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Carrboro Market Bunch teaches kids where food comes from, then lets them buy some

September 22, 2023 W.H. Hayes

The Carrboro Farmers Market has a special program during the peak growing season of produce meant to give kids access to fresh food and local living.

Farm combines pumpkin carving and goats for unique fall family fun

September 22, 2023 Caroline Horne

Spring Haven Farm outside of Chapel Hill offers pumpkin carving and an array of new activities for people of all ages.

Non-profit coffee shop brings ‘Being, Belonging, and Becoming’ to library and downtown

September 15, 2023 W.H. Hayes

The Chapel Hill Public Library – and soon the Carolina Junction building on Rosemary Street – is home to a cafe dedicated to providing social and vocational opportunities for people of all abilities.

Dribbling across campus, UNC athletes help raise $65,000 for cancer research

September 15, 2023 Caroline Horne

The annual Dribble for Victory Against Childhood Cancer event raised money for pediatric cancer research. Children and parents dribbled basketballs in the Carmichael Arena and around campus with the athletes.

Should professors issue trigger warnings before discussing upsetting topics in class?

April 28, 2023 Sofía Basurto

Trigger warnings are provided in some courses that teach distressing content, but not in all classes. Experts differ on whether they help students.

Class of 2023’s senior mural depicts a unique college experience shaped by the pandemic

April 28, 2023 Savannah Gunter

The class of 2023 had all four years of college shaped by the pandemic. This year’s senior mural shows the resilience of the “Carolina Experience.”

Student organization ‘Edible Campus’ works to help feed food insecure community members

April 21, 2023 Hannah Noel

Edible Campus UNC is working to combat food insecurity locally by cultivating fresh produce all around UNC’s campus.

‘UNC Trash Force’ is a student group hellbent on purging litter from campus

April 21, 2023 Henry Taylor

The student organization picked up more than 250 pounds over the past year.

UNC study finds infrastructure for e-scooters could be the key to reducing injuries

April 14, 2023 Henry Taylor

A UNC study concluded that infrastructure improvements are needed to reduce injuries from e-scooter use.

‘AfroPix symposium’ provides a sense of community to Black computer science students

April 14, 2023 Denise Stroud

Earlier this month, UNC student organization Black in Tech presented their 4th annual AfroPix symposium, to bring together Black students in technology.