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UNC to cut operational and personnel budgets, Guskiewicz says

By Heidi Pérez-Moreno | January 18

“These budget measures that we’re putting in place are consistent with those that we had put in place at the beginning of the pandemic,” Guskiewicz ...

UNC to increase campus police staffing on Inauguration Day

By Cameron Myers Milne | January 18

With the Presidential Inauguration occurring on Wednesday, UNC Police Chief David Perry shared Campus Police's plans for campus safety with the Campus ...

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Campus Safety Commission discusses drug trafficking investigation and local policing

By Chelsea Ramsey | January 14

Members of the Campus Safety Commission met Wednesday to discuss the recent riots at the U.S. Capitol, revisions to the commission constitution and updates ...

N.C. Public Service Workers Union holds rally calling for no in-person instruction

By Kyle Ingram | January 14

As the number of COVID-19 cases in North Carolina continues to increase, members of UE150 provided a list of demands to the BOG and university chancellors ...

COVID-19 cluster reported in Carmichael Residence Hall as move-in begins

By Maddie Ellis | January 13

A cluster of COVID-19 cases has been confirmed on UNC's campus in Carmichael Residence Hall.

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Faculty Executive Committee discusses COVID-19's impact on UNC faculty

By Kelly Kendall | January 12

Committee members also discussed issues they wish to bring to Friday’s Faculty Council meeting — such as when faculty will be able to receive ...

Students returning to UNC must show proof of negative COVID-19 test before arrival

By Heidi Pérez-Moreno | January 10

Undergraduate students living in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro area will be required to test for COVID-19 prior to arriving on campus, once they return and ...

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Committee on Community and Diversity talks faculty nomination process

By Emily Shih | January 10

The Committee for Community and Diversity met Friday to hear faculty concerns about how student evaluations and the faculty nomination process might be ...

Employee Forum discusses vaccinations for UNC front-line workers

By Elena Tsai | January 7

At the meeting, members discussed faculty concerns regarding COVID-19 testing and vaccine distribution, as well as updates on Carolina Next’s first ...

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UNC to begin semester with remote classes as N.C. COVID-19 cases climb

By Maddie Ellis | January 7

The University will delay the return to in-person classes for the spring semester by three weeks, Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz and Provost Bob Blouin said ...

New Carolina Housing media policy clarifies that staff can discuss personal experiences

By Praveena Somasundaram | December 17

The revision clarifies staff members may speak about personal experiences or reflections so long as they do not share “confidential information about ...

Seven years later: Office of Civil Rights' Title IX monitoring at UNC closes

By Maddie Ellis | December 17

Though the Office of Civil Rights found UNC in violation of Title IX two years ago, the office's monitoring program of the University has now ended. ...

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Campus and Community Advisory Committee discusses vaccine distribution at UNC

By Hannah Rosenberger | December 17

It is unclear when most UNC students should expect to receive the vaccine. Dr. David Weber, associate chief medical officer of UNC Health Care, said it ...

UNC suspends recognition of fraternities named in federal drug trafficking investigation

By Maddie Ellis | December 17

Twenty-one people face federal charges following a drug trafficking investigation into the sale of narcotics near North Carolina college campuses, including ...

'Literally a dream': UNC launches program to recruit teachers for Durham Public Schools

By Emily Shih | December 16

UNC School of Education faculty members received a $4.8 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to develop a program for the recruitment of ...

UNC Sustainability Council works to plan roadmap for new initiative

By Jennifer Tran | December 15

UNC’s recently formed Carolina Sustainability Council met in a virtual meeting Monday to discuss sustainability efforts, potential roadmapping and visions ...

Looking back at changes to UNC's Title IX policy over the year

By Anna Neil | December 15

The year 2020 is marked with consequences from Clery Act violation in 2019, changes to Title IX policy, a verdict four years in the making and the University’s ...

UNC aims to correct 'biggest error' from the fall with testing program, Blouin says

By Heidi Pérez-Moreno | December 15

“Once we have our students on our campus, I think it’s going to be very difficult to send them home,” Provost Bob Blouin said. “For all of the ...

Over 150 UNC faculty members sign letter calling for remote spring semester

By Cynthia Dong | December 15

Over 150 faculty members have signed the open letter, calling for the University to go remote for the spring semester. The op-ed signals growing ...

Residence Hall Association and Carolina Housing answer questions about spring housing

By Elena Tsai | December 13

To answer questions about the on-campus housing situation in the fall semester, UNC's Residence Hall Association and Carolina Housing hosted a joint town ...