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'Choose your own adventure:' Purple Bowl Run Club fosters community

By Madeleine Ahmadi | April 28

“I love to run, but I know that not everyone can, and not everyone wants to,” Amelia Loeffler, leader and coordinator of the run club, said. “Something ...

Sunrise UNC collects signatures to send Green New Deal to Undergraduate Senate

By Maeson Wagner | April 28

The UNC chapter of the Sunrise Movement has been petitioning for a Green New Deal to be adopted by the UNC Undergraduate Senate.

Faculty Council passes resolution updating University Approved Absence policy

By Alyssa Acevedo | April 28

The council also discussed diversity and inclusion policy and free speech on campus and heard from interim Chancellor Lee Roberts during its meeting on ...

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Hundreds of community members rally and march across campus in solidarity with Palestine

By Daneen Khan | April 28

More than 500 students, faculty and community members gathered at Polk Place on Sunday to march across campus and urge the University to divest from Israel. ...

Protesters within pro-Palestinian encampment put tents back up in violation with UNC policy

By Lauren Rhodes | April 28

On Sunday evening at 6:45 p.m., pro-Palestinian demonstrators on UNC's Polk Place re-erected their tents with the knowledge that the action could escalate ...

Encampment forms on Polk Place to protest war in Gaza

By Liv Reilly | April 26

UNC Students for Justice in Palestine organized a "Gaza Solidarity Encampment" on Polk Place to stand in solidarity with Palestine. This is the second ...

New Transportation and Parking five-year plan addresses some housekeeper demands

By Zora Hollie | April 25

The plan, which will be proposed to the UNC Board of Trustees in May, includes changes to the parking permit structure and pricing. These proposed changes ...

Small plane crashes at RDU, injuring UNC professor and pilot

By Jessica F. Simmons | April 24

The passenger on the plane was Dr. Paul Chelminski, a UNC professor and internal medicine physician with UNC Health. Chelminski was taken to UNC ...

North Carolina Hillel, a proposed on-campus voting site, pictured Thursday.

UNC Hillel's annual Israel Day provides space for Jewish students to celebrate heritage

By Claire Harutunian | April 22

Students gathered at UNC Hillel Friday for an array of activities, discussions and speakers on Israel Day.

Southern Student Action Coalition files complaint against UNC System, says students were denied access to public meeting

By Lauren Rhodes | April 22

Early on Monday morning, The Southern Student Action Coalition filed a complaint with the N.C. Attorney General’s office against the UNC System for ...

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Music Library to relocate, Davis to extend weekend hours this fall

By Keerthana Gotur | April 22

Nerea Llamas, the associate University Librarian for collections strategy and services, said that Davis and the Undergraduate Library are the two most ...

Experts share concerns about climate crisis on Earth Day

By Bridget Reeder | April 22

Some of today's biggest climate crisis concerns, according to UNC experts, include air quality, weather events and the crisis' impact on marine life.

Board of Governors discusses FASFA delays, potential D&I policy changes

By Josie Wissel | April 22

UNC Board of Governors Chair Randall Ramsey said federal financial aid delays are likely to hurt enrollment in the coming year, and it may be necessary ...

UNC Department of Environmental Affairs hosts 5k for SolarEquity project

By Zoe Sinclair | April 21

All proceeds of the event will fund the organization’s newest solar panel project at St. Joseph Christian Methodist Church in the Northside neighborhood ...

Community gathers for 17th annual Tar Heel 10 Miler

By Sofia Szostczuk | April 21

Students, faculty, alumni and community members from across the country gathered for the event on Saturday morning to run or cheer on friends and family. ...

UNC SJP protests in support of students arrested at Columbia University encampment

By Daneen Khan | April 21

In solidarity with the students arrested at Columbia University, UNC Students for Justice in Palestine and Students for Justice in Palestine Carolinas ...

'A chilling effect:' UNC community grapples with pending diversity and inclusion policy change

By Aidan Lockhart | April 19

Regulation 300.8.5, titled “Regulation on Diversity and Inclusion Within the University of North Carolina," has been the UNC System’s policy on D&I ...

BOG to vote on reinstatement of minimum GPA, standardized testing requirements

By Darby McBride | April 19

If approved by the full board on May 23, changes to the UNC Policy Manual would update current minimum GPA and standardized test score requirements for ...

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UNC Street Drug Analysis Lab anonymously tests substances

By Natalie McCormick | April 19

The lab partners with different programs throughout the community but has also gained national attention since Nabarun Dasgupta, a senior scientist at ...

Swifties at Carolina holds space for fans of Taylor Swift

By Maeson Wagner | April 18

UNC's new Taylor Swift-centric club, Swifities at Carolina, eagerly awaits the upcoming release of her eleventh studio album on Friday, The Tortured Poets ...