UNC declares the investigation of its football program over after two high-profile resignations. We hear from an expert on sports scandals and from students and other fans. A threatening incident on campus raises concerns among students and staff about UNC’s campus safety program, Alert Carolina. The Trump Administration’s immigration policies are forcing some international students to make tough choices. A niche sport offers a space for community and a way to jump-start friendships.
UNC is facing growing pressure to release its investigation of the internal turmoil within the School of Civic Life and Leadership. Amid backlash against DEI, professors in UNC’s Women and Gender Studies department continue to promote open dialogue. Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools officials are defending library books with LGBTQ+ content that state lawmakers deem inappropriate. We hear how poetry can help us pay attention to the world around us. Who’s inside UNC’s Rameses costume? Graduating seniors are posing for their last moments as U-N-C students.
A North Carolina death row inmate works with a UNC music professor to produce an album. Media organizations sue to force UNC to release the findings of its seven-month investigation into the School of Civic Life and Leadership. The curator of Coker Arboretum is trying to help plants through the drought and has some advice for your garden, too. A group of people goes to RDU not to catch flights, but to watch them. North Carolina boys may soon be able to play a new official high school sport – volleyball.
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