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Students watch UNC basketball play Duke in the Smith Center on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2020. UNC lost to Duke in overtime 98-96.

Despite a losing streak, UNC students lined up hours early to watch Duke game

Before basketball rivals UNC and Duke took the floor, students lined up outside of the Dean Dome for their chance to participate in a College GameDay contest and to get a ticket for the game.

Luke Nguyen, a UNC sophomore psychology major, is a co-president of the Mental Health Ambassadors. The program empowers students to create a community in support of mental wellness. "This program will definitely be worth your time."

New on-campus mental health network allows for peer-to-peer support

By Abbey Thompson

To promote student mental and emotional wellness on campus, University student government members and Mental Health ambassadors created the UNC Peer-Based Support Network. The group hopes to provide confidential support groups for students on campus.

UNC-Chapel Hill HIV researchers David Margolis, MD, and J. Victor Garcia, PhD, along with Rick Dunham from ViiV Healthcare (from left to right). Margolis is director of the UNC HIV Cure Center, which is home to Qura Therapeutics, a company formed through a partnership between UNC-Chapel Hill and ViiV, formerly the HIV research wing of GSK.
Photographed January 21, 2020 at the Genetic Medicine Building on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Photo courtesy of Jon Gardiner/UNC-Chapel Hill.

UNC researchers contribute to breakthrough in HIV cure research

By Abbey Thompson

A breakthrough in HIV cure research has come to light, thanks to a partnership between UNC, Emory University and Qura Therapeutics. The team of researchers have discovered that latent cells can be reactivated, leading to a potential cure.

"As salaries increase gradually, the gap may get larger. That's why it's a good idea to look at percentages." Lynn Williford, Assistant Provost for Institutional Research and Assessment at UNC-Chapel Hill spoke at a women's gender study committee meeting in Carr Hall on November 18, 2019. "Hopefully we'll get a budget in the next few weeks."

How the Status of Women Committee is preparing to study salary equity at UNC

By Abbey Thompson

Members of the Status of Women Committee held a meeting to discuss the implications of salary equity among various faculty members on campus.

Cassie Teixeira, a first-year exercise and sport science major, writes about physical activities she is grateful for in front of the Campus Y on Monday, Nov. 4, 2019.

Mental Health Monday addresses body positivity during the holiday season

By Abbey Thompson

For the most recent Mental Health Monday, Embody Carolina hosted an event focused on body positivity and mental health during the holiday season.

At Foreign Language Lunches, speakers of all skill levels can come together to speak the language. Photo courtesy of Vicki Breeden.

Foreign Language Lunches bring speakers of all language levels together

By Abbey Thompson

Carolina Public Humanities hosts various lunches with the goal of facilitating community connections through language. On Tuesday, the department will be holding a lunch centered on the Italian language.

DTH Photo Illustration. Students from the University of Rochester along with 33 other Universities took a Campus Climate Survey on Sexual Assault and Misconduct.

Campus climate survey shows increase in reported sexual assaults

By Abbey Thompson

UNC released the results of the Association of American Universities’ 2019 Campus Climate Survey on Sexual Assault and Misconduct on Tuesday. Here's what the results said about the state of sexual assault at the University.

Aisha Jitan, a junior global studies major and Islamic & Middle East studies minor, addresses a crowd at a protest on the steps of South Building on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019. Demonstrators gathered against the Department of Education's demands to recast the tone of Duke University's and UNC-Chapel Hill's Middle East Studies program. Regarding the Department's rhetoric as Islamophobic, Jitan remarked: "We were really angry about what we read, especially given that we lost three Muslim people in our community not too long ago due to Islamophobia, and then after reading and hearing this, we were just angry and said we want better for our community."

DOE defends investigation amid interest group responses

By Abbey Thompson

Controversy surrounding the Duke-UNC Consortium for Middle East Studies continues as the ACLU, FIRE and other groups oppose the Department of Education investigation. Asked about the status of the funds, which were to be obligated by Sept. 30, Press Secretary Angela Morabito from the DOE did not mention funding but said the investigation is unbiased.

Photo Illustration. Although traditional cigarette use has fallen in the past decade among young people in North Carolina, the rise in popularity of e-cigarettes has presented a new challenge for health officials.

Researchers find vaping may harm fertility in women

By Abbey Thompson

Researchers from the UNC Medical School conducted a study which shows that vaping can have detrimental effects on fertility and the development on offspring.

Groups of people enter and exit the N.C. Memorial Hospital, one of several UNC Hospitals.

'You should be outraged': UNC Campus Community Forum digs into employee health care

By Abbey Thompson

During the UNC Campus Community Forum the shocking fact that 50 percent of university employees have to go elsewhere to seek health care was addressed. This panel is looking towards a better future for a system that supports more workers than Amazon, J.P. Morgan and Berkshire Hathaway combined.

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Panelists at the UNC Campus Community Forum discussed the N.C. State Health Care Plan on Monday.

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By Abbey Thompson

Panelists at the UNC Campus Community Forum discussed the N.C. State Health Care Plan on Monday.