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Q&A with retired Chapel Hill Police Department crisis counselor Sabrina Garcia

By Claire Willmschen | February 5

Sabrina Garcia retired from the Chapel Hill Police Department after 28 years as a Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Specialist. Staff writer Claire ...

Nassar sentencing raises questions about MSU's responsibility

By Emily Davis | January 30

Lawrence Nassar was sentenced to 40 to 175 years in prison on multiple counts of criminal sexual conduct with more than 150 young women – leading Michigan ...

What’s behind higher education’s culture of sexual harassment and assault?

By Becca Heilman | January 30

The #MeToo movement has forced industries to confront their pervasive cultures of sexual harassment and assault — and higher education is no exception. ...

Sexual assault, free speech, DACA among top 10 higher ed issues for 2018

By Olivia Slagle | January 29

The American Association of State Colleges and Universities named sexual assault, campus free speech and DACA students among the top 10 higher education ...

Duke study shows masculinity may be toxic to women and men

By Georgia Wieland-Stanford | January 22

A new Duke study shows toxic masculinity may have health consequences for men and women. 

Trump's first year: A look back at the 45th president's ups and downs

By Anna Pogarcic | January 18

Saturday marks the one-year anniversary of the day Donald Trump took office as the 45th president of the United States after a nail-biting election season. As ...

UNC Chancellor Carol Folt speaks at the 2017 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb at Kenan Memorial Football Stadium.

Faculty, staff weigh in on Folt's pledge to review UNC sexual harassment policies

By Eva Ellenburg | January 15

In a university-wide message on Jan. 9, Chancellor Carol Folt said UNC administration will review its sexual harassment and discrimination policies in ...

How will DeVos' new guidelines influence how UNC handles sexual assault?

By Danielle Chemtob | September 26

On Friday, The Dear Colleague Letter, which guided the enforcement of Title IX policies at universities across the country, came to an end — changing ...

DeVos does away with Obama-era Title IX rules

By Ana Irizarry | September 22

 U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has done away with Obama-era rules on how schools should deal with sexual assaults under federal Title IX ...

NCSU football players dismissed following sexual assault investigation

By Bailey Aldridge and Becca Heilman | August 22

N.C. State University dismissed two first-year football players and suspended three others after reports of an alleged sexual assault at an on-campus ...

Allen Artis' case dismissed

By Rachel Jones and Rebecca Ayers | June 29

UNC football player Allen Artis, who was suspended from the football team after he was charged with a misdemeanor assault on a female and sexual battery, ...

Sammie Espada, a junior women's and gender studies and poll sic double major, reads out grievances addressed to the Equal Opportunity and Compliance Office as protesters watch on in 2017.

Can campuses handle sexual assault cases?

By Nic Rardin | May 17

Any UNC student you stop on the street can give you directions to anywhere on campus and name the basketball starting lineup, but you’ll be hard ...

Survivors work to prevent assault, help others

By Alexandra Blazevich | May 17

A woman sits in her dorm, cradling her head in her hands. There are no more tears, just frustration. Her body hurts. Her head pounds. She hears the sound ...

UNC Title IX finds Allen Artis not responsible after appeal

By Acy Jackson | April 28

Allen Artis has been found not responsible by UNC's Title IX office after Delaney Robinson's appeal of the original decision. 

A display of t-shirts were hung in the Quad to illustrate the effects of trauma.

Clothesline Project gives a voice to victims of sexual assault

By Preston Lennon | April 19

Students walking through the lower quad yesterday were flanked by rows of T-shirts calling attention to the prevalence of sexual assault.

Laci Green gave a talk in the Great Hall about taking down rape culture on April 4th. The talk was presented by Delta Advocates.

Sexual Assault Awareness Month gives students the tools and resources to prevent sexual assault

By Paige Nehls | April 17

In honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Month during April, organizations both on and off campus collaborated to address the problem of sexual assault and ...

Students sign the "it's on us" banner to demonstrate taking responsibility to stop sexual assault

‘It’s On Us’ opens conversation on sexual assault

By Myah Ward | April 13

The UNC Greek community came together Wednesday night to raise awareness about sexual assault through their event “It’s On Us.”

'I want them to say this is not OK': Students protest Title IX investigation process

By Leah Asmelash | April 10

Demonstrators gathered outside the Equal Opportunity and Compliance Office building on Franklin Street to protest the Title IX process following the release ...

UNC Title IX office decides Artis did not violate UNC policy in sexual assault case

By Acy Jackson | April 7

The Equal Opportunity and Compliance Office has determined that UNC football player Allen Artis, who is currently suspended from the team, did not violate ...

Laci Green gave her talk in the Great Hall about taking down rape culture presented by Delta Advocates.

Media critic Jean Kilbourne speaks on objectification in TV and film

By Madeleine Fraley | April 5

Jean Kilbourne, internationally acclaimed media critic, author and filmmaker, spoke at UNC’s Gender-Based Violence Symposium Tuesday on the relationship ...