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UNC alumnus Justin Lopez-Cardoze was voted the 2020 DC teacher of the year and used his award to create a scholarship. Photo courtesy of Justin Lopez-Cardoze.

'A mirror to our students': UNC grad and DC Teacher of the Year gives back

UNC alum Justin Lopez-Cardoze recently won the 2020 D.C. Teacher of the Year award. He is using money he was awarded to create a scholarship for students who are passionate about learning, but disadvantaged.

JP Rickabaugh, senior interactive multimedia major and member of Envision Carolina poses with one of the organization's posters in Chapel Hill on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019. Envision Carolina's first project is to create an art installation on McCorkle Place as a replacement of Silent Sam.

UNC students hope to transform McCorkle Place through new art installation

By Anna Neil

A group of journalism students is fighting to revamp McCorkle Place by campaigning for art that recognizes the history of the location.

The Warehouse apartment complex was recently acquired by the Preiss Company, a Raleigh based student housing real estate investor.

To live or not to live off-campus next year

By Anna Neil

As the deadline for housing decisions approaches, housing insiders consider some of the advantages and disadvantages of on and off-campus living.

Junior Biology Major Dipa Desai sifts through books in the stacks in the SILS Library in Manning Hall. The School of Information and Library Science just announced that it is offering a 5-year masters program. SILS is the number one information and library science school in the country.

University Libraries promotes Open Access Week, advocating for accessible knowledge

By Anna Neil

Open access allows all people to utilize the academic sources to which universities subscribe without paying expensive subscription fees.

Trustees at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have decided to honor four partners of the university the William Richardson Davie Award for their extraordinary service to the university on Wednesday Nov. 14, 2018.

University leaders and faculty prepare for UNC's 226th birthday

By Anna Neil

At this year's University Day, UNC will celebrate its 226th birthday. The ceremony will include speeches from Interim Chancellor, Kevin Guskiewicz, and other UNC faculty. The proceedings will also honor alumni and faculty with distinguished service awards.

UNC alumni Akib Khan, and Ted Zoller, PhD, Director of the Entrepreneurship Center and T.W. Lewis Distinguished Clinical Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, creating the On the Heels of Innovation podcast. Photo courtesy of Aspyn Fulcher.

Innovate Carolina and b-school entrepreneurship partner for On the Heels of Innovation podcast

By Anna Neil

Innovate Carolina and the Entrepreneurship Center at Kenan Flagler Business School host On the Heels of Innovation, a podcast about how to attain entrepreneurial success.

ADHD, Me and UNC is a new program launched by the UNC Learning Center to assist and support students with ADHD on campus.

Learning Center initiative works to support students with ADHD

By Anna Neil

The UNC Learning Center has launched a new program called ADHD, Me and UNC to support, and assist, students with ADHD on campus with resources they may need.

Students often know that therapists and mental health services exist on campus, according to Samantha Brosso, a PhD student in the social psychology department at UNC. But it can be harder to gain the confidence to use them. Photo illustration by Anna Neil.

Student government creates new student support network for mental health

By Anna Neil

A new peer support system for students is set to launch at the end of September. This new system, created by the Undergraduate Executive Branch of UNC Student Government, will focus on student-to-student interactions and changing the way people approach student mental health.