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North Carolina runs dry as gas company plans to restart pipeline

By Jared Weber | September 21

After a week of gas shortages and rising fuel prices across the south, North Carolinians and Southerners will soon feel relief at the pump.

Hillary for North Carolina pushes voter registration effort at UNC

By Caroline Metzler | September 1

With about two months left until election day, Hillary for North Carolina launched a statewide campus voter registration drive.

Study: Underrepresented minorities, women see fewer tenure positions

By Kent McDonald | September 1

Tenure is a goal most professors strive for — but it remains further out of reach for females and underrepresented minorities according to a recent ...

Howell Hall shows off new technology at reopening

By Leah Moore | August 20

New technology was on display after Kevin Guskiewicz, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, cut the red ribbon to introduce the renovated Howell Hall. ...

Wainstein's report, NCAA notices and accrediting response paint different pictures

By Morgan Vickers , Samantha Sabin , Colleen Moir , Sara Salinas , Lauren Kent and Bradley Saacks | April 26

In October 2014, the public was given what was considered the end of UNC’s yearslong academic-athletic scandal: independent investigator Kenneth Wainstein’s ...

He's in D.C. — Tar Heel alums find game day experiences hours away

By Haley McDougal | April 26

For some Tar Heel alumni living in Washington, D.C., there's always another Blue Cup.

Amended NOA alters possible NCAA scandal sanction outlook

By Bradley Saacks | April 25

Worries that the NCAA will make an example out of UNC with an over-the-top punishment were lessened with Monday’s release of the amended Notice of Allegations. ...

Provost: Monitoring report sent to accrediting agency that visited last week

By Anna Freeman | April 21

UNC submitted its first monitoring report March 11 in response to its accrediting agency, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, ...

Another UNC student robbed at gunpoint, sirens not sounded

By Bradley Saacks | April 20

At roughly 1 a.m. Wednesday, a UNC student was robbed at gunpoint — the second time this has happened in less than a week.

Maymester turns 10 years old this summer

By Harris Wheless | April 19

Despite summer not technically starting until mid-June, Summer School at UNC will kick off on May 11 — starting the 10th year of the Maymester program. ...

UNC posts first monitoring report, defends integrity for accrediting agency

By Bradley Saacks | April 15

"These documents go well beyond the information sought by the Commission and evidence the extraordinary — indeed unparalleled — lengths to which the ...

Q&A with Professor Shea Denning on drunken driving podcast

By Samantha Paisley | April 14

Shea Denning, a professor in the UNC School of Government and expert on motor vehicle laws, is creating a podcast that analyzes impacts of drunken driving ...

Greg Lukianoff, the president of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), holds a talk discussing the lack of free speech permitted on American college campuses.

Atlantic author advocates campus free speech

By Caroline Metzler | April 7

According to Greg Lukianoff’s campus rights advocacy organization, UNC has a green light rating for free speech — meaning while there are no policies ...

Provost Jim Dean addresses the Board of Trustees regarding the James B. Hunt Institute on Wednesday.

Hunt Institute, UNC grow closer to splitting up

By Bradley Saacks | March 23

The James B. Hunt Jr. Institute for Educational Leadership and Policy might be on its own soon.

Q&A with UNC grad running for N.C. House

By Olivia Slagle | March 9

Joe Parrish, a 2014 graduate from UNC, is running for the N.C.

Injured UNC Energy Services employee identified by DPS

By Bradley Saacks | January 21

Fifty-eight-year-old Gaylan Bishop is the University employee who was injured in the Dey Hall electrical closet accident Wednesday's night, according ...

Folt holds race relations meeting with town hall protestors and other student leaders

By Acy Jackson | December 2

“There are definitely a lot of steps being put in the right direction,” Morton said. “Does that mean the work ends? No. Does that mean that there ...

Year in Review: Dean search ends with Guskiewicz

By Victoria Mirian | December 2

After a nearly 11-month process, UNC announced Kevin Guskiewicz as the next dean of the College of Arts and Sciences in October.

Year in Review: Antitrust lawsuit added to UNC's litany of legal problems

By Marisa Bakker | December 1

UNC has found itself at the heart of another lawsuit, this one alleging a violation of federal antitrust laws.

Student Stores director John Gorsuch will retire Nov. 30

By Cole del Charco | November 13

Brad Ives, associate vice chancellor for campus enterprises, said the retirement would have no effect on the decision about privatizing Student Stores. ...