2018

Disabled students at UNC say they often feel excluded from campus life. State officials are questioning the proposed merger of UNC Health Care with Charlotte-based Atrium Health Care. A conference in Chapel Hill explores strategies to battle child hunger. UNC’s new student body president plans to address mental health on campus. A Chapel Hill group tries to save the Chelsea theater. Woody Durham is honored for his decades as UNC’s play-by-play announcer.

People throughout the Triangle remember UNC student Deah Barakat and his family, three years after they were killed in their Chapel Hill condo. Their accused murderer still awaits trial in his death-penalty case. The flu leaves some students quarantined in their rooms. Latino students push for a center on campus where they can meet and hold events. A UNC professor is headed to the Olympics, but not to watch the competition, A new app makes it easier to find arts events on campus.

UNC offers alternative living for students who are recovering from substance abuse. The Kenan-Flagler Business School wants permission to charge students an extra fee. UNC has opened an innovative performance and studio space. Quitting smoking is hard, even for cancer patients; the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center is trying to help. A former UNC football player is in the Super Bowl. Two simultaneous Playmakers performances mean a lot of work for the costume department.

A new program encourages students to pre-register their off-campus parties to cut down on police visits. UNC tries to attract minorities to a fast-growing health care field. The Board of Governors is still considering a big merger involving UNC Health Care. North Carolina has more than 200 breweries and brewpubs, but can they all survive? Some students are trying to live without creating garbage. Comfortable seats are replacing Kenan Stadium’s bleachers.