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'Let’s Not Celebrate Asian Americans, Let’s Fight for Them': UNC's 2022 Keohane Lecture

By Liza Smith | October 17

Pawan Dhingra, associate provost and associate dean of the faculty at Amherst College, will travel to UNC at the end of October to discuss the connection ...

UNC alumnus 'Levels the Playing Field' for minority students in North Carolina

By Emi Maerz | October 16

UNC undergraduate alumnus Nehemiah Stewart is working to 'Level the Playing Field' for students from underrepresented communities at HBCUs and PWIs in ...

Finance update: developments for new law, public health buildings, administrative roof

By Defne Önal | October 13

The UNC School of Law and the Gillings School of Global Public Health will soon have new areas for students and faculty and the roof of the Administrative ...

School of Dentistry holds 8th annual DEAH DAY

By Celia Funderburk | October 13

The eighth annual DEAH DAY – which stands for Directing Efforts And Honoring Deah And Yusor – took place on Wednesday. DEAH DAY honors three ...

Student television dating show "Head over Heels" to premiere this week

By Eileen Foster | October 13

"Head Over Heels" is an upcoming reality dating show created by UNC Student Television. The show will feature diverse and organic pairings of UNC students, ...

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'Here 365 days out of the year': Organizations raise awareness on Indigenous Peoples' Day

By Jenna Rupp | October 12

On Oct. 10, people in Chapel Hill and across the state of North Carolina celebrated Indigenous Peoples’ Day. At the University, several organizations ...

How accessible are contraceptives on UNC's campus?

By Lauren Rhodes | October 11

Contraceptives — including condoms, emergency contraception pills and birth control — can lead to safer sex and fewer accidental pregnancies, but ...

A guide to abortion and reproductive health care in North Carolina

By Allie Kelly | October 11

The ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade gave individual states the power to set their own their own laws on abortion access, with almost half of U.S. states ...

Students found Planned Parenthood Generation Action group at UNC

By Natalie McCormick | October 11

The UNC chapter of Planned Parenthood Generation Action (PPGA) works to create a comprehensive reproductive health network in N.C. and at the University ...

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'A big relief': UNC student shares experience of getting tubal ligation

By Liv Reilly | October 11

Flannery Fitch is a non-traditional graduate student at UNC’s School of Information and Library Science who has known from a young age that she didn’t ...

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Breaking down the court cases impacting reproductive health care

By Hannah Rosenberger | October 11

The exact interpretation of abortion cases has been evolving since Roe v. Wade was decided in 1973, but this is the first time since then that states ...

“MoMUNtum” hopes to move Model U.N. to the next level with new grant

By Kayla Hallac | October 11

UNC student organized MoMUNtum was co-founded by UNC students, Patrick Kaper-Barcelata and Mikhal “Mimi” Ben-Joseph, in the summer of 2020. The ...

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Actively Moving Forward hosts Narcan workshop that makes over 450 kits

By Reagan Allen | October 10

Actively Moving Forward — a student organization that provides grief support for students who have experienced the loss of a loved one — constructed ...

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In new book, UNC professors aim to increase inclusion and equity in college education

By Keerthana Gotur | October 9

Two UNC professors, Viji Sathy and Kelly Hogan, are the authors of "Inclusive Teaching: Strategies for Promoting Equity in the College Classroom." The ...

Students work to 'CATCH’ kids with disabilities who fall through cracks of toy design

By Selena Hernandez | October 7

Sophomore Katie Chai never imagined her interest in technology would lead her to the basement in Phillips Hall modifying popular children’s toys. ...

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Chapel Hill band coalition takes stand against unsafe fraternities and organizations

By Natalie McCormick | October 6

Over the past few weeks, bands in Chapel Hill and beyond have formed the Safer Shows Collective — a coalition against organizations accused of drink ...

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Allegations, administration, accountability: tensions at Kenan-Flagler Business School

By Tania Tobaccowala and Preston Fore | October 5

This fall, Kenan-Flagler Business School has seen a discrimination lawsuit filed by a former doctoral student, as well as the co-leads of the school’s ...

UNC's Black Pioneers reflect on decades of 'shared kinship'

By Keerthana Gotur | October 4

Members of the Black Alumni Reunion met for dinner and conversation last Friday at their first full-scale, in-person event since 2019. The dinner ...

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Kenan-Flagler Business School breaks ground on $150 million expansion

By Jessica Walker | October 3

The Kenan-Flagler Business School held a groundbreaking ceremony last Thursday to announce the $150 million construction of Steven D. Bell Hall. The new ...

Students start UNC for Affirmative Action

By Stella Griffin | October 3

UNC for Affirmative Action is a new student group aiming to raise awareness about affirmative action and the upcoming U.S. Supreme Court case that could ...