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(09/11/18 1:59am)
Although Hurricane Florence was upgraded to a Category 4 on Monday, the National Hurricane Center said the hurricane likely hasn't reached peak intensity yet. Chapel Hill may be hours from the coast, but state officials are warning citizens not to underestimate the storm. The Daily Tar Heel answered your questions to make sure you're prepared for whatever Florence brings this weekend.
(08/31/18 9:10pm)
In a conference call with reporters Friday, Chancellor Carol Folt said that "Silent Sam has a place in our history and on our campus where its history can be taught, but not at the front door of a safe, welcoming, proudly public research university."
(08/22/18 4:39am)
Update, 8:14 p.m.: The News & Observer has reported that the UNC-system Board of Governors will hire an outside firm to look into the University and police response to demonstrators' toppling of Silent Sam on Monday night.
(08/21/18 4:22am)
Perhaps Charles Dickens thought the French Revolution was the best of times and the worst of times, but all UNC students know the first week of classes, or FWOC, is the real age of wisdom and foolishness. No other time in a Tar Heel’s life is as full of varying highs and lows. To make the most of this volatile period, here are some tips on what you can’t miss.
(08/21/18 2:55am)
There’s a tattoo of a Captain America shield on the inside of incoming junior Chris Young’s right elbow. His children like superheroes, he explains. Then he laughs. “Plus, well, you know,” he says.
(04/27/18 3:02am)
Donald Raleigh is a professor of 20th century Russian history. With over 40 trips to Russia under his belt, Raleigh has seen it all, from studying under the Communist state to being detained by the KGB, a former Russian secret police and intelligence agency, to accessing long-sealed archives for the first time.
(04/16/18 1:38am)
There are female experts in the political science field, but based on the current representation of experts in academia and the media, it might not always be apparent.
(04/09/18 11:15pm)
For professors, student evaluations are used to assist decisions on promotions, raises and tenure. But research from North Carolina State University shows that the evaluations a professor receives are linked to their gender, with male professors receiving higher and more favorable ratings than female professors.
(03/27/18 1:37am)
CORRECTION: A previous version of the graphic that ran with this story misrepresented the average wages paid to UNC faculty. The graphic has been updated.
(03/02/18 3:00am)
Planned walk-outs and rallies have spread throughout schools across the nation in response to the deadly mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, and UNC released a statement Tuesday that a student’s chance of admission to the University will not be harmed by their participation in peaceful protest.
(02/23/18 4:18am)
On the morning after Parkland students and community members faced legislators on the stage at CNN's town hall, UNC student activists continued their fight on Thursday with an anti-gun rally in the wake of a deadly mass-shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida.
(02/19/18 12:21am)
When the UNC School of Media and Journalism announced conservative political commentator Tucker Carlson as this year's Park Lecture speaker, Twitter exploded. Angry responses poured in from disgruntled former and current students.
(02/05/18 2:25am)
As junior Kate Hickert, a member of the women's rowing team, held her 9-foot oar, little girls watched in awe as they got to touch and hold the unfamiliar equipment. Behind Hickert, a little girl dressed in a Wonder Woman costume tried the indoor rowing machine while team members cheered her on.
(02/02/18 4:07am)
Correction: A previous version of the article incorrectly attributed Geoffrey Sayre-McCord. The article has been updated. The Daily Tar Heel apologizes for the error.
(01/26/18 1:45am)
UNC-Chapel Hill, get ready for a sugar rush like no other.
(01/24/18 12:38am)
In the medical world exists an impossible problem: although US black women face a disproportionately high risk of HIV infection compared to white women, the incidence of HIV infection among them is not high enough for researchers to carry out comprehensive studies, which require prohibitively high sample sizes, of prevention drugs tailored specifically to black women.
(01/16/18 2:08am)
Claude Clegg is a UNC professor studying African communities outside of Africa. The Lyle V. Jones Distinguished Professor is currently working on a book exploring how African Americans have experienced the Obama Presidency. Staff writer Taylor Buck asked him about his work and how African American activism has changed since the days of Martin Luther King Jr.