The University will only allow critical research activities until March 31, according to a campus-wide email from Vice Chancellor for Research Terry Magnuson on Wednesday.
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The closing of UNC's residence halls for the rest of the academic year has left students scrambling to get their things from campus. Though the University initially announced last Wednesday that campus would remain "open and operational" during the remote learning period, the UNC System sent a press release on Tuesday announcing that students must return to their permanent addresses unless granted an exception. The University sent an email later that day, instructing students to move out of their residence halls unless granted a housing waiver. Now, students are dealing with the practical implications of moving out.
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Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, local restaurants are closing their doors. However, many will continue to serve takeout and utilize a curbside pickup system, with the help of the Town of Chapel Hill allowing free street parking during this time.
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Orange County Schools and Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, as well as nonprofits like TABLE and the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle, are offering free meals for at-risk students and families after all school districts closed for the next two weeks.
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Social distancing doesn't have to mean boring days at home.
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"Phones buzzed everywhere Wednesday afternoon when students received the (very expected) COVID-19 email from the University. All at once, thousands of eyes scanned the page, and mixed feelings flooded the student body. It was this moment that sealed our impending enrollment in, as recent internet discourse has called it, Zoom University."
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UNC's residence halls will be closed to all residents for the rest of the academic year with few exceptions, according to a campus-wide email sent from Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz on Tuesday.
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A UNC employee has tested positive for COVID-19, according to an Alert Carolina message Tuesday.
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Restaurants and bars in North Carolina will no longer be allowed to offer dine-in service, Gov. Roy Cooper announced in a press release on Tuesday.
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The UNC System is instructing students who live in University housing to return to their permanent, off-campus residences unless granted an exception by their institution, the system announced Tuesday.
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In 1918, the University was quarantined in response to the Spanish flu. Here's how UNC's situation and response to outbreaks has changed since then.
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Has UNC ever closed before? Should you cancel your housing? Here are the answers to some of the most-asked questions about COVID-19's effects on UNC.
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With the transition to online learning coming up on March 23, UNC professors are planning on how to make their classes remote. For some areas of study like music and physical fitness, this online transition presents unique challenges. The University has extended spring break by a week to give professors time to prepare for online learning. For some professors, this means figuring out how to teach instrumental music over Zoom. For others, this means seeking help from other professors across the country.
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The stage may be empty and the gallery may be closed, but the arts is still very much alive, and we intend to capture how our community continues to support local art in all its forms over the course of the next few weeks and months.
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Now that President Donald Trump has imposed a 30-day travel restriction between the U.S. and Europe and many study abroad programs have been canceled, students are dealing with the realities following University guidance as they return to America.
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The spread of COVID-19 has led to the cancellation of March Madness and the suspension of all University winter and spring sports for the foreseeable future. The question for us becomes: how do you cover UNC sports when there are no UNC sports?
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There are 17,982 reported cases of COVID-19, also known as coronavirus, in North Carolina according to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services as of 11:00 a.m. on May 16. North Carolina, Orange County, and many other localities have declared states of emergency in response to the outbreak. Of the reported cases, 269 are in Orange County. This interactive county map will be continually updated to show where coronavirus cases have been reported across the state.
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This academic year has brought a report detailing Clery Act violations by the University, the reversal of the Silent Sam settlement between the UNC System Board of Governors and the North Carolina Sons of Confederate Veterans Inc., a global pandemic and more. Kevin Guskiewicz began as interim chancellor in February 2019 and took on the position permanently in December 2019. The Daily Tar Heel sat down with Guskiewicz to talk about the challenges to the University during his time as chancellor so far, as well as his plans for the future.
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Cooper explained in a statement on March 10 that he declared the state of emergency because it will help the government take necessary precautions and will allow for more supplies and funding to be provided to the state.
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Orange County and Carrboro have just declared state of emergencies in response to the ongoing COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic.
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