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Lead for North Carolina receives $500,000 grant

By Rachel Crumpler | March 27

The State Employees’ Credit Union Foundation gave a $500,000 grant to Lead for North Carolina, a pilot program that aims to recruit, train and place ...

Here's what you missed at Tuesday's Undergraduate Senate meeting

By Hannah Lang | March 27

Tensions ran high at the Undergraduate Senate meeting Tuesday night as members made final decisions on incoming officials and debated whether making certain ...

The light rail project has been discontinued. Now what?

By Veronica Correa | March 27

"I think that we're going to continue working to find another solution," Chapel Hill Mayor Pam Hemminger said. "This is not the end."

UNC students bring joy to children in hospitals with Moment of Magic

By Emily Holler | March 27

To most kids, the world revolves around recess and their next birthday party, but for the 27 percent of U.S. children that live with chronic illnesses, ...

Sustainability takes flight in RHA's paper airplane competition

By Praveena Somasundaram | March 27

Did you love making paper airplanes as a kid? On Saturday, the Residence Hall Association will be hosting a paper air plane competition — only using ...

How Anne Cates became UNC's first and only female Board of Trustees chairperson

By Elizabeth Holmes | March 26

Cates was named chairperson in 1999, making her the first woman to lead the BOT in its history of over 200 years.

Learn more about what lies beneath the surface at UNC

By Cam Edson | March 26

Delve into Chapel Hill’s history prior to the University’s founding and unearth Native American artifacts and shedding light on life at UNC during ...

From 2014 to 2017, female faculty at UNC were paid 28 percent less than men

By Stephanie Mayer | March 25

The report, 2019 Re-Analysis of Gender Pay Inequity at UNC-Chapel Hill, also showed that inequity was highest at the UNC School of Medicine and lowest ...

How students are shaping the way free speech looks on UNC's campus

By Cynthia Dong | March 25

College campuses, including UNC, have come under fire recently for censoring controversial viewpoints, particularly those of conservatives. But how do ...

Here's how education reforms from the White House might impact you

By cailey howard | March 25

The proposal attempts to reform the Higher Education Act, which is overdue for an update, but this has significant implications for financial aid long ...

UNC anti-Silent Sam activists spoke out against Silent Sam documentary, 'The Commons'

By Nathan Wesley | March 25

Two filmmakers features student activists in their film without consent.

Meet this year’s recipients of the Eve Carson Scholarship

By Noah Dolgoff | March 25

The Eve Carson Scholarship fulfills one of Eve Carson's Student Body President campaign promises: creating a scholarship for UNC juniors.

ACTBAC founder pleads 'extremely, 100 percent guilty' to misdemeanor charge

By Janet Haver | March 25

The only person arrested on the night that the Silent Sam pedestal was removed in January has now appeared in court for his misdemeanor charge.

Film from a mystery camera outside Lenoir was developed, and here's what it showed

By Ellie Heffernan | March 25

A camera left outside Lenoir last year has resurfaced, and it contains an interesting snapshot of 'students just being students.'

Here's what you missed at Friday's Board of Governors' meeting

By Maydha Devarajan | March 24

The UNC Board of Governors met Friday morning to discuss systemwide chancellor searches, work with state legislature, student fees and tuition and the ...

UNC Muslim community mourns New Zealand shooting with an interfaith vigil

By Elizabeth Moore | March 24

Students filled the Pit on March 21 for last week’s interfaith vigil in honor of the New Zealand mosque shooting victims.

UNC Dance Marathon raises over $440,000 for UNC Children's Hospital

By Anna Southwell | March 24

UNC Dance Marathon beat its 2018 total, raising over $440,000 for patients at UNC Children's Hospital.

Here's what you missed at Saturday's Critical Race Theory Symposium

By Kyle Arendas | March 24

The Critical Race Theory Symposium hosted students to discuss racial and gender discrimination in housing, environmental justice, and health care.

Report exposes gaps in educational attainment in N.C.

By Evely Forte | March 24

A new report conducted by Carolina Demography and the John M. Belk Endowment identifies gaps within North Carolina’s educational pipeline in the hopes ...

Local NAACP chapter protests UNC Police's handling of Confederate group with guns

By Will Forrest | March 23

The Chapel Hill-Carrboro NAACP organized a rally at the steps of the South Building to address the events of last Saturday, when a Confederate group walked ...