Present, future scientists: failure is vital
Twitter users frequently poke fun at themselves by ending a snarky tweet with #fail, but for scientists, failure is not a joke – it is an essential element in their research.
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Twitter users frequently poke fun at themselves by ending a snarky tweet with #fail, but for scientists, failure is not a joke – it is an essential element in their research.
She can feel the clock ticking.
Though questions still swirl around the reasons for an increase in parking costs for students, the Board of Trustees’ Finance and Infrastructure Committee opted to approve a contentious nighttime parking fee.
Few issues can bring Duke University and UNC students into the same room, but Memorial Hall was packed with people from both campuses Wednesday night as students listened to a legendary investor and an education leader discuss the crushing reality of the country’s federal budget crisis.
A leading Russian gay rights activist spoke Thursday on Russia’s anti-gay legislation and the extreme hate she has witnessed in advocating against it — hate she says poses a threat to her life each day.
At the second meeting of the academic year for the Provost’s Committee on LGBTQ Life Wednesday, UNC faculty and students discussed ways to actively assert the committee’s presence in the UNC community — including extending funding to bring a prominent human rights activist to speak on campus.
“Whose university? Our University!” students chanted on their march to protest at the first day of the monthly UNC-system Board of Governors meeting.
Since Moral Monday demonstrations began this summer, more than 900 people have been arrested at the Raleigh protests — including some UNC professors.
From the steps of South Building Tuesday morning, Jose Antonio Vargas, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and reporter, called for greater access to higher education for immigrant students.
Students who frequent the medical schools will gain a familiar dining option after the Tar Heal Cafe closes this November.
After a three-year hiatus, UNC’s only feminist magazine will return this fall, aiming to give the University’s female population a louder voice.
Gender inequality is nothing new in politics, but many don’t realize it trickles down to the university level — and that one solution is getting undergraduates involved.
A team of UNC researchers has discovered signs in the human genome that could have a genetic connection to schizophrenia.
The University is spending approximately $3 million on a new Wi-Fi system that would gradually reduce the need for ethernet cords in campus housing by fall 2014.
In a meeting this morning, the UNC Board of Governors unanimously voted to ban gender-neutral housing across the UNC school system.
The new director of the Southern Oral History Program will bring a passion for history and an interest in her own Native American background to the job.
This summer, a team of UNC students and staff excavated an ancient mosaic that holds much promise for revealing early Jewish beliefs.