Possum Drop could return The North Carolina Possum Drop tradition — which had comedian John Oliver in fits of laughter during his visit to Durham in December — might be returning this year. A proposal making its way through the legislature would allow a live animal to be part of the Brasstown Possum Drop.
North Carolina college students will soon finish up the spring semester and leave campus for internships, study abroad and beach vacations. One of their professors, John Steen, will be grading his final exams — and then moving into his parents’ basement.
There are the familiar faces of the worker’s rights movement: fast-food workers, health care workers, farmers. And there are the unexpected ones: university professors.
The months-long process to replace UNC-system President Tom Ross is guaranteed to be closely watched across the state — and will likely begin within the next few weeks.
UNC School of Medicine doctors may no longer be able to perform abortions or teach medical students how to perform them, if a new proposal in the N.C. General Assembly becomes law.
Some UNC students know the Association of Student Governments for its advocacy to state lawmakers and the UNC-system Board of Governors — while others know it as an ineffective organization that the University has considered leaving twice since 2012.
A demographic analysis of the UNC student body and the Board of Governors showed slight differences between the two groups, which have often been at odds this year.
The UNC-system Board of Governors continues to face scrutiny at the state and national level — and this week, state lawmakers will elect 16 new members to the board.
The UNC-system Board of Governors is the governing body of North Carolina’s 16 public university campuses and the N.C. School of Science and Mathematics.
CHARLOTTE — Public comment isn’t allowed at UNC Board of Governors meetings, but on Friday, UNC geography professor Altha Cravey had something to say.
UNC geography professor Altha Cravey reads aloud a statement in support of the poverty center at the UNC-system Board of Governors meeting on Friday, Feb. 27 in Charlotte. The board voted unanimously to shut down three centers.
A K9 unit walks near Carroll Hall on Thursday afternoon following a threatening Yik Yak post late Wednesday night.
More than 1,000 people turned out at the N.C. General Assembly for the fifth "Moral Monday" protest earlier this week. The pre-protest rally took place in the late afternoon on the lawn behind the legislative building.
Pro-abortion rights activists sported motorcycle helmets at the N.C. General Assembly Thursday in recognition of state legislators’ decision Wednesday to insert abortion clinic regulations into a motorcycle safety bill.
Looming clouds didn’t deter more than 2,000 protestors from flooding Halifax Mall outside the N.C. General Assembly for the 10th Moral Monday, many of them decrying an abortion bill passed by the Senate last week.
U.S. Secretary of Foreign Affairs Eric Shinseki (left) and UNC system president Tom Ross spoke Tuesday on ways to improve access to higher education in North Carolina for military veterans.
Rev. William Barber tells people at the rally that an oncoming storm would force the "Moral Monday" to end early, before the 151 arrested had left the building.
The crowd looks on as Rev. William Barber, president of North Carolina's chapter of the NAACP, makes an announcement.
