A recent lawsuit regarding a tragedy at Cornell University has sparked a nationwide discussion about universities’ responsibilities for the prevention of one of the most common killers of college students — suicide.

Two students might have contracted the mumps, putting UNC Campus Health Services on alert against the contagious disease. The two students first reported their symptoms last week to Campus Health Services, wrote Sue Rankin, communicable disease coordinator for the Orange County Health Department, in an email.

Imagine a Facebook app that could tell you one of your friends has a sexually transmitted disease and that you are at risk.

When dealing with reports of sexual assault from students, the University faces a complex problem. “We want to have a system that is ultimately sufficiently simple enough that it is accessible,” said Dean of Students Jonathan Sauls.

Freshman Taylor Swankie won her school’s geography bee two weeks after her father committed suicide. She was the valedictorian of her eighth-grade class that same year.

Buy a condom, save the world.

After last year’s H1N1 pandemic on campuses, University Campus Health Services is making use of an increased supply of vaccines to keep students flu free. Jeff Dimond, spokesman for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said 160 million flu vaccines were produced for this flu season nationwide, which is a record amount.

Amy Burtaine’s acting career blossomed in a circus. It was there, along the Amazon River in Pará, Brazil, that Burtaine discovered the power of interactive theater. She now serves the newly appointed director of UNC’s Interactive Theatre Carolina program, which operates as part of the Campus Health Service’s Counseling and Wellness office.

Campus Health Services leaders have canceled plans for a new facility in the name of keeping costs low for students. And it was students’ voices that changed their minds.

As the University attempts to cope with a spreading H1N1 virus and considers new rules on how to prevent it, officials are finding that tracing the virus is more difficult than they thought.

While UNC recorded its first case on May 29, the exact number of infected persons to date remains a mystery even to Campus Health Services officials.

“Nobody would be able to say with certainty because employees have different health care providers, and the way people are being tested and treated kept changing throughout the summer,” said Mike McFarland, UNC spokesman.