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Chapel Hill Art + Transit partners with local artists for LGBTQ+ themed designs

By Taylor Barnhill | August 14

Chapel Hill Art + Transit unveiled a new LGBTQ+ themed bus and bus shelter after partnering with two local queer artists. Including the Pride installation, ...

UNC American Indian Center to host community 'Welcome Extravaganza'

By Collin Tadlock | August 14

The UNC American Indian Center's annual Welcome Extravaganza on Aug. 17 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. will include live music, food and festivities.

Queer FallFest to help foster on-campus LGBTQ+ connections

By Madi Kirkman | August 13

UNC’s LGBTQ Center is hosting Queer FallFest on Monday from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., which promotes queer-affirming and queer-centric organizations on campus ...

Black business owners in Chapel Hill and Durham impact and serve community

By Sierra President | August 13

Black-owned businesses like Ms. Mastic's Crystals & More serve their communities across North Carolina. August is nationally celebrated as Black Business ...

'It is time for a change': Hussman students react to school's accreditation status

By Reagan Allen | July 3

After a journalism evaluation agency granted provisional accreditation status to the Hussman School of Journalism and Media, the DTH spoke with current ...

UNC highlights eight members of campus community with 2022 Diversity Awards

By Reagan Allen | May 23

There were eight recipients of the University's annual 2022 Diversity Awards, which are part of an effort to honor those who help promote diversity, equity ...

Breaking down the meaning of the Hussman school's provisional accreditation status

By Zoe Frederick | May 16

The Hussman School of Journalism and Media was granted provisional accreditation status by an international professional journalism evaluation agency. ...

Column: Hussman’s provisional accreditation is not “unexpected”

By Caitlyn Yaede | May 4

"Despite immediate, and understandable, outrage at the profoundly irresponsible administration that allowed this to happen, we shouldn’t be surprised ...

Data shows mental health decline for adolescents, minority populations during pandemic

By Emmy Martin | April 27

According to a recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention survey, 37.1 percent of high school students experienced poor mental health during the ...

Local sisters create South Asian clothing with hopes of bringing it to the mainstream

By Annie Ham | April 26

UNC alumna Niki and her sister Ritika Shamdasani are the co-founders of Sani, a South Asian-inspired fashion company. The duo recognized the need for ...

'Claiming our spot': Occaneechi Tribe celebrates village replica construction

By Samuel Long | April 25

The Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation celebrated the rededication of their replica village on the Hillsborough Riverwalk on Saturday. The reconstructed ...

UNC community celebrates South Asian festival of colors at Holi Moli

By Lauren Lovitt | April 25

For the first time in three years, UNC Holi Moli held an in-person celebration of Holi, the South Asian festival of colors, on campus.

'More than just a week': Black Restaurant Week hosting second event in Carolinas

By Morgan Taylor | April 21

The weeklong event will feature more than 80 Black-owned restaurants in states such as North Carolina and South Carolina. Businesses serving the Orange ...

Research shows significant inequities in UNC faculty salaries

By Liv Reilly | April 19

There are significant racial and gender-based inequities within faculty salaries at the University, recent research shows. The research was based ...

History commission talks University land acknowledgment

By Emily Shih | April 19

The University Commission on History, Race and a Way Forward was founded in 2019 to engage and teach the University’s history with race. At their ...

IDEA Action Grant program funds seven new diversity, equity, inclusion projects

By Eileen Foster | April 19

The projects include expanding OverDrive's ebook and audiobook collection, digitizing Black and queer newspapers and more.

'Considering the hip-hop South': Professors bring Southern hip-hop festival to Chapel Hill

By Gabriel Morrison | April 19

Starting April 22, the festival will include two nights of live music at several venues including Cat’s Cradle. In addition, there will be a virtual ...

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Christina Chauvenet pursues her love for gymnastics through commentary at UNC

By Kaitlyn Schmidt | April 19

“UNC gymnastics has been the springboard — gymnastics pun intended — to what's next in my career,” Christina Chauvenet, who has been a commentator ...

Ackland Art Museum debuts exhibit on artist Aaron Douglas, 'Modern Black Culture'

By Cameron Shaw | April 19

The Ackland will also be hosting several public programs related to the exhibition, including a curator’s tour, mural walk and Juneteenth event.

Carrboro and Poet Laureate Fred Joiner celebrate April as Poetry Month

By Sierra President | April 19

From a free "Poetry on Your Plate" event to a "Poem in Your Pocket Day," Carrboro has a series of events lined up to mark its Poetry Month, which was ...