Emily Orland

Articles

Police officers put on riot gear during the demonstration against the decision to place Silent Sam in a new historic building on campus on Monday, Dec. 3, 2018.

Here's how on-campus crime and safety have changed over the past ten years

Here's how campus and Chapel Hill police have reacted to the changes in campus crime, and where they see potential concerns.

Minister Robert Campbell speaks with Journalist Mike Ogle and shares stories of growing up in a segregated Chapel Hill with his childhood friend, James Cates. The Center for the Study of the American South held a panel honoring Cates's life and untimely murder in Hyde Hall on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019.

Community comes together to remember the often-forgotten murder of James Cates

By Emily Orland

The Orange County Community Remembrance Coalition and The Center for Study of the American South co-hosted an event at the University on Thursday to discuss the implications of the murder of James Lewis Cates — a Black UNC student who was murdered on campus in 1970 by a white supremacist biker gang.

From left: Christian Downs, ACCC Executive Director; Ali McBride, ACCC President; Suzanne Francart, UNC Hospitals Department of Pharmacy, Assistant Director of Pharmacy; and Randall Oyer, ACCC President-Elect. The UNC Hospitals Department of Pharmacy received the 2019 Innovator award for a system that reduces financial risk for the hospital and its patients. Photo courtesy of Suzanne Francart.

UNC Hospitals pharmacy department wins award for reducing patients' financial risks

By Emily Orland

UNC Hospitals' Department of Pharmacy recently gained national recognition for its unique system that reduces the financial risk of high-cost drugs and services for the hospital and its patients.

Junior media and journalism and political science major and Home is Where the Heels Are social media coordinator Caroline Moore and team members Allison Wolfe and Livia Olson (both media and journalism majors) work while discussing upcoming content with senior social media team member, media and journalism major Betsy Byrne on Sunday, Nov. 3, 2019. The Home is Where the Heels Are campaign is hoping to return Tar Heel footprints to Chapel Hill roads.

Meet the students trying to get 10 Tar Heel feet painted on Chapel Hill's roads

By Emily Orland

A group of students in UNC's Hussman School of Media and Journalism have kicked off a campaign to get 10 Tar Heel feet on Chapel Hill's streets. The feet were last spotted on the roads in 1982, after UNC beat Georgetown in the NCAA Tournament.

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.

Doctor gives tips for students struggling to quit Juuling

By Emily Orland

UNC doctor explains some strategies that may be useful for e-cigarette users who are hoping to stop using nicotine products.

UNC's interim chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz speaks before members of the faculty council during a meeting in Kerr Hall on Friday, Oct. 11th, 2019.

Faculty Council failed to pass resolution to delay Program for Public Discourse

By Emily Orland

The Faculty Council met on Friday to discuss a proposed resolution to delay the implementation of a controversial new program. After just over an hour of discussion, the council failed to pass the resolution.

The corner of Rosemary Street and Henderson Street is a spot in Chapel Hill where dead trees have had to be removed.

Trees keep coming down in Chapel Hill: Is this necessarily a bad thing?

By Emily Orland

Chapel Hill's dying trees are being removed so they do not become a safety concern. Here's how the town is working to make sure UNC and Chapel Hill remain green.

Photo courtesy of Becky Tanenbaum, the PR Rep for Reborn Clothing Co.

UNC partners with upcycle company, providing sustainable products on campus

By Emily Orland

Reborn Clothing Co., an upcycled clothing company, has partnered with UNC in an effort to reduce textile waste by making sustainable University products.

Dr. Becky Naumann, assistant professor of epidemiology and core faculty member of the Injury Prevention Research Center, led a project about opioid research. Photo courtesy of Becky Naumann.

UNC researchers find link between life-saving kits and reduced overdose deaths

By Emily Orland

Counties which distribute naloxone kits have a significantly lower amount of opioid overdose deaths, according to UNC researchers.