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Lumbee Tribe could be fully federally recognized with new bill

By Ryan Smoot | October 3

U.S. Rep. Robert Pittenger, R-N.C., attained a congressional hearing for The Lumbee Recognition Act, a bill that will fully federally recognize the Native ...

Grinnell College attempts to become most unionized campus in America

By Michael Meeks | October 2

In an attempt to become the most unionized campus in the United States, Grinnell College students are expanding their student workers union.

New company could bring jobs to the Triangle

By Tallman Boyd | October 2

Infosys will open its North Carolina Technology and Innovation Hub, which plans to hire 2,000 Americans workers by 2021, in Raleigh — giving career ...

What are Chapel Hill schools doing to combat achievement gaps?

By Olivia Slagle | October 1

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools has the second largest achievement gap between black and white students in the United States, according to a Stanford ...

Q&A with UNC professor Isaac Unah about Trump travel ban

By Blake Weaver | October 1

On Sept. 24, President Donald Trump announced an executive order placing new travel restrictions on eight countries: Iran, Libya, Somalia, Syria, Chad, ...

Customers could soon be paying more for their Duke Energy bill

By Georgia Wieland-Stanford | September 28

Duke Energy is considering rate increases for its North Carolina customers.

'We live in a man's world': NC women work towards more government representation

By Anna Pogarcic | September 28

Women in the North Carolina legislature are far outnumbered by men despite making up over half the state's population.

UNC President Margaret Spellings speaks about her review at the Spellings Commission on Sept. 26, 2017.

UNC President Spellings: higher education needs to be more affordable

By Ana Irizarry | September 26

UNC-system President Margaret Spellings and other higher education leaders concluded universities have made limited progress in areas identified for reform ...

UNC-system happenings for Sept. 26, 2017

By Bailey Aldridge and Becca Heilman | September 26

UNC-system happenings for Sept. 26, 2017

Amidst a campus of memorialized objects, Silent Sam stands out. Here's why:

By Celia McRae | September 25

Michelle Brown is reminded of UNC’s historic racism by sights she passes every day — Pettigrew Hall on north campus, Aycock Residence Hall near the ...

NFL player autopsy shines light on CTE

By Lucas Risinger | September 25

The release of the autopsy results for former New England Patriot Aaron Hernandez has renewed questions about CTE-related deaths and safety in football ...

University debates closing Horace Williams Airport

By Marin Wolf | September 24

The UNC Board of Trustees meets this week to discuss closing Horace Williams Airport because of reduced use and much needed repairs that will cost UNC ...

Brown University plans to eliminate student loans with new initiative

By Emily Davis | September 24

Brown University launched a campaign Wednesday to eliminate loans from its financial aid packages for all current and incoming students in the next academic ...

Over 30 years later, minorities underrepresented at top US universities

By Emily Davis | September 19

Minority representation in the nation’s top universities has declined in the last 35 years despite affirmative action, according to a New York Times ...

One year later: Windsor remains resilient despite lasting flood damage from Hurricane Matthew

By Bailey Aldridge and Becca Heilman | September 14

Nearly one year after Hurricane Matthew devastated the small town of Windsor, North Carolina, the area has made significant repairs, but it still has ...

New app has a Knack for tutoring

By Giselle Pagunuran | September 14

With midterms just around the corner, UNC and N.C. State University students have a new, Uber-style option for tutoring help.

Police watch over a group of protestors near the Silent Sam statue during a demonstration on Thursday afternoon.

Lawsuit threatened if Silent Sam is not removed

By Leah Asmelash | September 13

Representatives of UNC Student Organizations and a lawyer representing the UNC Black Law Students Association sent a letter to Chancellor Carol Folt, ...

UNC Stores held a reception to celebrate their grand reopening on Tuesday afternoon.

Students and UNC profit from new Student Stores' renovations

By Jerry Jiang | September 12

UNC celebrated the grand re-opening of the newly designed student stores with a ribbon cutting event complete with a colossal, multi-layer cake ...

N.C. Attorney General sues Trump over DACA

By Kylie Marshall | September 7

North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein joined 15 other state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to protect Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival ...

UNC advances in sustainability rankings

By Cy Neff | September 7

Environmentally conscious students now have a new reason to be proud of UNC: the University jumped from rank 39 to 28 on the Sierra Club's rankings ...