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UNC students and alumni play in local indie rock band

By Holly Adams | April 26

Members of Lauds, an indie-rock band from Wilmington, share a love of music, their hometown, and UNC basketball. The band has released two EPs in the ...

'A dream come true': Marching Tar Heels reflect on the season

By Lauren Fichten | April 25

The Marching Tar Heels is a group of around 275 students who perform at UNC sports events. This season, 29 students were chosen to play during the NCAA ...

'He's given me meaning': UNC senior talks about his time as Rameses

By Liv Reilly | April 25

For the past four years, senior Daniel Wood has portrayed UNC's mascot, Rameses, cheering on the Tar Heels on the field, as well as during hospital ...

UNC community celebrates South Asian festival of colors at Holi Moli

By Lauren Lovitt | April 25

For the first time in three years, UNC Holi Moli held an in-person celebration of Holi, the South Asian festival of colors, on campus.

UNC Vice Chancellor for Development David Routh to step down after Campaign for Carolina

By Liv Reilly | April 25

David Routh, vice chancellor for development, will step down from his position after the Campaign for Carolina ends later this year, the University announced ...

UNC planning to remove campus tents after Commencement

By Courtland Bartosik | April 25

Earlier this month, Provost Chris Clemens announced that the campus tents will be removed after Commencement, which is on May 8.

A look at COVID-19 at UNC this spring

By Layna Hong | April 21

On March 7, UNC lifted the mask mandate for most University indoor spaces. Since then, the University's reported positive cases on the COVID-19 dashboard ...

'Don't take anything for granted': UNC seniors leave their signatures at Bell Tower

By Celia Funderburk | April 20

On Wednesday, UNC seniors wrapped around the lawn of the Morehead-Patterson Bell Tower to sign their names on the inside wall, which has been a tradition ...

Students react to UNC System waiving standardized testing admission requirement

By Celia Funderburk | April 20

The UNC Board of Governors recently announced that standardized test scores will not be required from prospective applicants through fall 2024.

UNC Faculty Executive Committee talks BA.2 variant, Hussman inquiry

By Jennifer Tran | April 20

In addition to growing COVID-19 case numbers, members spoke about the recent University inquiry into journalism school faculty members' emails and hard-drive ...

Research shows significant inequities in UNC faculty salaries

By Liv Reilly | April 19

There are significant racial and gender-based inequities within faculty salaries at the University, recent research shows. The research was based ...

History commission talks University land acknowledgment

By Emily Shih | April 19

The University Commission on History, Race and a Way Forward was founded in 2019 to engage and teach the University’s history with race. At their ...

Carolina Veterans Resource Center offers award to student veterans

By Zoe Frederick | April 19

The Carolina Veterans Resource Center is offering the Boot Print to Heel Print Summer Bridge Award to UNC students with military backgrounds. The deadline ...

IDEA Action Grant program funds seven new diversity, equity, inclusion projects

By Eileen Foster | April 19

The projects include expanding OverDrive's ebook and audiobook collection, digitizing Black and queer newspapers and more.

'A Visual Anthology of Me': graduate student Alex M. Sanchez wins art grant

By Adele Morris | April 19

A first-year master's student at the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media, Alex M. Sanchez is currently working on a documentary film about her ...

UNC to launch new School of Data Science and Society in fall 2022

By Aisha Baiocchi | April 19

The University has decided to build the UNC School of Data Science and Society, which is projected to fully launch in fall 2022. The new addition plans ...

Ackland Art Museum debuts exhibit on artist Aaron Douglas, 'Modern Black Culture'

By Cameron Shaw | April 19

The Ackland will also be hosting several public programs related to the exhibition, including a curator’s tour, mural walk and Juneteenth event.

UNC artist receives climate art award for short film on humanity and the environment

By Natalie McCormick | April 19

Velez's recent project, titled "Of the Air," examines how humanity is both dependent and disconnected from the natural world and environment. “On ...

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Flying Silk performs traditional Chinese dance on UNC's campus

By Lauren Lovitt | April 18

Flying Silk Dance Troupe is the University’s only traditional Chinese dance group. Specializing in fan and silk ribbon dancing, the group has performed ...

'This is '1984'': UNC inquiry on Hussman emails has broader scope than previously known

By Praveena Somasundaram | April 12

Recently released records show that the scope of the University's inquiry into the emails of journalism school faculty and staff may have been larger ...