UNC junior Devon Triplett founded the non-profit Bridging the Gap during the pandemic in 2021. The organization is dedicated to increasing BIPOC representation in the business community and providing students with economic opportunities.
Read More »This fall, UNC will begin the transition from using Sakai for course websites to using Canvas — the learning management system with the largest market share in North America — in its place. Instructors will have the option to use either Sakai or Canvas this upcoming semester, meaning that students may be using both learning systems for their courses.
Read More »The student-run program, created through the executive branch of the Undergraduate Student Government, is partnering with UNC's Counseling and Psychological Services and Lyft to offer students free transportation to off-campus counseling.
Read More »“I would tell first-generation college students — first years specifically — that college might seem really, really difficult," senior Melanie Godinez-Cedillo said. “But if you lean on each other and stay rooted to who you are as a person, you will be able to succeed in whatever you pursue.”
Read More »Carolina Together Testing Program Director and Lead Physician Dr. Amir Barzin said the community should acknowledge that University COVID-19 mitigation strategies have changed as a result of the omicron variant. “Isolation and space are much more difficult because of the transmission," he said.
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The organization was founded in 2016 by Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist and Hussman School of Journalism and Media alumna Nikole Hannah-Jones, Associated Press International Investigations Editor Ron Nixon and ProPublica Race, Inequality and Justice System Reporter Topher Sanders.
Read More »Starting Sept. 12, UNC Campus Health will no longer be operating on Sundays, the University announced in a campus email Thursday.
Read More »In the fall, UNC students who are vaccinated will not be required to participate in asymptotic testing. Dr. Amir Barzin, the medical director of the Family Medicine Center & UNC Urgent Care at the Family Medicine Center, said UNC made the decision based on CDC recommendations and based on data from the spring.
Read More »Student Health Action Coalition, also known as SHAC, is the first student-run free clinic in the nation and is devoted to providing the UNC community with accessible and high-quality health care. SHAC is an interdisciplinary team made up of medical students, pharmacy students, nursing students and public health undergraduates. The team works together to serve patients in the general Chapel Hill-Carrboro area.
Read More »On Wednesday, June 2, the Campus Safety Commission held its last meeting for the 2020-2021 academic year. During the meeting, members discussed the letter the commission wrote concerning Nikole Hannah-Jones' non-tenure and the racial and political trauma response protocol.
Read More »DTH Screenshot. Screenshot from the Campus and Community Advisory Committee meeting on Jan. 20, 2022.
Screenshot from the Campus Safety Commission meeting on Wednesday June 2, 2021.
