UNC Libraries reduce operating hours due to staffing shortage
By Alan Hunt | Feb. 2Libraries with changes to operational hours include Davis Library, the Undergraduate Library and the Health Sciences Library.
Read More »Libraries with changes to operational hours include Davis Library, the Undergraduate Library and the Health Sciences Library.
Read More »Libraries with changes to operational hours include Davis Library, the Undergraduate Library and the Health Sciences Library.
Read More »Four cultural centers — the Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History, the Asian American Center, the Carolina Latinx Center and the American Indian Center — have come together in a new partnership. Called the UNC Alliance, the partnership is for the centers to collaborate to examine crucial issues of equity and justice. “We have a very big vision,” Krupal Amin, associate director of the AAC, said.
Read More »“I would tell first-generation college students — first years specifically — that college might seem really, really difficult," senior Melanie Godinez-Cedillo said. “But if you lean on each other and stay rooted to who you are as a person, you will be able to succeed in whatever you pursue.”
Read More »The UNC Psychology and Neuroscience Community Clinic will be offering year-round assessments, but has hit its therapy caseload capacity. The clinic trains clinical psychology graduate students in the field.
Read More »A well-being check is a way the University can provide a resource for student safety, according to UNC Media Relations. Law enforcement can contact an individual in the community for any reason, including for mental health concerns.
Read More »Led by UNC researchers, the Coronavirus Variant Sequencing Surveillance Program is a viral sequencing program funded by the NC Policy Collaboratory in partnership with the NC Department of Health and Human Services Division of Public Health. The program was recently allocated $15 million in state funding.
Read More »UNC senior Azaria Woods started her baking business at 11 years old. Now, Cupcake Craze by Azaria delights the UNC community with its variety of treats including cupcakes, dipped pretzels, cookies and cake pops.
Read More »During meetings on Jan. 20 and 24, the Chancellor’s Committee to Review History Commission Resolution discussed renaming two campus buildings – Ruffin Jr. Residence Hall and Battle Hall.
Read More »The program operates Sunday through Thursday from 8 p.m. to 12 a.m, and stretches to locations both on and off campus, including the Lark and Union apartment complexes.
Read More »In its meeting Thursday, the BOT discussed UNC's COVID-19 response, the Campaign for Carolina fundraiser and the newly formed Audit, Compliance and Risk Management Committee.
Read More »The University will move into Condition 1 Friday at 7 p.m. until Saturday at 12 p.m. due to forecasted adverse weather conditions, according to an Alert Carolina notification.
Read More »A mental health resource of warning signs and how to help your peers, friends and family members address mental health concerns.
Read More »All UNC classes are expected to resume in-person instruction by the end of the next two weeks, the University announced in a campus-wide email Thursday.
Read More »Juan Álamo was recently appointed as a distinguished term associate professor in Latin American studies at UNC. In his new role, he aims to approach the instrument he primarily plays, the marimba, from a more global perspective. "I love what I do," he said. "If I were to be born a hundred times again, I would be a musician.”
Read More »As the UNC community grappled with mental health last semester, attention turned toward the University's Counseling and Psychological Services. The University categorizes CAPS as a student service. Within the school’s budget, the operating expenses allocated to student services in the 2020 fiscal year amounted to roughly $37,208,572. CAPS accounts for around nine percent of student services expenditures, with a typical budget between $3 to 4 million per fiscal year.
Read More »UNC's Lab of the Future was fully operational for its first semester in the fall. Located in Morehead Laboratories, the space was designed to promote teamwork and advance research.
Read More »UNC alumna Saskia Staimpel was a Sean Douglas Leadership Fellow at the Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History. Her research has centered on the criminal justice system, Black activism and abolition.
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