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Store manager Chris Ponder presents the Orange County Animal Services staff with a $20,000 check inside the Petco on 1800 East Franklin Street on June 28, 2022.

Orange County Animal Services receives $20,000 grant to fund Working Barn Cat initiative

By Henry Thomas | Jun. 29

Orange County Animal Services received a $20,000 grant from the Petco Love Foundation to support its Working Barn Cat initiative during a ceremony held at the Chapel Hill Petco on East Franklin Street on Tuesday.
Petco Love is a nonprofit organization partnered with animal welfare organizations and 1,500 Petco stores nationwide.
Founded in 1999, the nonprofit has invested $300 million toward adoption and medical programs, pet cancer research and animal welfare projects like the Working Barn Cat initiative.

“I voted today” stickers are displayed at the polling center at the Center for Dramatic Art in Chapel Hill.

The new UNC students' guide to voting on campus

By Emmy Martin | 12:16am

Local Special Olympics team brings home gold at 2022 Special Olympics USA Games

By Jennings Lin | 11:45pm

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

By Reagan Allen | 11:37pm

Students discuss first-year seminars they took and the benefits of these classes

By Reagan Allen | Jul. 1

UNC offers a variety of interesting first-year seminars, which can provide students with General Education requirements, major requirements or enjoyment.

A person fills up their tank at a gas station on June 30, 2022. Gas prices in Chapel Hill have risen significantly over the past few months.

'There’s no immediate solution': All-time high gas prices impact students, public transit

By Ethan Horton | Jun. 30

A year ago, average gas prices hovered around $3 per gallon. This month, gas stations across the country displayed the highest average prices ever recorded. In some areas of the country, this means average gas prices nearly reached $6.50 per gallon. In the Durham-Chapel Hill area, average gas prices reached a record-high $4.68 on June 11.

Ciera Toomey (21) dribbles the ball down the court during Dunmore High School's home game against Riverside High School on January 7th, 2022. Photo courtesy of Ciera Toomey.

Five-star recruit Ciera Toomey looks to add more depth at center for UNC women's basketball

By Sarah Schulz | Jun. 30

On April 11, Ciera Toomey, a five-star center and No. 3 recruit in the nation for the class of 2023, committed to the UNC women's basketball program. Toomey earned around two dozen offers from NCAA Division I programs, including UNC, Duke, Maryland, Notre Dame and Connecticut.

Stanley C. Ahalt will serve as the inaugural dean of the new School of Data Science and Society this fall. (Jon Gardiner/UNC-Chapel Hill)

Stanley C. Ahalt named inaugural dean of the School of Data Science and Society

By Madi Kirkman | Jun. 30

Stanley C. Ahalt will serve as the new dean of the School of Data Science and Society, which is set to launch this fall, according to a campus-wide email on Thursday.

Members of UNC Running club run together in masks across Hooker Fields to warm up on Friday, Sept. 4, 2020. They are happy to be able to continue practicing together with new precautions in place amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

A first-year student's guide to playing pickup sports on UNC's campus

By Sarah Schulz | Jun. 29

UNC is a school known for accomplished varsity programs, but the university also offers levels of sports for everyone. While intramural and club sports are popular ways to get involved, there are also a variety of locations across campus that offer pickup games for students.

The Faculty Executive Committee met over Zoom on Monday, June 27, 2022.

Faculty executive committee discusses recent AAUP report criticizing UNC system

By Collin Tadlock | Jun. 29

During its general meeting on Monday, the Faculty Executive Committee discussed faculty concerns and feedback on the special committee report by the American Association of University Professors, which criticized the UNC system.

Kaleb Cost (21) fights for the ball during a home game against Northgate on August 21, 2021. Photo by Covey Jones.

Do-it-all athlete Kaleb Cost charted unique path to UNC football and baseball commitment

By Evan Rogers | Jun. 29

Kaleb Cost, a dual-sport athlete from Sandy Creek High School in Georgia, committed to North Carolina on June 11. The class of 2023 recruit is a 3-star cornerback who has his sights set on playing baseball at UNC.

The Old Well is pictured on Oct. 17, 2021

New undergraduate curriculum, IDEAs in Action, to start for first-years in fall

By Collin Tadlock | Jun. 28

UNC will require a new general education curriculum known as IDEAs in Action for incoming first-years and transfer students who enroll at the University in the fall of 2022. The new curriculum will require students to take First-Year Foundations courses that are designed to help students navigate through the transition to the college environment. The IDEAs acronym emphasizes that students identify pressing questions and problems, discover ideas, evidence and methods that inform these questions, evaluate those ideas and act on the basis of these evaluations.

Fifth year attacker Jamie Ortega (3) fights off a defender during UNC's NCAA Tournament Championship Final against Boston College at Homewood Field in Baltimore, Md. on Sunday, May 29, 2022. UNC won 12-11.

Jamie Ortega earns Honda Sport Award for lacrosse at Collegiate Women Sports Awards

By Riya Jayanthi | Jun. 28

On Monday, the Collegiate Women Sports Awards presented UNC women's lacrosse fifth-year attacker Jamie Ortega with the Honda Sport Award for lacrosse. Ortega was selected for the prestigious award by administrators from over 1,000 NCAA member schools.

Kenan Stadium pictured during UNC football's home matchup against the University of Virginia Cavaliers on Sept. 18.

ACC announces new football schedule format for 2023 through 2026 seasons

By Evan Rogers | Jun. 28

On Tuesday, Atlantic Coast Conference officials announced the conference’s new football scheduling format, the 3-5-5 model, which will begin in 2023. The 3-5-5 model denotes that each team will compete against three primary opponents each year, while rotating between its 10 secondary conference opponents.

Carrboro Pizza Oven in Carr Mill Mall is pictured on June 27, 2022. The owner of Carrboro Pizza Oven recently announced they will be selling the business.