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Board of Trustees braces for membership shake-up at final meeting for many trustees

By Preston Lennon | May 30

During the Board of Trustees meeting on Thursday, plans for the upcoming school year, including the Campus Master Plan, were discussed and some trustees ...

Remember the Mental Health Task Force from last year? Here's what it's been working on

By Preston Lennon | May 29

Requests for student mental health services have been increasingly consistently in the past five years. In a presentation to the board of trustees, the ...

Students who advised Chancellor Folt remember a conflicted leader

By Preston Lennon | May 29

Students offered input on former Chancellor Folt's time at UNC, specifically in regards to Silent Sam.

Word on the street: Forget the course catalog, here are some student-reviewed classes

By Brandon Gianikos | May 21

The Daily Tar Heel asked UNC students what their favorite class that they've taken thus far is at the University. Here's what students had to say about ...

At UNC's Science is Awesome day, it wasn't your everyday physics, it was aliens too

By Brian Keyes | May 14

These fourth-graders proved that they know a lot more about complex physics and astronomy than you might think at the second annual Science is Awesome ...

Meet Jonathan Reckford, the speaker for Sunday's spring 2019 commencement

By Brian Keyes | May 8

Here's the impressive backstory of this year's commencement speaker, a former Tar Heel himself.

Here's what happened at the Confederate protest and counterprotest on Saturday

By Maeve Sheehey | May 4

A planned protest by pro-Confederate demonstrators was met with a counter-demonstration at the Peace and Justice Plaza. Police separated the two groups ...

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Vice Chancellor Felicia Washington to leave UNC for a new position at USC

By Maeve Sheehey | May 2

Washington is just the latest in a long list of administrators to leave UNC this year. She will follow former chancellor Carol Folt to the University ...

$700 raised for National Union of Eritrea Women at a UNC fashion show

By Lauren Westbrook | April 29

Creating a stronger economy and promoting women's rights are just some of the things these UNC women are working to do for the independent African state ...

UNC students and professors share different perspective about Conflict over Gaza conference

By Rachel Crumpler | April 23

UNC professors and students shared their thoughts over UNC's controversial "Conflict over Gaza" conference and Palestinian rapper Tamer Nafar's performance ...

Who's serving on the Campus Safety Commission?

By Emily Holler | April 23

The twenty Campus Safety Commission appointees will serve to guide campus policing policies and practices as well as foster relationships between campus ...

Not yet an adult, but ready for college: how college at 17 changes your first year

By Suzanne Blake | April 23

Starting your first-year at UNC as a minor has its upsides and downsides. These students talk about their experiences being younger than average college ...

UNC students launch new "hub" of climate activist organization in the Triangle

By Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez | April 22

UNC students have opened a new chapter of Sunrise Movement, a climate activist organization, in order to draw attention to the dangers of global warming ...

It’s no surprise this UNC professor is a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize

By Abbey Thompson | April 22

Though the professor was shocked by his nomination, his students had no question about his greatness as a scholar.

Several co-sponsors of the 'Conflict over Gaza' conference want refunds

By Cynthia Dong | April 21

The Conflict over Gaza conference, held at the University from March 22 to 24, aimed to “shed much needed light on the current realities in the Gaza ...

What does the new Weeknight Parking Program mean for on-campus employees?

By Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez | April 21

The weeknight parking program is set to begin Aug. 15, and for some employees, it might cost them their job.

Women scientists get the Wikipedia pages they deserve thanks to UNC's Science Library

By Elizabeth Thompson | April 18

Participants gathered to write women back into history in the Edit-a-thon, a drop-in event geared toward improving Wikipedia entries about and related ...

These Christian ministries team up for a Week of 24/7 Prayer

By Elizabeth Holmes | April 17

Christian-oriented groups including Cru, Every Nation Campus and Summit College participated in a weeklong initiative for prayer this week.

101st Undergraduate Senate disagrees over first substantive bill

By Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez | April 17

The 101st Undergraduate Senate's first substantive bill was meant to create annual reports on the work of student government — and cut funding for branches ...

How off-campus student living affects Chapel Hill residents

By Jessica Snouwaert | April 16

For some students, off-campus living is a rite of passage. For others, it's the next step in the natural progression of college life. But for local residents, ...