New app tracks crowding and mask-wearing to help students navigate campus safely
UNC researchers developed a web application called SaferWays to gather information about crowding, physical distancing and mask wearing on and around campus.
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UNC researchers developed a web application called SaferWays to gather information about crowding, physical distancing and mask wearing on and around campus.
For most students, the experience of living on-campus at UNC means getting to know their roommates and meeting friends in their residence halls. But this spring, students are adjusting to life in a dorm room by themselves.
UNC’s administration went though many personnel changes in 2020, even during the pandemic. Here are the people who have come to Chapel Hill and those who are leaving:
Salvador Chavero Arellano, a senior at Duke University and a member of Lambda Upsilon Lambda Fraternity, said U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement was always looming when he was growing up.
Following the University's announcement on Friday detailing information about on-campus housing for spring 2021, students have begun to consider their living options for the spring semester.
Following the announcement of the revised spring calendar, UNC’s Faculty Executive Committee met with Provost Bob Blouin via Zoom Monday to discuss plans for the spring semester. After Blouin left the call, members discussed reviving a committee focused on caregiving that would help faculty and staff during this time.
Nikhil Rao and Raleigh Cury, co-facilitators of the UNC Mental Health Coalition, wrote a letter to University leadership with six demands for prioritizing student mental health on Oct. 9 — the University's recommended mental health day.
Randall Kenan, a pillar of the Black, LGBTQ+ and North Carolina communities and a professor of creative writing at UNC, died on Aug. 28 at 57 years old.
UNC Zoom users are required to utilize a password or the waiting room function in all of their meetings, as of Sept. 27.
In June, UNC juniors Angelica Edwards and Julian Berger had an idea to make the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media more inclusive.
Following a week full of announcements about housing and remote instruction, UNC has answered calls from students to temporarily pause classes.
Members of the Faculty Executive Committee gathered Monday to discuss topics including the student population for the fall, the letter sent by the Orange County Health Department and new technology the University is considering employing in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
As UNC prepares to welcome back nearly 20,000 undergraduate students to campus in less than three weeks, some incoming students will be joining the University as part of a new remote program.
Plume, the first health technology company focused on offering gender-affirming care, has recently expanded into North Carolina — and three of its founding members are UNC alumni.
Updated July 22, 5:05 p.m.: Campus workers across the UNC System have continued to express concerns about the University’s fall reopening plans and the risk of becoming infected with COVID-19. A group of University housekeepers delivered a list of safety demands to UNC Housekeeping Director Herb Richmond at the Cheek-Clarke Building on July 22, along with petition signatures from more than 300 campus workers and students. Some of the demands include implementing daily COVID-19 symptom screening for all staff and students on campus and restoring full administrative leave for all University employees, including temporary workers.
Update, 11:45 a.m.: UNC's physical distancing guideline asks members of the Carolina community to remain at least 6 feet apart in outdoor and indoor settings, Carolina Together states. Individual deans can petition the Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost for an exception to have a standard distancing of 3 to 6 feet in certain classroom settings.
Members of the Board of Governors' Committee on Budget and Finance gathered virtually Tuesday to discuss topics including funding allocations of the 2020 COVID-19 Recovery Act and the report on the UNC System Debt Capacity Study.
Graduating seniors spent Sunday at home in front of screens instead of in Kenan Memorial Stadium to mark the end of their time as UNC students.
Researchers at UNC’s Gillings School of Global Public Health have collaborated with labs at Vanderbilt and Emory University to develop and test a new antiviral drug called EIDD-2801 that aims to eventually treat COVID-19 patients. The drug has finished testing in mice, and researchers hope to soon move to human clinical trials.
During a typical semester, students can pop into the Steele Building or Hardin Hub during drop-in hours to get help planning their class schedules in the weeks before and after course registration.