SafeWalk program offers students a safe way home
At his first FallFest in 2018, second-year graduate student Nick Chappell heard a group of students advertising SafeWalk shout, "Who wants to get paid to walk?" Now, he is the program’s director.
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At his first FallFest in 2018, second-year graduate student Nick Chappell heard a group of students advertising SafeWalk shout, "Who wants to get paid to walk?" Now, he is the program’s director.
My decision to "go random" and live with someone for nine and a half months whom I knew nothing about was actually unintentional.
The No. 1 North Carolina women’s tennis team (4-0) routed No. 3 Georgia (0-1), 7-0, in an early season ranked contest, Sunday afternoon at the Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center in Chapel Hill.
UNC sophomore Emma Hedinger said she remembers seeing furniture, futons and other objects being thrown away while moving out of Hinton James Residence Hall last year — items she said seemed perfectly usable.
A coal ash site near Chapel Hill Police Department may become a federal cleanup project, pending results of a preliminary evaluation by the Environmental Protection Agency.
A 145-year-old house in the heart of Carrboro, built by a former enslaved family and passed down through generations. A 170-year-old farmhouse, now the home of a historic preservation nonprofit. A 181-year-old stucco law office, fallen into disrepair.
After consecutive early-season road losses to unranked Arkansas and Georgia Tech, the Duke men’s basketball team has found its stride and is firmly fixed in the national conversation.
I found out that Lee Roberts was being knighted as UNC's interim chancellor on my recent 38-hour plane ride to New York, where I was stuck next to a 32-year-old Harry Potter fan and her six newly adopted kids (all from different continents, except Antarctica — they don't have kids there.) Upon reflection of this experience, I somehow found myself more devastated by Roberts' appointment than my unfortunate seating arrangement — even after the kid from Australia ate my AirPods.
First-year students at UNC have options when choosing a place to live on-campus with a total of 37 residence halls to pick from.
The UNC Faculty Council met on Friday for its first convening of 2024. The council debated a resolution condemning statements made during an event on campus and proposed amendments to the Faculty Code.
The Carrboro Town Council delayed a vote on a proposed extension of Chapel Hill’s water and sewer boundary — due to a need for more information at its Jan. 9 meeting.
Behind a strong end to the third quarter, the No. 23 North Carolina women’s basketball team (14-5, 6-1 ACC) held off No. 13 Louisville (16-3, 5-1 ACC), 79-68, Sunday afternoon at Carmichael Arena.
When in doubt, follow Gwen Fink.
The No. 1 North Carolina women’s tennis team (3-0) notched a 6-1 victory over its first ranked opponent, No. 11 Auburn (0-1), Saturday afternoon.
Steve Kirschner, UNC senior associate athletic director for media relations, manages communications for the North Carolina men's basketball team. He has been with the Tar Heels since 1990, oversees the Carolina Basketball Museum and has worked countless UNC-Duke men’s basketball games as the sports information director.
When UNC junior Victoria Wlosok published her debut novel in 2023, she joined a roster of UNC alumni who have found success in the young adult book market, from Sarah Dessen to Tracy Deonn to Jenny Han.
Long-time academic researcher and consultant Sheila Smith McKoy first read the 1868 memoir of Hillsborough resident Elizabeth Keckley when she was an undergraduate English student at N.C. State University.
Withstanding a physical test on the road, No. 4 North Carolina (15-3, 7-0 ACC) outlasted Boston College (11-7, 2-5 ACC to win 76-66 on Saturday afternoon in the Conte Forum.
Friday marked the first women’s gymnastics meet of the ACC’s inaugural season between North Carolina (2-5, 0-1 ACC) and N.C. State (1-4, 1-0 ACC). UNC reached its highest final score of the season, but lost to N.C. State, 196.225-195.325.
With 39 seconds left on the clock, Georgia Tech gave UNC a taste of its own medicine.