Panel meets to discuss coal divestment
The panel that met to discuss coal divestment Monday night went far beyond just a conversation of coal and discussed various methods of sustainability.
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The panel that met to discuss coal divestment Monday night went far beyond just a conversation of coal and discussed various methods of sustainability.
As the nation celebrates autism awareness month, this past year has seen many breakthroughs in autism research — and many have occurred on UNC’s campus.
Winston Howes is at it again.
Kristina Anderson was a sophomore at Virginia Tech in 2007 when a gunman, who also killed 32 students and faculty, shot her multiple times.
Some professors are getting the chance to branch outside their classrooms and into new disciplines.
Parachutes and box fans were suspended from the ceilings. Laser cutouts of animals were hanging from a fan and spinning around continuously, and the artist described them as “collaged cybernetic mythological creatures.”
Starting a company isn’t always just about making money.
Tech Talent South, an Atlanta-based educational startup that specializes in coding, is coming to Raleigh.
While many college students were in the library this weekend, some found themselves attached to a White House fence.
UNC stands as one of the nation’s top research universities for faculty and students. But some of the student body might not know about the research happening all around them or how to get involved.
A video by UNC men’s basketball player Wade Moody documenting warm-ups before a game is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Google Glass’ presence on campus.
Google Fiber, a high-speed television and Internet service, could soon be coming to Chapel Hill.
As UNC and N.C. State University prepare to compete in tonight’s basketball game after the sun sets, researchers at both universities have come together to learn how to harness and store solar energy when the sun rises.
Sunlight might soon power 100 Carrboro homes as a solar energy initiative launches, echoing similar projects across the state.
A recent report named Chapel Hill as the town with the second fastest Internet in the world, but some find flaws in the evaluation.Senior Shaddi Hasan, co-founder of the Campus Y group Technology Without Borders, said that the report could be misleading.“If the University was taken out of the picture, the data would be quite different,” he said.He said that he thinks the high-speed data comes from the University’s Internet speed rather than the town of Chapel Hill’s. Sure enough, U.S. cities comprised six of the top 10 listed, and each one is the location of a well-known university. Cities in Taiwan, Great Britain and two in South Korea took the remaining four spots.Akamai, a company that handles web interactions for companies compiled “The State of the Internet” report for the fourth quarter of 2009.Broadband, defined as Internet that delivers at least 768 kilobits per second, is considered high-speed by the Federal Communications Commission. Approximately 89 percent of Orange County residents have access to broadband internet, according to a map from the planning department.The report lists the town’s average measured connection speed as 17,483 kilobits per second.“I don’t know that the city has that kind of Internet speed,” said Bob Avery, chief informational officer for the town’s business management department.“I know that our town connection for municipal purposes is not a high-speed connection.”Avery said that he does not know how the report will affect the town’s application to get Google’s free fiber-optics installment tested in the town, but he said he thinks it is still needed in the area. “If you have a business that can benefit, then the ability for people to connect to your resources and get information from them depends on high-speed connection,” he said.The top-ranked city was Berkeley, Calif., where a branch of the University of California is located.Contact the City Editor at citydesk@unc.edu.