Psychologist Jonathan Haidt talks social media, free speech at UNC
Jonathan Haidt, a social psychologist and researcher at New York University, spoke at a Feb. 7 lecture.
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Jonathan Haidt, a social psychologist and researcher at New York University, spoke at a Feb. 7 lecture.
With UNC's spring elections rapidly approaching, senior Tj Edwards is awaiting the decision of their lawsuit against the UNC Board of Elections. The UNC Student Supreme Court's decision could determine whether Edwards can appear on the 2024 graduate and professional student body president ballot.
The UNC Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies hosted the second debate for the two 2024-25 student body president candidates on Thursday. Jaleah Taylor and Laura Saavedra Forero outlined the priorities of their platforms and answered student questions during the event.
With early voting for the 2024 Student Body Election beginning today, students are getting ready to cast their ballot for the next student body president. From more dining hall space to composting, The Daily Tar Heel’s Cormac Baxter talked to UNC students about what issues they want to see the next SBP address.
This article is part of the Mental Health Collaborative, a project completed by nine North Carolina college newsrooms to cover mental health issues in their communities. To read more stories about mental health, explore the interactive project developed specifically for this collaborative.
NASA astronaut Zena Cardman will be the keynote speaker at UNC’s spring 2024 Commencement, the University announced Thursday morning.
In 1961, at a time when Franklin St. businesses like the Varsity Theatre were only open to Black students with UNC IDs and not Black community members, David Dansby Jr. and his fellow classmates dedicated themselves to the fight for desegregation in Chapel Hill.
The UNC Board of Elections hosted the first student body presidential debate for the prospective candidates on Tuesday in the Student Union.
Last week, Marty Baron, the former executive editor of The Washington Post, came to UNC to deliver the Frank A. Daniels Jr. Lecture. In his speech, Baron touted traditional news values and objectivity as the keys to navigating a changing media landscape.
For Jimmy Barnes, one of the first Black students to graduate from UNC, his time at the University could best be described as solely educational. Social life for Black students at UNC, he said, was nonexistent.
Last semester, two international students — Jim Appiah and Satvik Chethan — launched the International Students' Organization at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
The Carolina Women’s Leadership Council will host Shilpi Somaya Gowda, a bestselling author and UNC Morehead-Cain class of 1992 alumna, as the 2024 speaker for its Eve Marie Carson Lecture Series.
For the past 100 years, a live Dorset Horn Sheep has stood on the sidelines of UNC football games at Kenan Memorial Stadium bearing the name Rameses — its horns painted UNC blue.
After originally informing Laura Saavedra Forero that she did not receive enough signatures to qualify as an official candidate for student body president, the UNC Board of Elections reversed its decision late Monday evening to include her on the ballot.
For Jaleah Taylor, running for 2024-2025 UNC student body president is more than just a title — it’s creating a Carolina that includes student voices and campus organizations throughout the process.
Laura Saavedra Forero, 2024-25 student body president candidate and junior neuroscience major, said she became a leader and self-advocate at UNC out of necessity.
UNC System President Peter Hans says the search committee for a permanent UNC chancellor will be finalized early this month — though he has named a number of members already.
UNC senior Braeden Harper said his first experience at Camp Kesem felt like magic.
Graduate students are preparing for the impacts that the upcoming closure of Wilson Library for renovations may have on the completion of their academic research and theses.
As the UNC men's basketball team claimed a 93-84 victory against its rival Duke in the Dean E. Smith Center, UNC fans from across campus and Chapel Hill began rushing toward the intersection of Franklin and Columbia streets.