“These budget measures that we’re putting in place are consistent with those that we had put in place at the beginning of the pandemic,” Guskiewicz said. “We will continue those measures — those COVID measures — until further notice.”
Read More »Undergraduate students living in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro area will be required to test for COVID-19 prior to arriving on campus, once they return and regularly during the semester. Students are required to upload a negative COVID-19 test within five days before returning to campus onto the ConnectCarolina. Those living in the area must test at a UNC site once they return onto campus. Some students, however, are finding it difficult to meet UNC’s testing requirements.
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“Once we have our students on our campus, I think it’s going to be very difficult to send them home,” Provost Bob Blouin said. “For all of the reasons, not just because of the chaos we experienced where we sent students back rather suddenly, I think we could do that much more gracefully in the spring if we were forced to do that.”
Read More »The program is set to open three COVID-19 testing locations on campus starting next semester. Students will be able to self-administer a noninvasive nose swab test, a shift from UNC’s use of saliva testing in the fall.
Read More »Although the Board of Trustees lifted its controversial moratorium on renaming campus buildings five months ago, the path to renaming campus buildings with ties to white supremacy is a long road. Here's a look at what the process of renaming campus buildings looks like, and the importance of such process this past year.
Read More »After 197 years there has been no woman or person of color in the prominent position of Secretary of the Faculty.
Read More »Students and professors discuss how they plan to vote in this year's presidential election, weighing their options of in-person voting and absentee ballots.
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For many first generation students, the switch to remote learning has translated into difficulties finding affordable tutoring options outside UNC and finding adequate living options. Programs and resources are available for first generation students to stay connected with other students, discuss academic challenges and issues they’re facing during the at-home semester, and receive guidance from faculty mentors and participate in peer coaching.
Read More »As classes with high enrollment move online, students report feeling isolated, having traded a lecture hall for a Zoom screen.
Read More »Some chemistry classes have implemented linear testing this semester to avoid intended or unintended Honor Code violations while students take classes online, but students have struggled to adapt to a new testing format that doesn't allow them to skip or return to questions during exams.
Read More »Chair of the Faculty Mimi Chapman speaks at the Faculty Executive Committee meeting on Monday, Aug. 31, 2020. The committee discussed actions that the university could take to prevent another catastrophic reopening in the spring semester.
