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Eleanor Bolton, a sophomore majoring in political science is pictured in front of an out-of-service elevator in Hamilton Hall on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023.

'Blatant disrespect and harm': Unreliable elevators highlight campus accessibility issues

By Preston Fore | Feb. 23

This is one example of the reality many students, faculty and staff who use wheelchairs or have mobility issues face on campus.
"The lack of empathy and humanity with which the problems are being addressed is just completely harmful," Bolton said. "To be told by administrators over and over and over again, 'We're doing our best' when their best is completely illegal and a violation of my human civil rights is just so unbelievable."

UNC students support Housekeepers movement for $20/hour at a protest outside of the South Building on Feb. 22, 2023.

UNC housekeepers rally on Wednesday, offered bonus contract with stipulations

By Aisha Baiocchi | Feb. 22

Gillings Minority Student Caucus prepares to host 44th annual Minority Health Conference

By Emi Maerz | Feb. 22

Black History Month lecture endowed by University, named after Genna Rae McNeil

By Corey Davis | Feb. 22

'Blatant disrespect and harm': Unreliable elevators highlight campus accessibility issues

By Preston Fore | Feb. 23

Hamilton Hall has two of the most unreliable elevators on campus. Eleanor Bolton, a sophomore studying political science, has been unable to attend some events for her major in Hamilton Hall due to the elevators often being out of service. This is one example of the reality many students, faculty and staff who use wheelchairs or have mobility issues face on campus. "The lack of empathy and humanity with which the problems are being addressed is just completely harmful," Bolton said. "To be told by administrators over and over and over again, 'We're doing our best' when their best is completely illegal and a violation of my human civil rights is just so unbelievable."

UNC housekeepers rally on Wednesday, offered bonus contract with stipulations

By Aisha Baiocchi | Feb. 22

At a Wednesday rally in front of the South Building, UNC housekeepers announced they have been offered a contract from the University. They said the contract did not address their two key demands: higher wages and free parking. Instead, housekeepers said they were offered a bonus — with strings attached.

UNC Gillings School of Public Health is pictured on Sept. 23, 2022.

Gillings Minority Student Caucus prepares to host 44th annual Minority Health Conference

By Emi Maerz | Feb. 22

On Friday, Feb. 24, the UNC Minority Health Conference returns with this year’s theme: “Practicing Health as a Human Right: Policy, Ethics, and the Law" at the Friday Center.

The inaugural Dr. Genna Rae Mcneil Black History Month lecture will be hosted on Sonja Haynes Stone Center. The Stone Center is pictured on Sunday, Feb. 19, 2023.

Black History Month lecture endowed by University, named after Genna Rae McNeil

By Corey Davis | Feb. 22

The annual Black History Month Lecture on Wednesday will honor past professor Genna Rae McNeil, who has an array of credentials portrayed through her leadership and scholarship during her time at the University. While UNC has held a Black History Month Lecture for the past 18 years, this year McNeil will become the namesake of the event.

Imani Rankins and Karina Vasudeva pose in front of Campus Y on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023 at Chapel Hill, N.C. Rankins and Vasudeva are the newly elected Campus Y co-presidents.

'Radical rest and joy:' Vasudeva and Rankins elected as Campus Y co-presidents

By Lauren Rhodes | Feb. 22

Imani Rankins and Karina Vasudeva have been elected as the new co-presidents of the Campus Y. The organization is a community that welcomes students, staff and the greater UNC community to talk about social justice matters. Rankins and Vasudeva plan to focus their efforts on the housekeeper movement, mutual aid and disability justice on campus.

Christopher Everett, pictured on Polk Place on Feb. 14, 2023, has been elected UNC Student Body President for the 2023-2024 academic year.

Christopher Everett elected as 2023-2024 UNC student body president

By Liv Reilly | Feb. 22

Christopher Everett has been elected to serve as the 2023-2024 Student Body President, the the UNC Board of Elections announced around 2:16 a.m. Wednesday morning. Everett received 57.45 percent of the overall vote, defeating fellow certified candidate TJ Edwards and write-in candidate Theodore Nollert, who announced his intent to run last week. "I just really want this win to be for everyone who's felt so unseen, undervalued and targeted by the institutions," Everett said

UNC's Faculty Council met on Sept. 9, 2022 in Karr Hall to discuss free speech on campus.

Faculty Council discusses process to create new schools, IDEAs in Action curriculum

By Emily Gajda | Feb. 21

In its first meeting since the UNC Board of Trustees voted to accelerate development of the School of Civic Life and Leadership, the UNC Faculty Council focused primarily on how faculty felt about the process of the school’s creation so far. The meeting included a presentation on how the School of Data Science and Society was developed and votes to pass two resolutions regarding the Board of Trustees' actions and the IDEAs in Action curriculum.

Battle Hall, home to the AAAD department, is pictured on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023.

AAAD department compiling graduate curriculum, hiring faculty

By Ashley Quincin | Feb. 21

The African, African American and Diaspora Studies (AAAD) department is in the process of developing a graduate program in Africana Studies, which will admit a first cohort of students in fall 2025. It has been in the works since November 2021 and continues to progress forward.

LeRhonda S. Manigault-Bryant, the new director of the Sonja Haynes Stone Center, speaks at the gallery opening on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023, at the Sonja Haynes Stone Center. 
Photo Courtesy of Ric Swiner.

LeRhonda Manigault-Bryant joins UNC as the new Stone Center director

By Stella Griffin | Feb. 21

LeRhonda Manigault-Bryant joined UNC as the new director of the Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History. "What I liked about this job is that it seemed like it would give me the opportunity to do all of the things that I enjoy and I’m good at in one position,” she said.

The Tate-Turner-Kuralt Building at the UNC School of Social Work is pictured on Feb. 13, 2023.

School of Social Work hosts Black History Month webinar series

By Eileen Foster | Feb. 21

This month, the UNC School of Social Work began its second annual Black History Month Research Series. Throughout the month, the content has focused on discussing research on inequities within the field of social work.

UNC first-year Lucy Henthorn is a biology major with double minors in chemistry and marine science. Henthorn discussed the struggles trans students are facing in on-campus housing.

Transgender students unaccommodated in UNC's on-campus housing

By Zoe Frederick | Feb. 21

Transgender students at UNC are unable to be housed in a dorm according to the gender they identify as without government-issued documentation. Instead, they are assigned to housing based on the sex listed in official academic records, which can be an uncomfortable situation according to some students.

Bob Dieterle, the Managing Director for First in Venture Studio in Digital Health at the Eshelman Institute, is pictured on Feb. 20, 2023, in the Eshelman Institute Suite in Beard Hall.

Eshelman Institute pursues digital health solutions for Black N.C. community

By Satchel Walton | Feb. 21

A new grant will now allow UNC’s Eshelman Institute for Innovation to help create PowerUp, an initiative to address food insecurity and mental health challenges faced by Black North Carolinians. The institute, alongside the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Founders Initiative, will help source ideas from N.C. A&T and try to refine them into digital for-profit ventures.

Caldwell Hall is pictured on Monday, Jan. 30, 2023.

Column: UNC’s campus is a 700-acre ADA violation

By Samad Rangoonwala | Feb. 21

"The physical campus is the core of what UNC is, and right now that core is shouting at disabled students and faculty that they are not welcome, that they are not full and equal members of the Carolina family."

UNC's Center for Retired Athletes is housed in the Stallings-Evans Sports Medicine Center, pictured on Friday, Feb. 10, 2023.

UNC Center for the Study of Retired Athletes researches lasting effects of sports injuries

By Liza Smith and Sydney Beyer | Feb. 20

The UNC Center for the Study of Retired Athletes is a place for research to be conducted regarding sports-related concussions and the correlation between mental and physical health, placing a focus on retired athletes. The center is currently working with both the NFL and women's soccer to delve further into research.

Scenes from UNC Pakistan Society's 2022 Basant Festival. Photo courtesy of UNC Pakistan Society.

UNC PakSoc hosts Basant festival to support flood relief efforts in Pakistan

By Eilah Wood | Feb. 19

This Friday, the UNC Pakistan Society will hold the Basant Festival — a celebration of the arrival of spring through flying traditional Pakistani kites. This even will be held on Hooker Fields from 3-6 p.m this Friday and will feature bouncy houses, frisbee, tug-of-war, badminton and other activities will also coat the field.

The FedEx Global Education Center is pictured on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023.

UNC named a Top-Producing Institution for Fulbright U.S. students

By Defne Önal | Feb. 19

“These different touch points of global experiences, having strong academic background, curiosity and ambition. Those are things that contribute to successful Carolina applicants and what has helped make UNC a Top Producing Fulbright institution,” Emmy Grace, program manager for global education and UNC Fulbright program adviser, said.

Wilson Library, highlighted in Queerolina's online oral history, stands tall on Sept. 12, 2022.

Live-action Clue to return to Wilson Library in March

By Madison Gagnon | Feb. 19

Wilson Library began hosting a live-action Clue event in the fall of 2012. Amid the pandemic, the program could only host virtual and outdoor watch parties of the board game's eponymous cult classic film. Now, the library is excited to welcome back the program this spring for the first time since the pandemic began.

3D printers sit in Murray Hall's BeAM Makerspace on Feb. 10, 2023.

BeAM aims to improve sustainability, accessibility

By Akash Bhowmik | Feb. 19

The University's BeAM, or "Be A Maker" spaces emphasize utilizing sustainable materials and advancing their practices with new technology.

Students walk by the Old Well on Monday, Feb. 6, 2023.

Vann says Robinson supreme court nomination isn't official; Senate speaker says it is

By Guillermo Molero , Caitlyn Yaede and Liv Reilly | Feb. 17

Student Body President Taliajah "Teddy" Vann said she does not recognize her nomination of former Student Body Vice President Sam Robinson to serve on the UNC Student Supreme Court to be official. Undergraduate Senate Speaker Christian Phillips said in response to Vann's most recent letter that nominations submitted to the Senate in previous years did not require extensive documentation, or even a signed document. The process to potentially confirm Robinson is still ongoing, and the Senate will likely discuss his nomination during its next scheduled meeting.

Incoming UNC School of Government Dean Aimee N. Wall. Photo courtesy of UNC Media Relations.

Amiee N. Wall named new dean of UNC School of Government

By Allie Kelly | Feb. 17

Amiee N. Wall has been named as the new dean for the UNC School of Government, according to a campus-wide email sent Friday. She succeeds Mike Smith, the longest serving dean in recent University history, who stepped down from the role in December 2022.