disrupting) the functioning of the constituent institution or substantially ...

Word on the street: State leaders give Tar Heels finals advice

By Anna Pogarcic | December 6

Finals are coming up, and students are looking for guidance on how to handle studying and finishing up final projects.

WOTS: Where do you go to relax after exams?

By Kari Larsen | December 4

With finals looming overhead, more students are hitting the town after long study sessions. Staff writer Kari Larsen asked people on campus, “Where ...

The Duke University Chapel on Duke’s West Campus, as photographed in 2017, serves as a symbol of the university.

UNC, Duke researchers find obesity could be genetic

By Kayli Watson | December 4

Research by UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke University has found obesity may have a genetic component.

Operation Safe Streets aims to stop drunk driving

By Tallman Boyd | December 3

The Mecklenburg County Alcogol Beverage Control Board has a program called Operation Safe Streets, which aims to stop drunk driving by finding people ...

Mark Dorosin, managing attorney at the UNC School of Law's Center for Civil Rights, stood and questioned the UNC Board of Governors' decision following the vote to ban litigation at all UNC System academic centers Sept. 8. Dorosin has been terminated from his position at the Center.

Two UNC Center for Civil Rights staff members abruptly terminated amid Center shutdown

By Becca Heilman | November 30

According to tweets by NC Policy Watch environmental reporter Lisa Sorg, UNC terminated the employment of UNC Center for Civil Rights staff Elizabeth ...

Past candidates in student elections disgruntled after a string of disqualifications

By Jared Weber | November 26

Moses Musilu never suspected 13 cents would break the bank.

Looking to celebrate? There's a national day for that

By Anna Pogarcic | November 20

Although it seems there is a different holiday being celebrated every day, there are only 10 national holidays recognized by the United States federal ...

Girl code: University programs promote women and girls in STEM

By Mitra Norowzi | November 20

Despite research showing increased diversity of work teams yields better performance in the technology sector, the industry is still plagued by a lack ...