October 2024 Archives

Carolina Connection – Oct. 12, 2024

October 12, 2024 Editor

Lee Roberts is installed as UNC’s permanent chancellor, attracting both praise and protest. An advocacy group is calling on Gov. Cooper to commute the sentences of North Carolina’s death row inmates. The presidential candidates target North Carolina as a vital swing state. A new Orange County initiative hopes to reduce overdoses and aid in recovery. A Carolina alum and Emmy-nominated actor is an eager mentor for aspiring Tar Heel performers. A UNC group brings freestyle rap to campus.

Lee Roberts installed as UNC-Chapel Hill’s 13th chancellor

October 11, 2024 Sarah Ellis

After nine months as UNC’s Interim Chancellor, Lee Roberts now has the job permanently. He was officially installed on University Day.

Freestyle rappers create beats – and community – weekly

October 11, 2024 Twumasi Duah-Mensah

UNC Cypher performs in the pit every Wednesday. The freestyle rappers have no pre-written material.

Pro-Palestinian protesters demonstrate on University Day, call for Roberts to resign

October 11, 2024 Sofia Casini

The protest was largely peaceful and was smaller than the encampment last spring that sparked violence and arrests.

Sharon Lawrence poses in front of a Carolina Playmakers Banner.

UNC honors actor Sharon Lawrence for supporting aspiring performers

October 11, 2024 Maddie Policastro

Among this year’s recipients of the Distinguished Alumni Award is Sharon Lawrence, an Emmy-nominated actress who graduated from UNC in 1983.

Wake County voters could play a key role in the presidential race

October 11, 2024 Madeleine Ahmadi

North Carolina is one of seven swing states in the upcoming election, and experts say Wake County is one of the most critical counties.

Coalition calls on Gov. Cooper to commute the sentences of N.C. death row inmates

October 11, 2024 W.H. Hayes

The North Carolina Coalition for Alternatives to the Death Penalty marched through the state this week, calling for the commutation of the 136 people on death row.

A new Orange County overdose response team hopes to help people get clean

October 11, 2024 Matthew Broderick

The county’s new Post Overdose Response Team is dedicated to helping people not only as they experience overdoses, but afterward as well.

‘A cigar flying with wings’: Thousands of chimney swifts are roosting in UNC’s oldest tree

October 8, 2024 Sarah Ellis

The species known as the chimney swift has earned its name from settling in residential and industrial chimneys as they migrate. But in Chapel Hill, the flocks of have come to settle in the Davie Poplar.

Carolina Connection – Oct. 5, 2024

October 5, 2024 Editor

College students in western North Carolina aren’t sure what will come next after the devastation of Helene. An appeals court ruling could make it harder for many UNC students to vote. As UNC gets ready to install Lee Roberts as chancellor, some students are questioning his lack of academic experience. A university initiative hopes to make home ownership more accessible. For people who are colorblind, the Ackland now offers a new way to enjoy great works of art.