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Chancellor Carol Folt speaks at a faculty executive committee meeting on Monday, Sept. 24.

Folt commended for her service, addresses responsibility around Silent Sam

By Praveena Somasundaram | Jan. 22, 2019

Chancellor Carol Folt’s term only has 9 days left, and the Faculty Executive Committee convened with her before her leave.

Jonathan Fitzgerald Fuller exits Courtroom 4 at the Orange County Courthouse in Hillsborough on Friday, Jan. 18, 2019. Fuller was one of several people charged with misdemeanor rioting and misdemeanor defacing a public monument following the toppling of Silent Sam on Aug. 20, 2018.

Was it legal for the judge trying Silent Sam protesters to close courtroom proceedings?

By Daniel Petrucci | Jan. 20, 2019

On Friday morning, a series of cases involving protesters in a September Silent Sam rally were closed to the public.

The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History on Thursday, Jan. 17. Artist Charles Williams will have a new exhibit in the center this spring.

Stone Center to host 15th annual "He Was a Song, He Was a Poem" for MLK Day

By Maydha Devarajan | Jan. 20, 2019

Charles E. Williams, an artist based out of Greensboro, N.C., explores the family relationship, forgiveness and transformation in his exhibit.The exhibit is debuting just in time for Martin Luther King Jr. Day at the Stone Center.

The UNC-system Board of Governors met Thursday to discuss improving summer school for UNC campuses by requesting additional funding.

Summer session changes and credit hours were the subject of Thursday’s BOG meeting

By Ellie Heffernan | Jan. 17, 2019

The Board of Governors met on Thursday to discuss academic success in UNC-system schools.

Partnerships at UNC fostered by Folt will outlive her tenure

By Nathan Wesley | Jan. 15, 2019

Here's a compilation of the financial growth Chancellor Folt championed for on-campus programs and student scholarships.

Parke on the Olympic peninsula near his hometown of Port Angeles, Washington. Contributed by Natasha Gilliam.

Economics professor Bill Parke's death reminds department to leave no student behind

By Evely Forte | Jan. 14, 2019

"No one got left behind. That really goes beyond what anyone in this department and what most professors in the University do.”

C-STEP student senior Kolby Hunter shares his experience as a community college transfer student during a press release at the Carolina Inn on Friday, Jan. 11, 2019. The Carolina Student Transfer Excellence Program (C-STEP) was established in 2006 and aims to help community college students transfer to UNC.

C-STEP at UNC extends to two more community colleges and adds STEM initiative

By Maydha Devarajan | Jan. 13, 2019

The C-STEP program has been linking transfer students and community colleges to four-year universities since 2006. It recently added two more community college partners to its cohort.

Jeffrey Johnson supervises a class. Photo courtesy of Steve Exum.

Jeffrey Johnson, chemistry professor, honored for outstanding work in research

By Jordyn Williams | Dec. 5, 2018

Chemistry professor Jeffrey Johnson has joined the ranks of Thomas Edison and Grace Hopper as a lifetime fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

A wooden box surrounds the pedestal where Silent Sam stood on Monday, Dec. 3, 2018.

More details of Silent Sam plan emerge at Faculty Executive Committee meeting

By Casey Quam | Dec. 3, 2018

On Monday morning, Chancellor Folt and the Board of Trustees officially made their recommendation to the Board of Governors about where to house Silent Sam, the heavily debated Confederate statue that was toppled in August.

Q&A with HIV researcher at UNC, Heidi Swygard

By Elizabeth Moore | Nov. 29, 2018

The Daily Tar Heel asked Swygard, professor of medicine at UNC, some questions ahead of World HIV Day on Saturday.

Meet the man who co-founded UNC's International Studies Center

By Payne Lubbers | Nov. 28, 2018

On Nov. 14, Chancellor Carol Folt and the UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees honored a former University professor and three other University partners with the William Richardson Davie Award, the BOT's highest individual honor.

Lauren Kane (pictured left) and Sheel Patel (pictured right) at a UNC Class of 2022 event. (Photo courtesy of Sheel Patel)

First-years focus on preparing for final exams

By Ellie Heffernan | Nov. 25, 2018

Final exam season never stops being intimidating, but it's especially tricky to navigate preserving your wellbeing as a first year. Here are some tips from newbies and exam veterans alike, as well as resources to visit.

Looking for another class? Check out 'Time and Medieval Cosmos'

By Nick Thompson | Nov. 25, 2018

Two UNC professors from contrasting backgrounds are teaming up to teach “Time and the Medieval Cosmos,” a course that explores the historical connection between science and religion.

Maya Little reads her court statement across the street from where Silent Sam stood on Monday Oct. 15, after her court proceedings earlier in the day.

Here's why Maya Little is appealing her Honor Court decision

By Suzanne Blake | Nov. 19, 2018

Maya Little is appealing her Honor Court decision, citing a lack of a fair and impartial trial and saying that the UNC Honor Court has a history of silencing activists.

(From left to right) Michael Gerhardt, Mary-Rose Papandrea, Claudia Haupt, Clay Calvert and Kyla Garrett Wagner take part in the first panel discussion of the Sex and the First Amendment symposium on Friday, Nov. 16, 2018. This panel focused on sex through the lens of the First Amendment's protection of freedom of expression.

Let's talk about sex and the First Amendment

By Praveena Somasundaram | Nov. 18, 2018

Various speakers from around the country came together to talk about pornography, sexual orientation and free speech.

Photo credit: Donn Young, College of Arts and Sciences

This UNC nonprofit can answer all of your '13 Reasons Why' questions and more

By Evely Forte | Nov. 18, 2018

Helping Give Away Psychological Science is a non-profit organization is bridging the gap between clinicians, researchers, students and the general public by posting free clinical assessments and mental health resources online.

(From left to right) Wayne Lee, professor of History; Hilary Lithgow, professor of English; and Albie Nasland, from the Travis Manion Foundation, participate in the panel on Moral Obligations to Returning Veterans on Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018 in Graham Memorial Hall. This event was hosted by the Carolina Forum for Ethics.

Ethics forum discusses returning veterans and moral obligations

By Abbey Thompson | Nov. 16, 2018

Veterans who are returning home after deployment face the struggle of reintegrating into society; it does not make their transition easier when their community does not understand what to do with them.

Program Assistant Michael Aruch, a senior economics major, performs maintenance on a dysfunctional 3D printer in the Kenan Science Library Makerspace Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018.

UNC named an Innovation and Entrepreneurship Prosperity University

By Grace Little | Nov. 15, 2018

UNC is joining a cohort of other universities dedicated to student-led innovation.

UNC Assistant Professor Dwayne Dixon is followed out of the Orange County Courthouse while Patrick Howley records him. Dixon and Howley were in court regarding a civil case in which Howley had recorded Dixon allegedly assaulting him at the protest the night Silent Sam was forcibly removed. The case was dismissed due to mistakes in the filing paperwork.

Charges dropped against UNC professor Dwayne Dixon

By Taryn Revoir | Nov. 15, 2018

Simple assault charges brought against UNC professor Dwayne Dixon from the night of Silent Sam's toppling were dropped on Thursday morning at the Orange County Courthouse.

A screenshot of the @now_what_sam Twitter account.

Who is behind the @now_what_sam Twitter account?

By Stephanie Mayer | Nov. 14, 2018

Suggestions on what to do with Silent Sam posted by the account range from burying the statue like a Terracotta warrior to moving it off campus to a variety of locations.