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Here's what professors want you to know about the switch to online learning

By Kaitlyn Boeckel | March 22

From downloading a good scanning app to creating a study space to quelling your anxiety about online classes, here is what professors want you to know ...

Moving out months early presents challenges for on-campus students

By Claire Tynan | March 22

The University announced last week that residence halls will be closing for the remainder of the year due to the spread of COVID-19. UNC students share ...

Seniors line up to walk onto Kenan Stadium for their Spring Commencement Sunday, March 8, 2016.

'I'm sad to go out like this': For seniors, COVID-19 brings the premature end of an era

By Bill Cozens | March 22

Here's how seniors are feeling about their final year at UNC being cut short due to the spread of COVID-19.

Limited Carolina Dining Services operations affect students with meal plans

By Greta Travaglia | March 22

On March 17, the University reduced operations on campus — including Carolina Dining Services. UNC students with meal plans share their thoughts and ...

Here's how students are keeping up friendships now that campus is closed

By Anna Neil | March 22

UNC students will likely be spending the rest of the school year away from the friends they used to see every day. Here's how they're keeping their friendships ...

UNC offers a pass/fail option for students, suspends spring 2020 Dean's List

By Maeve Sheehey | March 20

The University is allowing students to declare spring 2020 courses as pass/fail until Aug. 7, and these pass/fail courses will count toward major continuation ...

UNC's Spring Commencement postponed due to COVID-19

By Praveena Somasundaram | March 20

UNC's Spring Commencement will be postponed due to the COVID-19 outbreak, Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz announced in a campus-wide email Friday.

UNC Hospitals develops COVID-19 testing kits, responds to pandemic

By Allie Kelly | March 19

With 97 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in North Carolina, the UNC Hospital System is testing patients for the virus and working to support the medical professionals ...

Robertson scholarship selection weekend canceled due to COVID-19

By Rachel Crumpler | March 19

The program canceled its final stage of the selection process and the program's leaders decided to forgo awarding the scholarship altogether.

'It is uncharted territory': Maintaining mental health during social distancing

By Maydha Devarajan | March 18

As the University and government are encouraging people to distance themselves socially, students look toward alternative resources to protect their mental ...

Students are petitioning the University for a pass/fail option this semester

By Evely Forte | March 18

These students created a petition in efforts to have an option to pass/fail classes during the spring 2020 semester.

Pandemic 101: What an infectious disease expert wants you to know about COVID-19

By Hannah Lang | March 18

We spoke with Dr. Myron Cohen, who has worked with infectious diseases for decades, about what this pandemic is and what it means for you.

UNC urges students who live off-campus to return to their permanent addresses

By Maeve Sheehey | March 18

Students who live off-campus near the University are "strongly encouraged" to return to their permanent addresses if possible, according to a Wednesday ...

University will only permit critical research activities in labs until at least March 31

By Maeve Sheehey | March 18

The University will only allow critical research activities until March 31, according to a campus-wide email from Vice Chancellor for Research Terry Magnuson ...

UNC Dance Marathon to be hosted virtually following campus event suspensions

By Isabella Sherk | March 17

The show must go on for Carolina For The Kids' UNC Dance Marathon...and this time around, it's going on virtually.

Coronavirus closures complicate move-out process for many UNC students

By Praveena Somasundaram | March 17

The closing of UNC's residence halls for the rest of the academic year has left students scrambling to get their things from campus. Though the University ...

UNC will close residence halls for the academic year, move to reduced operations

By Maeve Sheehey | March 17

UNC's residence halls will be closed to all residents for the rest of the academic year with few exceptions, according to a campus-wide email sent from ...

UNC employee tests presumptively positive for COVID-19

By Maeve Sheehey | March 17

A UNC employee has tested positive for COVID-19, according to an Alert Carolina message Tuesday.

UNC System: On-campus students must leave residence halls unless given an exception

By Maeve Sheehey | March 17

The UNC System is instructing students who live in University housing to return to their permanent, off-campus residences unless granted an exception ...

102 years ago, the Spanish flu hit campus. What can it teach us about pandemics?

By Bill Cozens | March 16

In 1918, the University was quarantined in response to the Spanish flu. Here's how UNC's situation and response to outbreaks has changed since then. ...