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UNC stats class finds 1,500 unaccounted absentee ballots in NC 9th District election

By Evely Forte | February 20

A homework exercise in Advanced Methods of Data Analysis turned into a research project that found 1,500 absentee ballots were unaccounted for in Bladen ...

Get REAL & HEEL joins the fight against cancer by helping improve physical health

By Anna Southwell | February 20

The Get REAL & HEEL Breast Cancer Research Program, a fitness and exercise training group for cancer patients and survivors, aids in the fight against ...

Here's what happened in the days leading up to the SBP election

By Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez | February 20

On the Friday before the election, four cases were brought against the Noble campaign, which resulted in Noble receiving 18 points, three over the 15-point ...

Menstrual cloths as art: Manuela De Leonardis features the work of 68 female artists

By Evelyn Gandy | February 19

The FedEx Global Education Center hosted a lecture this Tuesday by Manuela De Leonardis on her traveling art exhibition “The Blood of Women: Traces ...

Embody Carolina hosts Diversity and Inclusion Panel

By Janet Haver | February 19

Embody Carolina hosted a diverse panel discussion to help elevate the prevalence of identity in eating disorders.

Learn more about the relationship between ICE, immigrants and activists

By Abbey Thompson | February 18

Detentions by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency have resulted in 22 deaths of immigrants in custody in the last two years. Panelists ...

The untold truth of being Black and studying abroad

By Nathan Wesley | February 18

Studying abroad as a Black student is a very different experience from studying abroad as a white student. Some students are forced to face situations ...

What do Robertson Scholars think of the UNC-Duke rivalry?

By Elizabeth Moore | February 17

During basketball season, you cheer for either UNC or Duke University – unless you’re a student at both universities.

Check out the winning photos of UNC's global photo competition

By Lindsey Banks | February 15

The winners of the 2018-2019 Carolina Global Photography Competition were honored at an awards ceremony Wednesday.

Courtney Cannon poses with her ‘pal’ Jordan Greiner in her hospital room.

Photo courtesy of Emily Senger.

Students provide support for pediatric cancer patients at Lineberger's

By Ava Eucker | February 14

“Volunteering with CPALs offers a breath of fresh air for patients who are going through an unspeakably hard time. Maintaining a friendship can make ...

UNC facilities and maintenance started day two of the Bell Tower landscape renovation project Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019. The project is meant to improve the safety of pedestrians and utilize land that was formerly not used by the university.

The Bell Tower is getting a makeover

By Brandon Gianikos | February 14

The shrubs surrounding the Bell Tower are being removed in hopes of creating more usable space on UNC’s campus and enticing more events to be hosted ...

Mi Pueblo holds vigil to show that 'Love Knows No Borders'

By Edward Trentzsch | February 14

Latinx student organization Mi Pueblo will be holding a vigil today in a sign of solidarity for the plight of undocumented people across the North Carolina ...

How the law used to keep Silent Sam up is being used to defend the James Cates plaque

By Charlie McGee | February 14

The memorial commemorating James Cates was placed by activists on Tuesday afternoon in the Pit, the same place he was killed 49 years ago. By the next ...

Jock Lauterer and Dr. Lynne Vernon-Feagans

Isn’t it (academia) romantic? Fall in love with these professor couples at UNC

By Jessica Wynblatt | February 14

Love is in the air today at UNC, and students aren’t the only ones who will be celebrating the romance. Here are the stories of two professor couples ...

UNC reliant on coal plant

By Sophia Wilhelm | July 11

UNC is the only college in the state that has a coal plant on campus.

Elizabeth Adkins is a junior political science and journalism major and is running to be Student Body President.

Student government goals for upcoming year

By Adam Phan | July 7

Between communication streamlining, congressional restructuring and campus issues, Student Government should have a busy first semester.

Protest against Wendy's raises awareness for farmworker abuses

By Rebecca Ayers | July 1

UNC students, members of Student Action with Farmworkers and other local residents joined the farmworker leaders of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers ...

Board of Governors discusses changes to funding model

By Rebecca Ayers | July 1

The UNC-system Board of Governors' Funding Model Task Force met on Tuesday to discuss UNC’s enrollment-based funding model. The current model has been ...

Photo Courtesy of Dan Sears/UNC-Chapel Hill

Former UNC chancellor Paul Hardin dies

By Rebecca Ayers | July 1

UNC's seventh chancellor, Paul Hardin III, died on Saturday from ALS at his home in Chapel Hill. He was 86 years old.

UNC receives million dollar prize

By Nic Rardin | June 20

UNC has been chosen to receive the Cooke Prize for Equity in Educational Access and will receive $1 million from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation.