The Atlantic Coast Conference has moved all neutral site championships away from the state of North Carolina for the 2016-17 academic year because of House Bill 2. This decision comes two days after the NCAA announced it would pull seven championship events from the state.
Read More »Jesse Santifort, a Kenly, North Carolina, police officer, added to the growing conversation about police use of force when he was indicted Sept. 6 for an involuntary manslaughter charge.
Read More »The NCAA announced yesterday the organization decided to pull seven 2016-17 championship events from North Carolina because of civil rights concerns over state laws.
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One in every three bites of food that Americans eat would disappear without pollinators. And honeybees account for $15 billion each year in the U.S. agriculture industry according to the White House.
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House Bill 2 has a new foe — Chalice, a transgender superhero from the comic series "Alters."
Read More »The NCAA has relocated all 2016-17 championship events from North Carolina because of civil rights concerns relating to HB2. Seven events will be moved from the state, including the first and second rounds of the Division I men's basketball tournament.
Read More »North Carolina’s community college system, one of the largest in the country, dropped 24 places on WalletHub’s annual ranking of community colleges from the past year.
Read More »Tenure is a goal most professors strive for — but it remains further out of reach for females and underrepresented minorities according to a recent research study from the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association Institute.
Read More »The U.S. Supreme Court denied Gov. Pat McCrory's request for a stay on Wednesday, with four justices voting in opposition to the stay and four in favor.
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A bipartisan group of retired North Carolina judges is advocating for redistricting reform by proposing a new congressional district map on Monday.
Read More »Cancer is steadily challenging heart disease as the leading cause of death across the U.S. — in 22 states, cancer causes more deaths than heart disease, and North Carolina joined their number in 2009.
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This election season, Twitter has become the political playground for candidates to make their case for the public's vote. But not all Twitter accounts were created equal. Staff writer Hari Chittilla asked UNC students their opinions on how presidential candidates use social media and their lasting impressions.
Read More »John Quinterno is an economist and instructor at the UNC School of Government. He recently wrote an article in which he discussed how labor force size has affected unemployment in North Carolina.
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North Carolina Science Now began on Aug. 7 of 2013. The program consists of five- to six-minute segments reporting on different scientific happenings in North Carolina, from synchronous fireflies to interviews with astronauts. And now the program can reach a national audience.
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A federal court decision has partially blocked the UNC system from enforcing House Bill 2.
Read More »Ninety-six percent of the crimes 16- and 17-year-olds commit in North Carolina are non-violent. Eighty percent of those crimes are misdemeanors. Yet 100 percent of these teenagers are tried as adults.
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A Texas federal court’s decision Sunday challenged the U.S. Department of Education’s interpretation that Title IX includes gender identity in its protections against discrimination based upon sexy, raising concerns for transgender students.
Read More »Zoe Woodell Locklear, UNC-Pembroke provost and vice chancellor of Academic Affairs, has announced her retirement, effective June 30, 2017.
Read More »The Donald Trump campaign recently hired a new state director for North Carolina amid a string of changes three months before the November election.
Read More »Duke Energy and North Carolina’s Department of Environmental Quality postponed a hearing so they could continue negotiations over a $6.6 million fine the department has levied against Duke Energy.
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