Unified Flag Football League works to combat stigma for athletes with disabilities
The Unified Flag Football League partnered with Special Olympics Orange County to build bonds between those involved and help increase players' confidence levels.
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This Psychology course allows students to participate in hands-on research projects
A psychology course offers UNC students the opportunity to contribute to an ongoing research study related to children's memory and their achievements in mathematics and academics.
'We’re not playing patty cake': UNC men's crew looks for recognition as club team
UNC men's crew is a club team, but its coaches and players say its team is still successful through hard work and dedication.
Higher ed discussion grows as universities experiment with tuition payment
Higher education institutions evaluate new income share agreements.
UNC System Presidential Search Committee meets to discuss terms of search
The UNC System President Search Committee met on Thursday to discuss the terms of their search, promising that students will be an important part of that process.
Business journalism program faces uncertain future after losing leader
Following the resignation of Chris Roush, former director of UNC's business journalism major, the Hussman School of Journalism and Media currently has not issued a replacement. Dean Susan King of the school shares her thoughts on the future of the program and how current students in the program are affected.
Students and community climbed 2,076 steps for 'reflection and remembrance' on 9/11
UNC students and community members gathered the morning of Sept. 11 in Kenan Memorial Stadium to remember the lives lost in the 9/11 terror attacks.
Bernie Sanders will come to UNC in September, Young Democrats announce
Sanders follows a long line of politicians to visit the University, including Beto O'Rourke in 2019 and Barack Obama in 2016.
How UNC has worked toward ending coal use since abandoning coal-free 2020
Although UNC has long abandoned its coal free initiative by 2020, the University is now taking certain steps to reduce coal emissions on campus. Community activists, however, are still unsatisfied with the progress the University has made.
The story behind the largest gift UNC's journalism and media school has ever received
Walter Hussman Jr. has spent his life working in the journalism field, ever since graduating from UNC in 1968 with a major in journalism. Now, he's giving back to future journalists with a $25 million gift to the school that is now known as the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media.
Faculty debate new program with undisclosed donors
At the latest Faculty Executive Committee meeting, a new communication service, the Three Zeroes Initiative and the Program on Civic Virtue and Civil Discourse were on tap for discussion.
Researchers find vaping may harm fertility in women
Researchers from the UNC Medical School conducted a study which shows that vaping can have detrimental effects on fertility and the development on offspring.
UNC rises to third place in WSJ/THE public college rankings
UNC was ranked third for public universities in the Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education's college ranking this year — but it dropped to fifth for best value of a public school.
New UNC program under fire for perceived conservative origins and lack of transparency
The Program for Civic Virtue and Civil Discourse has generated controversy at public meetings and behind the scenes, with some faculty believing it is a veiled conservative program — and some concerned about why they are being left out of the process to form it.
Student Government launches Red Zone Initiative to battle sexual assault on campus
With the bulk of sexual assault incidents occurring in the fall semester, students are coming together from various sectors on campus to build a network of resources and support.
"The ceiling is the ‘woof'" : Police dog, Franklin, retires from his post
You may have seen this friendly, furry face around campus with UNC Police. But Franklin the dog is now headed to retirement.
UNC tracking student-athlete class attendance through third-party beacon tech
As an attempt to make sure the athletics attendance policy is being upheld by student-athletes, new beacon technology has been installed in classrooms throughout the University. The purpose of the beacons are to communicate with mobile devices to ensure that the athletes are attending class and in class for the duration of the period. Though the technology is promised by its distributing organization to be non-invasive and that the software lacks tracking capabilities outside of the classroom; some UNC professors are concerned that the technology poses a privacy threat and surveils student-athletes, with the potential to spread into further supervision of student whereabouts.
Latinx Center set to officially open after years of campaigning
New Latinx Center set to open its doors, bringing students together in a community setting.
'UNC Anti-Racist Alerts' system aims to promote safety when Confederates are on campus
A rise in Confederate-based demonstrations led to the creation of a text message alert system by community activists. As implications of hostility toward anti-Silent Sam activists continue from pro-Confederates outside of Chapel Hill, the new alert system has accrued around 950 subscribers in two weeks.
UNC community rallies around campus unicyclist after theft
After a student had their unicycle stolen on Franklin Street, members of the UNC community participated in a GoFundMe campaign to get them an even bigger and better one.
