Cate Byrne

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Editorial independence of college newsrooms in jeopardy

By Cate Byrne | April 22

Financial and independence issues are affecting student newspapers, but #SaveStudentNewsrooms is gaining attention.

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Swiping right on your...representative? Here's one UNC alum's unusual take on voter outreach

By Cate Byrne | April 1

"I’m really trying to be the opposite of the stereotypical politician – I don’t want to be super dependent on organizations who are feeding me money. I want to be dependent on the individuals I am speaking with and on my own ideas and platform."

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Kate Karstens

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When is the best time for professors to send out course evaluations?

By Cate Byrne | March 26

New discussions about course evaluations examine when the best time is for students to complete them.

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Duke study finds women less likely to enter radiology careers

By Cate Byrne | March 4

Even with more women in STEM, one department is missing out. Sarah Cater, a resident in Duke University's radiology program, authored a study on the global gender disparity within the radiology field. Her findings showed women make up just 27.2 percent in the United States as seen by membership in the Radiological Society of North America. Duke's radiology department is making strides to improve this gender disparity.

A UNC worker takes down Saunders' name from Carolina Hall on June 3, 2015.

Kyle Hodges

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UNT student petition stirs up memories of UNC's Saunders Hall

By Cate Byrne | February 22

Students at the University of North Texas are petitioning to have a new building named after a woman or a person of color. Despite over 50 percent of UNT's undergraduate student body identifying as people of color, no buildings on its campus are named after people of color. This controversy is reminiscent of the situation on UNC's campus during the 2015 renaming of Saunders Hall to Carolina Hall.

President Donald Trump spoke in the Greensboro Coliseum in June of 2016.

Aramide Gbadamosi

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How will the Trump administration's new budget proposal affect education?

By Cate Byrne | February 15

“I feel it’s a rollback of a lot of fairly successful programs — programs that support kids by providing educational access both in the K-12 sector through higher education,” Houck said. “I think they’re really short-changing a lot of our best and brightest students.”

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Confusion buttons and other tech promotes classroom participation

By Cate Byrne | February 8

How many times have you wished for a confusion button during a particularly difficult lecture? One professor found a way to boost classroom participation by providing just that.