'Trivia’s not important': Matthew Andrews uses baseball to teach history
Teaching associate professor Matthew Andrews starts the first day of his HIST 362: Baseball and American History class each spring with a trivia quiz.
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Teaching associate professor Matthew Andrews starts the first day of his HIST 362: Baseball and American History class each spring with a trivia quiz.
Retired UNC professor and Grammy winner Bill Ferris will be this year's winter commencement speaker. Ferris is known at UNC and beyond for his work documenting the American South and commitment to life-long learning.
UNC Police Chief David L. Perry spoke at the Faculty Executive Committee meeting Monday, where campus safety and improving rapport between police and the community were at the forefront of the conversation.
Folks from UNC and Duke University aren’t always at odds. In September, two scientists from UNC and Duke University teamed up to pitch their research idea to the Ian’s Friends Foundation. They won funding and support from the organization, and are starting their project for a new treatment of childhood brain tumors.
When senior Jessica Davis made a Facebook post asking other female-identifying computer science majors to connect, she wasn’t expecting many responses. She was simply looking for a few other female-identifying students who might want to share their experiences in the field.
The Morehead-Cain Foundation is looking for a new executive director after more than 30 years of the same person holding the position.
Receiving a platelet transfusion in the UNC Health Care system just got safer.
As UNC's campus moves toward the end of the year and starts to show signs of autumn, some environmental activists are reminded of a long-abandoned University plan to be coal-free by 2020.
This year, as students shuffle through the different food station lines at Lenoir and Chase Dining Halls, they may notice more than just what’s on the menu.
History graduate student and anti-Silent Sam activist Mark Porlides, who was arrested during a December demonstration, played the police body cam footage during a presentation on Monday in Greenlaw Hall.
A crowd of UNC School of Social Work students, faculty, field instructors and other mental health professionals stood in the school’s lobby around noon on Monday, chatting over plates of barbecue and pasta salad. They slowly filtered into the school’s auditorium, settling into their seats. Faculty members set up a camera for an online live stream.
The Sikh Gurdwara of North Carolina and Carolina Khalsa are hosting UNC-Chapel Hill Tie a Turban Day on Friday in The Pit from 10:30 to 1:30 p.m.
Update 1:15 p.m.: Co-founder Lance Spivey said in a statement that the Heirs to the Confederacy did not approve the vandalism, an act which he said "goes against everything we stand for," the News and Observer reported Monday evening.
Life as a Tar Heel can be pretty stressful. Watching a basketball game seems to take years off your life, while school work piles up all around you. It’s no wonder that UNC students take April Fools’ Day seriously. What better way to blow off some steam than with a hilarious prank?
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this article mispelled Deepak Rao's name in a quote attribution. The spelling of his name has been updated. Additionally, the article incorrectly stated why the Thrivecash team is focusing on spreading primarily to the East Coast and Midwest schools. The are focusing on this because it was faster to start operating in those regions because the price is so low and they allow businesses who don’t charge high rates to go to market faster. The article has been updated with the correct information. The Daily Tar Heel apologizes for the errors.
On Feb. 22, UNC announced its Flexible Learning Spaces initiative, a five-year plan to modernize as many as 50 general purpose classrooms. Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Bob Blouin announced the master plan to begin updating the classrooms.
While UNC gamers and esports enthusiasts often make friends within their community online, this fall, Carolina Housing is giving them a physical space to meet on campus.
The American Heart Association released its Heart Disesase and Stroke Statistics 2019 Update on Jan. 31, which said nearly half of Americans have a cardiovascular disease.
Update 12:00 a.m.: Student body president candidate Jack Noble has been disqualified after being found guilty of five violations including: three counts of misrepresentation, one count of falsification and one location violation. There are now just three students left in the election.
The UNC Undergraduate Senate passed a resolution Tuesday to officially recommend the removal of white supremacist Charles Aycock’s name from Aycock Residence Hall. The resolution is a statement saying the UNC student body would like the residence hall to be renamed.