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These campus and local groups are seeking to provide education on sexual violence

By Allie Kelly | March 29

Campus members weigh in on the prevalence of gender-based violence in surrounding communities and share their thoughts on how to best support survivors. ...

'Rats and Rouge': The story behind Spencer Hall, UNC's first residence hall for women

By Sara Raja | March 29

Having their own space on campus was the first step for female students to feel included at UNC.

Here's what happened at the Board of Trustees' (virtual) Thursday meeting

By Lauren Cook | March 26

Via Zoom, the UNC Board of Trustees discussed renovations to the Undergraduate Library and upgrades to parking decks, as well as the potential development ...

'A holding pattern': Here's how student government is adjusting to reduced operations

By Hunter Haskett | March 26

Now that classes are remote and campus is in reduced operations, student government must decide how to do work for a University that is somewhat shut ...

UNC researchers are using virtual reality to help detect multiple sclerosis earlier

By Katie Clark | March 26

Researchers in the Applied Biomechanics Lab at UNC’s School of Medicine are using virtual reality to study early detection of multiple sclerosis, which ...

UNC students connect health care workers with emergency child care amid pandemic

By Claire Tynan | March 26

The Gillings School of Global Public Health students co-created a website to provide UNC Health employees with childcare options amid the spread of COVID-19. ...

UNC Makerspaces are helping fight against medical supply shortages due to COVID-19

By Emily Orland | March 26

UNC's Makerspaces are teaming up with UNC Health to help fight the shortage of medical supplies due to COVID-19.

Everywhere you look: Here's how students are handling virtual class in a full house

By Greta Travaglia | March 26

After the University announced campus closure and remote instruction, students were instructed to return to their permanent residences to finish off the ...

UNC's $2.5 million Confederate payout won't be fully repaid despite backdoor deal reversal

By Charlie McGee | March 26

The UNC System's now-infamous settlement with the North Carolina Division Sons of Confederate Veterans Inc. was struck down last month after a swarm of ...

UNC's Eshelman School of Pharmacy to offer online master's program

By Olivia Rojas | March 25

The curriculum — which will begin fall 2020 — will allow students to receive a master’s of science remotely over a two-year period.

Carolina Student Impact Fund helps students struggling due to COVID-19

By Evan Castillo | March 24

The rapid spread of the COVID-19 virus has disrupted everything from the stock market to spring commencement. UNC's Carolina Student Impact Fund will ...

Hundreds co-sign letter asking UNC to pay campus RAs through the semester

By Maddie Ellis | March 24

After receiving an email stating that their positions will be terminated on April 1, a group of resident advisers wrote a letter to Carolina Housing, ...

Here's how different courses adjusted for the first days of online classes

By Alexis Dumain | March 24

On Monday, UNC spring courses resumed — following an extended, two-week spring break because of the coronavirus outbreak. Campus community members share ...

The original Phi Gamma Delta house burned down the morning of graduation in 1996. Twenty years after the fire killed five students, a new house stands in its place on Cameron Ave.

Sororities and fraternities share how they are supporting members during the pandemic

By Sasha Schroeder | March 24

Here's how UNC's Greek Life is responding to the outbreak of COVID-19.

UNC professor's syllabus went viral as classes move online amid coronavirus outbreak

By Emily Holler | March 23

After surveying his students and finding out what they have been dealing with since UNC announced the closing of its campus, one professor updated his ...

Students grapple with whether to see immunocompromised family during COVID-19 outbreak

By Praveena Somasundaram | March 23

While UNC students and people around the country are urged to practice social distancing to flatten the curve of COVID-19, students with immunocompromised ...

'Just talk to somebody': UNC students call local senior citizens during quarantine

By Allie Kelly | March 23

UNC students are spending their time during quarantine making calls to senior citizens to make sure they don't get lonely.

'What does this mean for us?': RAs and other student employees feel COVID-19's impact

By Maddie Ellis | March 22

On March 17, the University announced that residence halls would be closed for the rest of the semester for students without exemptions, as UNC makes ...

We talked to a UNC student who tested positive about what it's like to have COVID-19

By Maeve Sheehey | March 22

We talked to a UNC student who came home from study abroad and tested positive for COVID-19 about what it's like to get tested for and have the novel ...

'A very unusual time': Board of Governors discussed system response to COVID-19

By Praveena Somasundaram | March 22

The Board of Governors met by conference call in a special session Friday to discuss the UNC System's response to COVID-19.