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UNC's first on-campus vaccine clinic opens Wednesday

Carolina Vaccination Clinic opts to also vaccinate UNC families and employees

By Kelly Kendall | May 4

In an effort to provide vaccination to as many people as possible, family and household members of UNC students, post-docs and employees can now get vaccinated ...

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Introducing Lux Libertas Ventures: UNC's first student-run venture capital fund

By Jennifer Tran | May 4

Lux Libertas Ventures focuses on pre-seed investments into consumer internet startups that attack the problems faced by Generation Z, such as mental health, ...

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Bob Blouin to step down as UNC's provost by end of 2021

By Maeve Sheehey | May 4

Bob Blouin will step down from his role as executive vice chancellor and provost by the end of 2021, once the University names his successor, according ...

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Despite COVID-19 restrictions, 30 faculty members have continued research abroad

By Kennedy Rushing | May 3

Some UNC professors plan to travel abroad this coming summer and fall to work on research projects delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Student nurses work on the front line of the COVID-19 pandemic

By Kyle Ingram | May 3

Students in UNC's School of Nursing quickly adopted the responsibilities of practitioners when the pandemic first set in. Some nursing students share ...

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After five-year fight, UNC allows graduates to specify name on diploma

By Kelly Kendall | May 3

The University Registrar notified seniors that they now have the ability to specify the name that appears on their diplomas. This decision allows students, ...

UNC students share their plans for an unconventional LDOC

By Sabrina Ortiz | May 3

May 5 marks the end of the the spring semester. The last day of classes on campus is usually a time of celebration, but because of COVID-19, students ...

Courtney Mitchell to become The Daily Tar Heel's next general manager

By Max Hazerjian | May 3

Courtney Mitchell is returning to The Daily Tar Heel as its next general manager, having worked for over 20 years in communication fields at UNC. ...

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Jill Moore becomes first woman elected to secretary of the faculty at UNC

By Chelsea Ramsey | May 2

Jill Moore is making history as the first woman to be elected as UNC's secretary of the faculty. The UNC Faculty Council voted to elect Moore, associate ...

Local community prepares for potential effects of Apple's newly announced campus

By Hannah Rosenberger | April 29

Apple announced Monday that it plans to invest over $1 billion in a campus and engineering hub in Research Triangle Park. The investment will bring at ...

Word on the Street: What are you most looking forward to next semester?

By Emily Shih | April 29

Staff writer Emily Shih asked UNC students, “What are you most excited for if classes return in-person next fall?”

Committee of University Government discusses improving leadership structure

By Caroline Yaffa | April 29

The committee discussed leadership structure, committee recruitment and a possible reconstruction of bylaws at Wednesday's meeting.

Meet Sharon James, recipient of the BOG's 2021 Excellence in Teaching Award

By Grace Battle Thompson | April 29

UNC Classics Professor Sharon James selected for a 2021 Award for Excellence in Teaching by the UNC Board of Governors.

Students discuss lack of University-wide recognition of Our Three Winners Day

By Cynthia Dong | April 29

Our Three Winners Day, created to honor three Muslim Chapel Hill community members who were fatally gunned down in 2015, hasn't been recognized by the ...

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UNC employee Sam Wagner honored by Chase Dining Hall chef

By Jacie Smith | April 29

Chase Dining Hall employee Sam Wagner was recently surprised with with an honor from the chef — a set of knives, specially engraved with his name. ...

UNC partners with HanesBrands Inc. to support sustainability efforts

By Jennifer Tran | April 28

UNC partnered with the North Carolina-based HanesBrands Inc. to establish the Champion Sustainability Fund, which works to support sustainability efforts ...

Meet the UNC doctor improving surgical quality and access to health care abroad

By Samuel Garzon | April 27

Dr. Anthony Charles, the director of global surgery at the Institute of Global Health and Infectious Diseases at the UNC School of Medicine, is focused ...

Campus Safety Commission to host webinar on fostering inclusivity on campus

By Kaitlyn Dang | April 27

The Campus Safety Commission will present the “Headspace, Heartspace: Straight Talk About Navigating Race, Place and Complex Space” webinar Wednesday ...

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History, Race and a Way Forward commission discusses future projects

By Jacie Smith | April 27

At Monday's meeting, the Commission on History, Race and a Way Forward mapped its ideas, and members voted on which projects they felt were most important. ...

Column: UNC has a diversity problem

By Aditi Kharod | April 27

Many classes at UNC are seriously lacking in diversity. But in discussion-based courses, the diversity of experience of our classmates is paramount.