News – Carolina Connection

After judge’s ruling, Guskiewicz reaffirms he doesn’t want Silent Sam on campus

February 15, 2020

The Chancellor’s statement comes after a Superior Court judge voided the university’s settlement that gave the statue to the Sons of Confederate Veterans.

As the primary election approaches, campaigns try to attract student voters

February 15, 2020

Voter registration drives were active on UNC’s campus in preparation for the 2020 primaries. But getting students to come out and vote has historically been a challenge.

14th annual Moral March on Raleigh focuses on voter suppression

February 8, 2020

The NAACP’s Historic Thousands on Jones People’s Assembly, or the “HK on J March,” highlights such issues as voting rights for felons.

Petitions call for UNC to end its moratorium on renaming campus buildings

February 8, 2020

Several buildings on UNC’s campus have names from slaveholding families, but a Board of Trustees moratorium prevents them from being renamed. A group of UNC faculty members, staff, and students want to change that.

Demolition to begin to make way for new journalism building

February 8, 2020

The Curtis Media Center, a new state-of-the-art classroom and studio building, will replace the 95-year-old Phillips Annex near Memorial Hall.

Researchers say it’s time for the global health field to become less colonial and get woke

February 8, 2020

Global health professionals are concerned about the imbalance between the countries where global health policy is created and where it is practiced.

Coronavirus fears affect students in N.C. and worldwide

February 1, 2020

UNC, Duke, and N.C. State are among the colleges restricting travel to China. Study-abroad students are among those affected most.

After a long advocacy campaign, UNC will get its first Asian-American student center

February 1, 2020

The UNC Board of Trustees approved the creation of the center at their January meeting.

More college students are running for political office

February 1, 2020

More representatives of underrepresented groups have been running for local office since 2018, and that includes North Carolina college students.

Business students protest campus appearance of controversial ‘Food Babe’

February 1, 2020

Blogger Vani Hari has been credited for leading campaigns for increased food transparency, but critics say she espouses pseudoscience about food dangers and vaccines.