After a variety of injuries produced dissatisfying ends to last season, Austin O’Connor, Jaime Hernandez, Zach Sherman and Clay Lautt decided to return for their sixth and final season with the UNC wrestling program.
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A new North Carolina law, House Bill 768, removed the membership requirement for bars earlier this month. Previous law required establishments that made less than 30 percent of their revenue from food and nonalcoholic beverages to charge membership fees and were considered "private bars."
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On Sunday, UNC students participated in Redirect the Rage, a rally hosted by the UNC Undergraduate Student Government and several other student organizations to protest the overturning of Roe v. Wade. Students made posters at the Old Well and marched down East Cameron Avenue and Raleigh Street to the Pit. Chants such as "My body, my choice," and "I've been mad for too many days, time to redirect the rage!" rang out through the streets.
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Two UNC athletes, Madias Loper and Jackie Wilhelm, joined a delegation of athletes from the ACC traveling to Selma and Montgomery, Ala. for an immersive social justice journey.
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Beginning this fall, University Career Services is launching the UCS Micro-Internship Program, which partners with various employers that work with UNC to give short-term internships to students who want to take the next steps to launch their careers.
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The Coastal Division saw numerous changes across many of its teams, with four squads hiring new head coaches and multiple teams losing their starting quarterbacks. Here’s a look at three teams who will be competing alongside UNC for the Coastal Division’s top spot and a berth into this year’s ACC Championship game.
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Elizabeth Mayer-Davis has been appointed dean of the UNC Graduate School and will begin in her role on Sept. 1, according to a campus-wide email on Friday.
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The 2022 ACC Kickoff took place on Wednesday and Thursday, allowing coaches and players of ACC teams to discuss the upcoming football season. The ACC thus far has been unaffected by conference realignment, but has failed to quiet the rumor mill. ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips started off the ACC Kickoff by combating this speculation. Throughout the ACC Kickoff, numerous coaches voiced their concerns regarding issues with NIL, including improper use of monetary benefits within recruiting.
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The North Carolina Department of Justice will not move to lift the injunction in Bryant v. Woodall. According to North Carolina state law, pregnancies are banned after 20 weeks. The case argues that the 20-week ban is unconstitutional, as it is several weeks prior to viability and would prevent healthcare providers from administering some pre-viability abortions.
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This June, three members of UNC fraternity Pi Kappa Phi — Ethan Mou, Cole Bright and Bo Bell — set out on a 3700-mile cross-country cycling marathon to raise awareness for people with disabilities.
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UNC will pay Nikole Hannah-Jones $74,999 to resolve legal matters related to her tenure case last year, according to the University's settlement with Hannah-Jones that was released today.
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Arts Everywhere, Chapel Hill Community Arts & Culture and Chapel Hill Public Library are partnering to host Movies Under the Stars, an annual series of free movies screened every Thursday through Aug. 18, at the Forest Theatre.
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The 2022 ACC Football Kickoff began on Wednesday with the first day featuring teams from the Atlantic Division. Here’s a look at the two teams from the Atlantic that North Carolina will play against this season.
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College sweethearts Nancy and Tucker Stevens got to relive their Old Well proposal this summer, celebrating 32 years since the UNC alumni first got engaged.
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With Sam Howell gone to the NFL, North Carolina football has an important question to answer – who will be their starting quarterback? The Tar Heels have two talented options in sophomore Jacolby Criswell and redshirt first-year Drake Maye, who separate themselves in playing style despite limited game action.
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Changing Health, Attitudes + Actions To Recreate Girls is a fitness community that aims to empower women by promoting body positivity and encouraging them to explore a variety of physical activities.
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Orange County broke ground on a new EMS station in Efland last Thursday to replace the current station which is in a much smaller building. The new Orange County EMS Station 4 building will be the first standalone station built by the county, and construction is expected to be completed by summer 2023.
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The Chapel Hill Police Department Crisis Unit recently hired Laverne Burton as its first peer support specialist. She began in the role on June 13. The new position is designed to help those who need mental health support connect with someone with lived experience. Burton works mainly with unsheltered people and often meets them in the street to provide them with support and resources.
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USA Field Hockey's Senior Nexus Championship is set to take place this week. Twelve current UNC field hockey players are set to compete for selection for the 2022-23 U.S. Women’s National Team and Junior USWNT Selection Camps.
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On Friday, the University reached an agreement with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones to resolve legal matters related to her application for a tenured position in the Hussman School of Journalism and Media. The settlement required three key provisions for UNC: an inclusive search process, mental health counseling and reserved funds in the provost's office, according to a statement by the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.
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