UNC Faculty Council members express concerns about spring COVID-19 policies
Thus far this semester at UNC, there has been no University-wide mandate for classes to be held online, either temporarily or for the whole semester.
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Thus far this semester at UNC, there has been no University-wide mandate for classes to be held online, either temporarily or for the whole semester.
For every conflict the University has faced in 2021, faculty members on the Faculty Council and Faculty Executive Committee have weighed in on how UNC should navigate these challenges.
Emmy-nominated writer and director Janet Mock discussed her experiences as a transgender woman of color in the entertainment industry during a Q&A event Wednesday at the Carolina Union.
The UNC Adams School of Dentistry held its 7th annual DEAH DAY on Wednesday to honor the legacies of the late Deah Barakat and Yusor Abu-Salha, who were students at the school.
This article has been updated to include additional information on the lawsuit against UNC alleging that the University violated the Clean Air Act.
Update Sept. 15 at 8:41pm: According to a statement from UNC Media Relations to The Daily Tar Heel, the University Approved Absence Office adopted a new streamlined approach to handle University Approved Absences for students, directed by a medical provider, to strictly isolate or quarantine due to COVID-19.
For as long as he can remember, UNC junior Aditya Surana has loved music.
Updated Feb. 2, 7:45 p.m.: University Registrar Lauren DiGrazia said the UNC anticipates no one will be disenrolled from their spring courses.
UNC Advisory Committee members met Wednesday to discuss the process of naming a new Secretary of the Faculty, the potential formation of a staff advisory committee and how to safely reopen campus in the spring.
UNC’s Tuition and Fee Advisory Task Force met Wednesday afternoon to discuss proposals regarding a student fee increase, a school-based tuition increase and a campus-based tuition increase.
A judge denied the University’s motion to dismiss nine out of 10 allegations that the campus’s coal plant violated the Clean Air Act, according to the Center for Biological Diversity, one of the plaintiffs in the lawsuit.
The Campus Master Plan is a framework approved in May 2019 by the Board of Trustees to guide a variety of renovations and new buildings on and around UNC’s campus. Projects within the plan include classroom renovations, the demolition of Odum Village, renovations of Porthole Alley and new academic buildings for various departments and schools across campus.
With seven days until the Sept. 30 deadline to respond to the 2020 census, some UNC students may still be wondering how to fill out the census, considering changes in living situations due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Top White House officials said in a call to governors on Monday that college students should remain living at their campuses to avoid spreading COVID-19 to their home communities — a recommendation that comes almost two weeks after Carolina Housing advised UNC students to cancel their housing contracts and move home.
As students move off-campus and dorm de-densification continues, resident advisers are responsible for fewer and fewer residents. And the future remains uncertain for Carolina Housing student staff and their employment status.
After UNC announced that all fall 2020 classes are now remote and students should make plans to move home, community members and Campus Y directors are offering resources to students who are stressed and in need of support.
Most years, the first day of class at UNC gives campus a bustling, exciting feeling and helps students connect with their classmates in person.
Students and volunteers are using machinery at the BeAM makerspaces to create and assemble face shields — aiming to create about 40,000 of them — for employees at UNC Health hospitals due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Health care employees everywhere are working tirelessly during the global pandemic of COVID-19. But some factors — such as lack of child care — can keep them from being able to show up for work.
Students who lived on campus during the 2019-20 school year now have to schedule their move-out dates a couple of months early.