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Report finds coal divestment is a costly endeavor for universities

By Tyler Fleming | March 4

Despite a recent report suggesting divestment from fossil fuels will cause universities to lose money, UNC remains firm in its ambitions to divest from ...

Gene Nichol, director of the Center on Poverty, Work, and Opportunity, spoke about the center’s closure before members of UNC Young Democrats Monday evening in Bingham Hall in 2011.

Professor Gene Nichol says politics caused the poverty center's closing

By Marisa Bakker | March 3

Gene Nichol is a man who won’t be moved.

5 things to know about the centers and institutes review

March 3

1. The review began in September.

Armed with dated rules, sororities struggle to battle sexual assault

By Liz Bell | February 26

Samantha Robertson joined a sorority because she wanted to be part of an organization that existed to serve women.

Wake County school confronts opposition to class books

By Lauren Hong | February 19

A Wake County elementary school is facing opposition from conservative groups for teaching two books that they say contain age-inappropriate material ...

Stephen Senter, UNC's greenhouse gas specialist

UNC faces long road to goal to be carbon neutral by 2050

By Olivia Bane | February 19

In 2007, UNC pledged to become carbon neutral by the year 2050, but those in charge of UNC’s energy services are not optimistic about meeting that deadline. ...

Art museums fuel UNC-Duke fire

By Gabriella Cirelli | February 18

Chapel Hill's Ackland Art Museum and the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University are Twitter-feuding over tonight's UNC-Duke men's basketball game. ...

The Pit’s up for redesign, new shape

By Tyler Fleming | February 10

The Pit, the much-beloved social crossroads of UNC, is up for renovations and improvements in an upcoming 2016 construction project.

UNC beating Duke in Student Commute Challenge

By Emily Lowe | February 3

When it comes to commuting, UNC students beat Duke students easily.

STEM majors grow in popularity in United States, but not necessarily at UNC

By David Doochin | January 30

When it comes to the most popular majors in America, UNC doesn’t always stick to the status quo.

Patti Coyne Powell (second from left), who was diagnosed with cancer, and her children celebrate her daughter’s graduation. Courtesy of Patti Coyne Powell

Video helps UNC family in need

By Marisa Bakker | January 21

A UNC employee said she’s been overwhelmed by the generosity that has followed since a Pennsylvania family took to social media to raise money for her ...

Ken Lohmann has has been studying turtles art UNC for the past 13 years, but he and his wife have been studying them since 1995. "Sea turtles aren't for everyone, but I never get sick of them," he said.

Mystery of turtles’ voyage uncovered by UNC biologists

By Sarah Kaylan Butler | January 21

Research published by UNC biologists Thursday revealed sea turtles’ secrets to navigating the ocean and returning home.

Contextualized grading delayed to educate students on changes

By Kristen Chung | January 7

When faculty and administrators announced the delay of contextualized transcripts, they gained time to perfect the format of the transcript — and make ...

International students increasing in US, at UNC

By Benji Schwartz | December 1

The number of international students in the U.S. is at an all-time high — and with 886,052 international students at U.S. schools during the 2013-14 ...

Data shows prosecutors ignore campus assault

By Amanda Albright | November 25

Five sexual misconduct cases were sanctioned for violating the University’s sexual assault and discrimination policy between August 2012 and August ...

News groups suing UNC for public records

By Jane Wester | November 25

The Daily Tar Heel and nine other media organizations filed a suit against the University Monday for the release of personnel records for employees facing ...

Lawsuit calls UNC admissions practices unfair

By Carolyn Ebeling | November 18

A little over a week after being sued by a former football player for failing to provide him with a quality education, UNC has entered another legal battle ...

Michael McAdoo files class-action lawsuit against UNC

By Katie Reilly | November 11

Michael McAdoo — the former UNC football player whose plagiarized paper led to the earliest investigations into UNC’s academic fraud — filed a class-action ...

Tuition might go up for in-state students at UNC

By Ashlen Renner | November 10

The topic of raising tuition and fees for the 2015-16 and 2016-17 academic years stirred a debate among members of the Tuition and Fee Advisory Task Force ...

Report says NC universities remain a good deal

By Olivia Lanier | October 8

North Carolina ranks second in the nation for having the lowest in-state public university tuition for low-income students, according to a report released ...