After pushback from faculty, UNC has abruptly reversed a controversial new policy that allowed administrators to record classes with the instructors’ knowledge. Tuition is increasing throughout the UNC System. Some North Carolina university students have to make long, treacherous walks to purchase fresh food. The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education is considering closing schools. An exhibition at the Ackland Art Museum dismantles notions of masculinity and gender through high school students.
A Triangle community is limiting its use of lights and sirens on EMS vehicles to reduce ambulance accidents. Doctors say vaccine hesitancy is one of the causes of this year’s active flu season. A local Black History Month event remembers the past by encouraging action today. As Name Image and Likeness reshapes college athletics, some players in less prominent sports are building their own brands. North Carolina is in a severe drought and this month’s rain – and snow – isn’t helping much. The Triangle rings in the year of the fire horse with Lunar New Year celebrations.
Faculty members worry a new UNC System policy could cause a chilling effect within the classroom. President Trump’s repeal of greenhouse gas regulations will likely bring legal challenges. Chapel Hill businesses continue to reopen after Tropical Storm Chantal, but some are worried about future flooding. “Bulking up” can become an obsession for young men with body dysmorphia disorder. An unlikely mother-daughter duo is reshaping the culture of the UNC gymnastics team. A UNC alumnus uses social media as a new way to connect through protest songs. A Durham museum shines a spotlight on tubas.
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