April 2024 Archives

Arts Everywhere celebrates creativity across campus

April 12, 2024 Helen Wickett

The annual daylong Arts Everywhere event centered around showcasing the artistic talents of the UNC community.

Dress for Success provides women with the clothes they need to succeed in the job market

April 12, 2024 Amina Accram

The Triangle based non-profit organization provides women with support and access to professional attire. Any woman who is unemployed or underemployed is eligible to receive free professional clothing.

A N.C. stingray is a TikTok sensation, as scientists seek to explain her unusual pregnancy

April 12, 2024 Lorelai Sykes

The pregnant stingray named Charlotte lives in the Aquarium and Shark Lab by Team ECCO in Hendersonville, N.C. But Charlotte lives in a tank with no other rays, only two sharks. So it’s not clear how she became pregnant.

CarolinaCast: 126 years later, the Town of Carrboro has erected a historical marker to mark the site of a lynching

April 10, 2024 Jessica Simmons and Lorelai Sykes

In 1898, an 18-year-old Black man was killed by a mob of white men near the present day intersection of Old Greensboro Road and Hatch Road. Now, 126 years later, the Town of Carrboro has unveiled a historical marker in honor of his life.

In this edition of the Carolina Connection podcast, Jessica Simmons talks with Lorelai Sykes about the lynching of Manly McCauley, the reaction from the community, and the importance of memorializing negative parts of our past.

‘A moment of grace’: Campus power outage causes UNC student’s special blackout performance

April 8, 2024 Jessica Simmons

UNC senior Sydney Van Buren’s one-woman show faced an unexpected twist as a power outage darkened her performance. But audience members showed their support in an unforgettable way.

Carolina Connection – Apr. 5, 2024

April 6, 2024

UNC plans to increase security by adding license plate readers across campus but privacy advocates are concerned. Apps like YikYak may soon be banned on campus WiFi. UNC housekeepers demand higher pay and lower parking fees. Chapel Hill’s public library has been nominated for a national award. The state wants to banish the invasive and infamous Bradford Pear tree.

Springtime pollen can make you miserable, even if you’re not allergic to it

April 5, 2024 Sofia Casini

Spring is in full swing here in North Carolina. The days are longer, the weather is warmer, and allergies are surging. Monday, the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality reported record amounts of tree pollen within the Triangle. Dr.Scott P Commins is the Associate Chief for Allergy & Immunology at

Month: April 2024