UNC's Mixed AAPI Students’ Heritage Club, or MASH, aims to connect and build understanding between students with multiracial Asian identities. The club, founded in 2016, focuses on intersectionality, particularly in the way it impacts racial identity.
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"Home" is hitting the stage this Saturday at Memorial Hall. The play, created by Geoff Sobelle, defines the difference between a home and a house through the lives of past, present and future residents.
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The Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting will relocate to Morehouse College, according to an announcement from the College released Thursday morning.
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After months of rehearsals, the Pauper Players — a student-led organization at UNC — will premiere their performance of “Rent” this weekend at the ArtsCenter in Carrboro. Tickets are $8 for students and $12 for non-students and can be purchased online or in the Pit this week.
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The “friendly neighborhood designated driver," Macy Brown is turning a fundraising idea for her study abroad trip into a safety resource for female-identifying students on campus: She's Not Here, a ridesharing service.
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Over the years, the occurrences of theft on UNC's campus have continued to increase. Students and the chief of UNC Police share their experiences with the issue — one which often occurs in plain sight.
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Winter Jam — a collaborative a cappella performance hosted by the UNC Clef Hangers — is hitting the stage later this week on the University's campus. This year, they have invited four other groups to perform at the concert, including the UNC Tarpeggios, University of Virginia Belles, Villanova University Spires and UNC-Charlotte's Codachrome.
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Chapel Thrill Escapes, the first student-operated and student-built escape room, is making it's return to campus with the "Rameses in Wonderland" room. This room holds UNC-themed puzzles and clues that make the escape unique to the University's campus.
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As the University's computer science program has moved to an application-based admissions cycle, professors and students share their thoughts on the transition. This semester will mark the department’s first standard admissions cycle when the application opens on Feb. 15.
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As the Year of the Rabbit begins, UNC students and faculty start off with celebrations, food, the Hong Kong ballet and other festivities to ring in the new year.
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In fall 2021, 2501 international students from over 100 countries were enrolled at UNC. International students from all over the world share their experience with clubs, friendships, academics and more with The Daily Tar Heel.
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UNC student film, "Sticky Feet" is set to premiere on Feb. 24 at the Varsity Theatre in Chapel Hill. The film is directed, produced and cast by University students and focuses on a comedic coming-of-age story.
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Graduate students in the UNC community face complications in the relationship between their stipends and rent in Chapel Hill. Between finding roommates, managing stipends and working other jobs, graduate students share their experience of living in the Chapel Hill community.
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Almost a year "Tarred Healing" was pulled from display at the University, Cornell Watson's photo project debuted at National Civil Rights Museum. The exhibit features Black history in Chapel Hill, with photographs of places on UNC's campus that are relevant to the University's racial past. “When you do things the right way, when you are connected with the community that you are creating something about, they will stand behind you in those turbulent times,” Watson said. “It was really gratifying to have the Black community of Chapel Hill stand behind this and really kind of become family.”
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As the three-year anniversary of the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic approaches, seniors at UNC reflect on their experiences with housing throughout their time as a student.
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The Carolina Global Photography Exhibition opened at the FedEx Global Education Center earlier this month for the first time since the start of the pandemic. The exhibition showcases finalists from the Carolina Global Photography Competition and features photos from over 30 countries.
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Rachel Goode won the Society for Social Work and Research's 2023 Deborah K. Padgett Early Career Achievement Award this month. Her unique research is centered around eating disorders like binge and emotional eating, treatments for obesity and strategies for developing a healthy relationship with food. “Because people think thin affluent white women, they’re not looking at Black women who may be in a larger body,” Goode said. “They’re assuming that ‘Oh, because they’re in a larger body, they couldn’t have an eating disorder.’”
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Franklin McCain Jr. is the son of Franklin McCain Sr., one of the members of the Greensboro Four — four students who staged a sit-in at Greensboro’s Woolworth lunch counter on Feb. 1, 1960. He spoke at the Freedom Forum Conference Center in Carroll Hall on Tuesday, Jan. 17, for the University's Martin Luther King Jr. "Day of Action."
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UNC Athletics is considering creating a new practice space for the women’s basketball team in Woollen Gym. But in order to do that, they may be sacrificing a basement dance studio used by dance classes and multiple dance clubs.
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This week, Granville Towers East has experienced increased maintenance issues within the building. Students say that these issues include broken elevators, HVAC unit and water functioning issues, rusting stairwell handrails and mold. In emails sent to residents, Granville Towers acknowledged recent maintenance issues and provided updates on when they would be addressed in the coming weeks. “The support group and the customer service at Granville Towers is 100 percent lacking," Charlie Fitzgerald, UNC first-year and resident of the complex, said.
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