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Carolina Connection podcast: UNC Health adds new limits to gender-affirming care

March 17, 2026 Alice Scott and Anthony Guerra-Flores

Patients can no longer receive gender affirming care at UNC Health if they’re under the age of 19. This limit exceeds North Carolina state law, which only bans these treatments for minors — or those under 18. Now, doctors and patients at the Triangle’s largest health system are adapting to the new regulation.

Carolina Connection’s Alice Scott discusses the new restrictions with host Anthony Guerra-Flores.

Carolina Connection podcast: New UNC policies spark concerns about academic freedom and faculty safety

March 9, 2026 Alice Scott and Anthony Guerra-Flores

UNC faculty have raised concerns about academic freedom and their rights after three new policies were implemented that change the rules on classroom procedure.

One policy, which allowed University administrators to record classrooms without instructor knowledge, was recently scrapped by the Chancellor after faculty pushback. Other policies remain in effect, including a new systemwide academic freedom policy, and a decision by UNC System President Peter Hans that declared syllabi to be public records.

Carolina Connection’s Alice Scott joined Anthony Guerra-Flores to discuss the controversies.

Faculty, students, and media pressure UNC to release Civic Life investigation report

April 25, 2026 Editor and Alice Scott

UNC is refusing to release the findings of an investigation into the School of Civic Life and Leadership. The investigation followed allegations of misconduct in the school’s hiring practices.

UNC’s mascot, Rameses, welcomes new members to his family … and the Carolina family

April 10, 2026 Alice Scott

In January, UNC’s live mascot, Rameses, fathered a baby lamb named Jennifer. The sheep are cared for by Don Basnight and other employees at Hogan’s Magnolia View Farm in a tradition that spans more than 100 years,

Walking tour spotlights UNC’s lesser-known women’s history

March 27, 2026 Alice Scott

The tour was created as part of a 2020 UNC course led by professor Katherine Turk. It examines UNC’s campus through the lens of women’s history.

UNC abruptly reverses controversial new policy that allowed unannounced class recordings

February 27, 2026 Alice Scott

The policy allowed administrators to record classes without instructor knowledge in the event of “an investigation into alleged violations of University policy” or for “any other lawful purpose.” Many faculty were worried about the implications.

A Black History Month event remembers the past by promoting Black-owned businesses today

February 20, 2026 Alice Scott

The Community Spend Week was put on through a partnership with The Town of Carrboro, the Chamber for a Greater Chapel Hill-Carrboro and the Black Business Alliance.

Some professors fear that the UNC System’s new academic freedom policy is too restrictive

February 13, 2026 Alice Scott

The Board of Governors is set to vote on a policy to define academic freedom for its constituent institutions. A previous definition was endorsed by the System’s Faculty Assembly, but the most recent version has edits that worry some faculty.

In a pilot program, Raleigh will dispatch mental health clinicians to some 911 calls, instead of police

February 6, 2026 Alice Scott

Raleigh is piloting a crisis diversion program embedded within the city’s 911 call center. The initiative connects callers who may be experiencing a mental health crisis with licensed clinicians trained to de-escalate such situations, rather than a police dispatch.

Doctors fear a loss of ‘crucial’ care as UNC Health stops gender affirming treatment for people under 19

January 30, 2026 Alice Scott

UNC Health no longer provides gender affirming care to individuals under 19. Now, doctors at the Triangle’s largest health system are working to connect their younger patients with outside care.