North Carolina state legislators have announced a bipartisan historically Black universities and colleges caucus, focusing on meeting the needs of historically Black higher education, making it the first state-level caucus of its kind in the country.
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Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools and Orange County Schools are both pushing for more state funding. Each has a per-pupil spending around $15000, with CHCCS spending about $2000 more per pupil as a result of a district tax.
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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.
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The North Carolina softball team (5-3) fell to No. 25 Maryland (7-1), 5-3, on Saturday evening in the second leg of a doubleheader.
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The North Carolina softball team (5-2) won its second game of the ACC-Big Ten Challenge on Saturday afternoon, beating Minnesota (4-4), 10-5.
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"Nichols is not the first victim of police brutality whose final moments circulated on social media. While the video brought the case to national attention, galvanizing protests in some parts of the country, seeing police brutality shared on social media is uncomfortable and triggering."
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“We talked about one of the keys was that everyone’s going to bring their piece,” head coach Courtney Banghart said. “When you’re undermanned, that has to happen, and I hope that now this experience should help them as we get closer to March.”
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Jamison "Jamie" Sykes, the chief deputy for the Orange County Sheriff's Office, will retire in May, the office announced this morning.
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Over the weekend’s final two games, the Diamond Heels outscored Seton Hall by 11 runs, capped off by Sunday’s 4-2 victory.
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This loss — UNC’s 11th of the season — ties the record for most losses by a preseason No. 1 team.
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In August 2022, Ram Realty Advisors announced they would begin a redevelopment campaign at University Place Mall in Chapel Hill. Construction has since begun, with fencing and preparation for construction evident around the mall’s property.
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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.
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“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.
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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.
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The University's BeAM, or "Be A Maker" spaces emphasize utilizing sustainable materials and advancing their practices with new technology.
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According to recent data from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, teachers are staying in the classroom at rates comparable to previous years. Though teacher vacancies at the beginning and 40-day mark of the school year are higher, the difference might not represent an actual change in vacancy rates, but a change in reporting methods to more accurately reflect the state of the teaching profession.
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Even after the Tar Heels tried to trim the deficit, an alley-oop to Joiner put the exclamation point on the victory for a Wolfpack squad that seemed to want the win more than the North Carolina team that was supposedly fighting for its tournament life.
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"Public university workers across the state of North Carolina are standing up and fighting back. In spite of the fact that North Carolina is one of a handful of states nationwide that bans public sector collective bargaining, workers have been joining together and organizing to further their demands in record numbers."
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The intersection of Franklin and Columbia streets, one of the busiest and most prominent intersections in Chapel Hill, currently has three empty storefronts. However, new tenants and continued construction suggest a more bustling street corner could soon come. Three of the corners of the intersection — Seafood Destiny, MidiCi Italian Kitchen and the upcoming Raising Cane’s location — are all currently not open for business.
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“Coming into Carolina I knew it’d be tough to get on the field right away,” Casey said. “Just being patient, working hard and working on your own pays off eventually.”
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