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From Tel Aviv to Chapel Hill, three Tar Heels share their summer internship stories

By Abbey Thompson | August 19

A psychology major in a courtroom. A junior in a school for children of asylum seekers. A Tar Heel learning how universities spend their money. These ...

UNC students turn artistic skills into side hustles

By Jessica Hardison | August 19

Working while in school doesn't have to be boring. These three entrepreneurs turned their favorite hobbies into a source of income during their time at ...

‘It's giving me the foundation I need’: UNC students reflect on summer arts experiences

By Jessica Hardison | August 19

Check out what these Tar Heels in the arts were up to this summer, and how you might interact with their work.

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'I want to blur that line': Student poet finds the sacred in the secular

By Maddie Ellis | August 19

UNC senior Hanna Watson is bringing worlds together with her words and igniting a conversation on race relations.

How Student Body President Ashton Martin wants to be remembered at UNC

By Evely Forte | August 19

“We are not here to shove our ideas or our policies onto anyone, but really to collaborate with the community and work with other stakeholders to make ...

Uncertainty surrounds UNC administration as chancellor search begins

By Maeve Sheehey | August 19

By LDOC of last year, a handful of UNC administrators left the University, including one of the most important figures on and off campus: the chancellor. ...

David L. Perry named as new UNC Police Chief

By Maeve Sheehey | August 19

Perry has previously served as police chief for Florida State University and has worked in law enforcement and campus safety for 25 years.

We talked to interim Chancellor Guskiewicz about his plans for this school year

By Preston Lennon | August 19

On the interim chancellor's agenda are new initiatives for discussing the politics of a university, experiential education and collaboration with the ...

Charles Marshall named UNC vice chancellor and general counsel

By Maeve Sheehey | August 15

Marshall is a partner at a Raleigh law firm and outside general counsel to the North Carolina Association of Broadcasters.

Second interim vice chancellor for student affairs chosen since Crisp's resignation

By Preston Lennon | July 31

When Winston Crisp resigned a few months after the toppling of Silent Sam, Christi Hurt was elevated in the student affairs department to fill the role ...

UNC's Master Plan: Where will the money come from?

By Preston Lennon | July 24

The idealistic projects are disconnected from UNC's major fundraising effort, so currently there's no money allocated for most of the proposals in the ...

UNC chooses next dean of Graduate School

By Preston Lennon | July 24

Suzanne Barbour, former program director at the National Science Foundation, has been the Graduate School dean at the University of Georgia for three ...

Rise and fall: The 110 year history of UNC's Confederate monument, Silent Sam

By Preston Lennon | July 23

Conceived in 1908, completed in 1913, then torn down in 2018, Silent Sam was a lightning rod symbol on UNC's campus for over 100 years. Even now, as the ...

Meet interim Police Chief Thomas Younce: from the Air Force to UNC

By Preston Lennon | July 19

Members of the campus safety commission say there's a "crisis of trust" at UNC between law enforcement and the community. Thomas Younce has a wide background ...

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Inside UNC's long term plan to reinvent campus, the 'Master Plan'

By Nick Needham | July 17

UNC last released a Master Plan in 2006 that saw the creation of the Caudill Laboratories and the Arts Common area, among other developments. The latest ...

UNC students and archaeologists recapture a buried world of Judaism while abroad

July 15

“What Jodi is doing with this excavation is reshaping the way we think about Judaism in this historical period,” Rhinehart said, “which is also ...

'We're a part of the campus:' UNC's long-term plan for Cosmic Cantina

By Preston Lennon | July 12

Cosmic Cantina has been serving up low-cost, high-quality burritos for 20 years in Chapel Hill. Although a recent UNC plan proposes replacing it and other ...

Confusion and uncertainty were on the table at the July Campus Safety Commission meeting

By Preston Lennon | July 10

The 20 commission members each have different ideas as to how best approach the task at hand, but with many voices and viewpoints at play, progress toward ...

Compagnie Kafig had its Chapel Hill debut on Tuesday and Wednesday as a part of the 2013-2014 Carolina Performing Arts season. The dance group, made up of 11 dancers, combines the dance style of hip-hop and samba with capoeira. (Photo courtesy of Carolina Performing Arts)

Carolina Performing Arts founder departs UNC for N.Y.C. arts foundation

By Preston Lennon | July 10

Carolina Performing Arts is the brain-child of Emil Kang, an influential professor in the music department who worked in the chancellor's cabinet to elevate ...

Fortifying beam falls, hospitalizing two construction contractors

By Addison Skigen and Preston Lennon | July 9

The two men were conscious when they were rescued from the scene.