With a little more than a month left before the fall semester is set to begin, critical questions about the return to on-campus operations remain. The Campus Safety Commission met Wednesday to discuss some of these concerns, including implementation of community standards, the current rate of COVID-19 cases and what could trigger potential “off-ramps” to send students home.
Figuring out how to navigate college as a freshman is a daunting task, and if finding a job is on the agenda, the search can be difficult. Here are some off-campus jobs some UNC students have enjoyed.
A group of UNC organizations met virtually in a panel discussion Monday in commemoration of Immigrant Heritage Month, and to hold a space for students to highlight their own immigrant experiences.
As students look ahead to a fall semester full of uncertainty, here is definitive list of the best places on campus to grind out a paper — or try to pay attention during a Zoom class.
Planning a visit to the Writing and Learning Centers? Interested in attending CUAB events? Here's how 10 services on campus are planning to welcome students in the fall.
We reached out to our readers, UNC students and alumni and asked them: What is the one thing you needed as a first-year at UNC that wasn't on the traditional "back to school" packing list?
For less than 24 hours, incoming students in Rams Village grappled with the uncertainty of having their opportunity to get a meal plan taken away.
In a public comment period lasting over two hours, Chapel Hill residents expressed their concerns about the portion of police funding represented within the Town Council's 2020-2021 fiscal year budget.
There was the flurry of content warnings and the personal arguments playing out in the comments section, and the "outright demands" for emotional labor from people of color. There was the post about one user’s obese cat and another about being too pretty to make any friends. Babes Who Blade, a Facebook group, started as a joke in 2017 and became an encyclopedia of advice and online discussion for its nearly 8,000 members, most of them UNC students. Eventually, it was packed with problematic posts, outrageous questions and devolved into chaos. But at the end of it all, the final blow for Babes Who Blade was one rule, one word and a few hours worth of comments.
Residential student workers are having to consider new challenges as their move-in date is pushed up to coincide with UNC's new fall semester start date.
On Friday, UNC students and community members gathered to honor the life of Breonna Taylor, a Black woman fatally shot by Louisville police officers as she slept in her apartment — one of many demonstrations that have taken place in the Triangle over the last week to protest racial injustice in America.
The UNC Undergraduate Senate met for a special session Wednesday, where they passed a concurrent resolution to condemn the murder of George Floyd, and a resolution to form a new Commission on Campus Equality and Student Equity.
The UNC Board of Governors meeting on Wednesday included a vote to halt raising tuition for next year, interim UNC System President Bill Roper stating he is optimistic that students will return to campuses in the fall and the resignation of member Tom Fetzer.
After a four-year fight for records of the University's sexual assault disciplinary proceedings, the North Carolina Supreme Court ruled Friday that UNC will be required to release the names of individuals found responsible for rape, sexual assault or related acts of sexual misconduct. The DTH Media Corporation first filed the lawsuit against UNC in a coalition with three other N.C. media companies in the fall of 2016, claiming the University had violated North Carolina public records law by refusing to release the names, offenses and disciplinary actions for students or faculty found responsible for sexual misconduct.
UNC System President Bill Roper said in a Wednesday statement that he expects to reopen UNC System campuses to reopen in the fall, and UNC Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz said he's "optimistic" that the University will begin on-campus classes in mid-August. Here's what that reopening could look like.
"It's a more tangible way to say, ‘I took the time out of my day to send this to you,’ rather than just a text message or something like that."
A petition with over 200 signatures is asking the University to teach Southeast Asian languages.
The Campus Safety commission met Wednesday for a supplemental meeting. Here's a rundown of what you missed.
The UNC chapter of the American Mock World Health Organization hosted the 2020 AMWHO COVID-19 Virtual Summit over Zoom.
Members of the Administrative Board of the Graduate School met Tuesday afternoon via Zoom to discuss the Graduate School's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, possible changes in the budget and potential changes to the GRE testing requirement.
