The California Senate has passed a bill that would require universities in the state to provide medication-based abortion through student health centers. UC Berkeley students are joining the fight to expand these services. But how does expanding access to abortions compare to UNC's family planning options?
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76,000 woman and 500,000 babies die every year of the pregnancy complication, preeclampsia. UNC PhD student Denali Dahl is one member of a team of biomedical engineers and doctors working together to change these statistics with their startup, MoyoMedical Technologies.
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In a letter last month, the group urged U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos and policymakers to reinstate Federal Pell Grant eligibility for incarcerated students and eliminate a question on the FAFSA that asks if the applicant has had a drug conviction.
Read More »Going green is no new trend, but one Raleigh business owner is bringing the sustainability of composting to local places that need it most: restaurants, businesses and you.
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Following the school shooting in Parkland, Fla., N.C. Rep. Graig Meyer, D-Orange, said he doesn’t believe new gun safety laws will come out of North Carolina any time soon.
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It is estimated North Carolina has about 25,000 DACA recipients, about 3,000 of which are enrolled in college. With the future of these students uncertain, North Carolina universities are taking a look at what resources they can offer.
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Even with more women in STEM, one department is missing out. Sarah Cater, a resident in Duke University's radiology program, authored a study on the global gender disparity within the radiology field. Her findings showed women make up just 27.2 percent in the United States as seen by membership in the Radiological Society of North America. Duke's radiology department is making strides to improve this gender disparity.
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An Alzheimer's drug could be a possible solution to learning and memory loss caused by long-term drinking
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Shots Fired on Campus, a program through the UNC-Chapel Hill Police Department, offers training so students know what to do in active shooter situations.
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The U.S. Department of Education is seeking public comment on how to assess if student loan borrowers meet the undue hardship standard for loan forgiveness.
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U.S. Rep. David Price, D-N.C., and six other House Democrats are asking House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., to allow for debate to repeal Dickey Amendment and increase gun violence research.
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“Everyone who works (at the DTH) is always young, and they’re always fresh,” Emily Steel, DTH alumna and current reporter at The New York Times, said. “For these people there never was a way things were done before because they’re the ones doing it now.”
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The Anti-Defamation League confirmed there have been over 340 incidents of white supremacist propaganda being disseminated on college campuses in the past 15 months.
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A new bipartisan bill in the U.S. Senate would give HBCUs in North Carolina more financial flexibility.
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In response to the Florida school shooting, some legislators are tweeting about arming school faculty.
Read More »The bipartisan proposal would require university leaders to certify they have reviewed any reports of sexual abuse perpetrated by university employees.
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A startup founded in 2011, KindHeart provides technology that allows pig hearts to behave the same as human hearts during open-heart surgery, meaning doctor's can perfect their technique before performing it.
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“I feel it’s a rollback of a lot of fairly successful programs — programs that support kids by providing educational access both in the K-12 sector through higher education,” Houck said. “I think they’re really short-changing a lot of our best and brightest students.”
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UNC and other scientific organizations join the national conversation of sexual harassment and gender discrimination prevention in the workplace.
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U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis, R-NC, and U.S. Sen. Richard Burr, R-NC, announced in a press release Thursday there would be an additional $125 million from the recent budget deal for North Carolina’s recovery from Hurricane Matthew, which hit the state in 2016.
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