Sarah Ellis

‘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.

Pro-Palestinian demonstration disrupts campus, leads to vandalism

September 20, 2024 Sarah Ellis

UNC is vowing to “pursue every avenue possible to hold people accountable” for the damage on campus.

UNC Chapel Hill report details the removal of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts on campus

September 14, 2024 Sarah Ellis

UNC-Chapel Hill is realigning 27 positions and eliminating 20 more. $5.7 million will be reallocated to other programs.

Law students rally for classmate who was banned from campus after a Georgia arrest

April 26, 2024 Sarah Ellis

Students signed a petition calling for UNC to allow Jamie Marsicano to walk at graduation. Marsicano was banned from campus after she was arrested and charged with domestic terrorism in Georgia.

Board of Governors moves toward dismantling DEI offices at UNC System schools

April 19, 2024 Sarah Ellis

A committee of the UNC system Board of Governors voted for a proposal that says all 17 UNC System universities must terminate their DEI officers or change their roles.

State offers bounties for invasive, foul-smelling Bradford Pear trees

April 5, 2024 Sarah Ellis

The foul-smelling trees have become an invasive species, and some North Carolina residents who remove the tree from their yards will be rewarded with one native tree of their choice.

For Creek Week, volunteers pick up trash, remove invasive species, and protect water sources

March 22, 2024 Sarah Ellis

For the last three years, the Orange County Department of Environment, Agriculture, Parks and Recreation have held Creek Week, an event to draw community members attention to how critical local waterways are

Crochet frogs are sparking scavenger hunts … with the goal of improving students’ mental health

March 8, 2024 Sarah Ellis

A UNC student is leaving the frogs around campus for her peers to find. She hopes it will raise awareness of mental health resources following August’s fatal shooting.

Safewalk provides protection and companionship for people out at night

March 4, 2024 Sarah Ellis

For more that a decade, the student-run organization has been helping students, faculty, and other people on campus get home safely.

Some UNC professors are welcoming artificial intelligence into their classrooms

February 23, 2024 Sarah Ellis

Faculty and students are trying to adjust to the emerging technology of artificial intelligence. Some welcome it with open arms.