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The UNC Employee Forum celebrating its 30th-anniversary event at the Carolina Club on Oct. 11, 2022. Photo Courtesy of the Employee Forum.

Jon Gardiner

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‘A giant elephant in the room’: Employee Forum's Dobbs proclamation absent from University coverage

By Abby Pender | Nov. 16

Following the Supreme Court of the United States' leak of the potential overturning of Roe v. Wade last May, members of the UNC Employee Forum started working on Proclamation 22-01 to address the situation. The proclamation advocates for employees that could be affected by abortion legislation changes, but members of the forum say that the University did not include this within The Well's typical meeting coverage.

UNC Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz gives his remarks at the UNC Board of Trustees meeting on Nov. 10, 2022.

Samantha Lewis

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UNC Board of Trustees discuss university naming policy, Tar Heel Bus Tour

By Abby Pender | Nov. 14

The Board of Trustees on Thursday voted to pass an amendment to the university naming policy and recognized the success of both Campaign for Carolina and the Tar Heel Bus Tour.

A sticker for Carolina Abortion Fund draws attention to their services in a women's bathroom on UNC's campus.

Samantha Lewis

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How much does it cost to have an abortion in North Carolina?

By Abby Pender | Oct. 12

As legal standards shift in the country and in the state, costs for abortion have shifted as well. Here’s what you need to know about the finances of abortion in North Carolina.

CJ's cupboard, located in McGaveran-Greenberg Hall, is pictured on Sept. 23, 2022.

Samantha Lewis

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CJ's Cupboard tackling food insecurity among Gillings Public Health students

By Abby Pender | Sep. 23

CJ’s Cupboard is a food pantry welcome to all Gillings students, located at 2220 McGavran Greenberg Hall. Amanda Holliday, associate professor of nutrition and manager of CJ’s Cupboard, said she helped start CJ’s after a survey revealed last year that around 9 percent of Gillings students were food insecure.

DTH Photo Illustration. Graduate student stipends cover about 65% of the cost of attendance at UNC.

Madeline Crumpler

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'The stipend isn't keeping up' — UNC graduate students struggle with cost of living

By Abby Pender | Sep. 8

The minimum graduate student stipend only covers approximately 68.5 percent of the cost to attend UNC-Chapel Hill, a recent study by the Graduate and Professional Student Federation found. A personal emergency like a health crisis, loss of transportation and housing, or other situations could make a graduate student unable to afford to survive in Chapel Hill another semester. "The genesis is that it gets more and more expensive to live here," Graduate and Professional Student Government President Theodore Nollert said. "The stipend isn’t keeping up.”

Mimi Chapman, chairperson of the Faculty Executive Committee, listens to a presentation by the Office of Student Affairs during the committee's meeting on Monday, Aug. 29, 2022.

Ira Wilder

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Faculty Executive Committee plans for the upcoming academic year

By Abby Pender | Aug. 31

As the University community settles into the fall 2022 semester, the UNC Faculty Executive Committee gave updates on campus efforts toward mental health, the removal of The Daily Tar Heel’s recent op-ed and changes to the position of chairperson of the faculty.

Junior Nasiha Haja Rizwan, president of Tamil Student Organization, poses for a portrait outside of Gerrard Hall on Tuesday, April 4, 2022. Rizwan founded TSO while students were at home during the COVID-19 pandemic. The student organization is now starting in-person programming.

Colleen Dongarra

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New UNC student organization uplifts Tamil culture and language at UNC

By Abby Pender | Apr. 5

"One freshman told us that she, for her it feels like she doesn't miss home as much because of the club, because it feels like home," Nasiha Rizwan, president of the new Tamil Student Organization at UNC, said. "So that's kind of like what we wanted to create for students."

Raul Reis, the current dean of the Emerson College School of Communication, has been selected as the next dean of the Hussman School of Journalism and Media. Photo courtesy of UNC Media Relations.

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Raul Reis looks forward to new role as dean of UNC's journalism school

By Abby Pender | Mar. 29

As Raul Reis prepares to be the next dean of the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media, he aims to emphasize diversity, equity and inclusion, and prepare students to be top professionals in their fields.

Sharmila Udyavar, the new associate director of global education of the OVPGA, poses for a portrait outside the Fedex Global Education Center on Feb. 8. Udyavar began her appointment of associate dirtector on Jan. 18, 2022.

Kate Lewin

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Sharmila Udyavar named associate director of global education at UNC

By Abby Pender | Feb. 14

“I am extremely passionate about the need for every student to get a global experience,” Sharmila Udyavar, UNC's new associate director of global education in the Office of the Vice Provost for Global Affairs, said. “I think Carolina has the resources, the commitment, the focus to help me provide that.”

Director of Clinical Psychology Anna Bardone-Cone poses for a portrait outside of the campus Psychology Clinic on Monday, Jan. 24, 2022. Bardone-Cone is the Director of Clinical Training of the UNC-CH clinical psychology program.

Caroline Bittenbender

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UNC community clinic hits therapy caseload capacity, continues offering assessments

By Abby Pender | Feb. 1

The UNC Psychology and Neuroscience Community Clinic will be offering year-round assessments, but has hit its therapy caseload capacity. The clinic trains clinical psychology graduate students in the field.

Screenshot from the Nov. 8 panel covering the impact of pandemic stress on mental health, and how current research at UNC is driving innovations in neuroscience that lead to new treatments and better outcome.

Abby Pender

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By Abby Pender | Nov. 9, 2021

Screenshot from the Nov. 8 panel covering the impact of pandemic stress on mental health, and how current research at UNC is driving innovations in neuroscience that lead to new treatments and better outcome.