UNC election experts discuss role of social media and rhetoric in elections
In retrospect of the midterm elections, UNC election experts shared their observations on the role of social media and polarizing rhetoric in the upcoming election season.
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In retrospect of the midterm elections, UNC election experts shared their observations on the role of social media and polarizing rhetoric in the upcoming election season.
On the morning of Feb. 19 — Presidents Day and a national day of action for the Sunrise Movement — a white banner hung over Polk Place.
More than 300 people have signed a petition in support of Lee Win, a food service worker at Lenoir Dining Hall and student at Chapel Hill High School, to “restore his freedom of expression.” The petition was formed after Win said his management asked him to not make jokes with students due to a complaint that was received.
Josh Stein, N.C. attorney general and democratic candidate for governor, spoke in the Pit on Thursday about issues affecting North Carolina this coming election season.
Since the Campus Y began its initiative to provide UNC students free emergency contraceptives for the 2022-23 academic year, more students and organizations are stepping in to provide further access to and awareness about reproductive resources.
Over the past few months, students have experienced a semester that was far from normal. UNC had a fatal shooting in August, a second gun-related lockdown in September and has seen a number of protests on campus regarding the Israel-Gaza war since October.
At the 31st annual Sonja Haynes Stone Memorial Lecture on Tuesday, Yale University professor Erica Edwards discussed her in-progress novel about untold stories in history — specifically those of Black women.Every fall, the Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History invites a female lecturer to UNC's campus whose work, scholarship and service epitomizes the vision and spirit of Stone herself. This year's director of the Stone Center, LeRhonda Manigault-Bryant, said she chose Edwards because of her activism.
Amid responses to the Israel-Hamas conflict on UNC’s campus, the Faculty Council discussed freedom of speech and expression at their meeting on Nov. 3. Following several campus protests and discussions, the council analyzed the role of the University in responding to the conflict.
The Diaspora Festival of Black and Independent Film, hosted by the Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History, celebrates and promotes the work of Black and independent filmmakers.
According to a July report, 10 residence halls on UNC's campus have asbestos-containing materials (ACMs) — potentially exposing more than 2,700 residents in the past year.
In an unprecedented step, the Morehead-Cain Foundation will begin selecting sophomores as scholarship recipients, in addition to incoming first-year students.
Before Sept. 6, there weren't many spaces for Mexicans to gather and to know each other at UNC, said senior Luz Garcia Lara.
A giant toothpick and a tapestry of tattooed skin currently line the halls where students wait to enter their classes in Hanes Art Center.
UNC students enrolled in MEJO 584: International Projects traveled to Puerto Rico during Spring Break to discover locals' truths and listen to their stories. On April 25, the journalism class’ insights — such as the extent of the territory’s opioid crisis — will debut in-person and online.
Steele Building was the first UNC building where Black students were allowed to live. But they were only allowed to do so on the third floor — away from the white students.
Approximately one-in-five UNC students are food insecure.
Carolyn Ebeling will be joining the Hussman School of Journalism and Media as an embedded counselor specifically for students' mental health needs, as of Jan. 16.
The UNC Faculty Council met Friday to discuss a new health research center, graduate student stipends, changes between online learning systems and affirmative action.
On Wednesday, dental students left the classroom and showed up to work sites, ditching scrubs and medical garb for T-shirts and jeans.
Frederick Smith, the founder and executive chairperson of FedEx, will be visiting UNC on Thursday, Sept. 29 to speak about global relationships in celebration of the 15th anniversary of the FedEx Global Education Center.