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UNC study identifies obesity as a COVID-19 risk factor

September 11, 2020

A UNC study has found that people with obesity are at a higher risk of complications from COVID-19.

Campus health crisis: students fear on-campus services can’t keep up with COVID-19

September 5, 2020

Campus health services are seeing more and more cases of COVID-19 but are they prepared to treat them?

Some students and alumni, angry with UNC’s COVID response, plan to withhold future donations

September 5, 2020

Some UNC students and alumni are angry with the university’s decisions involving COVID-19 and are vowing to never donate to the university.

Because of the pandemic, some college students are putting a pause on their education

September 5, 2020

COVID-19 is pushing some students to take unplanned “gap years” – time off from school.

New UNC app helps healthcare workers care for their own mental health

September 5, 2020

The Heroes Health app helps healthcare workers track their own mental health status as they battle the added stress of COVID-19.

UNC student groups are virtually helping first time voters register

September 5, 2020

Registering voters is a key focus for some UNC organizations, but they’ve had adapt during the pandemic.

Though school buildings are closed, districts are still providing meals to needy students

April 24, 2020

Students across North Carolina rely on free and reduced lunches. Like many school systems, Buncombe County school system is distributing free meals using busses.

Unable to work in the hospital, nursing students complete their clinicals online

April 24, 2020

The pandemic has forced nursing students to do their clinicals virtually, rather than in person with patients in the hospital.

Students remember Professor Perry Hall, a pioneer in African American studies

April 24, 2020

A devoted music lover, Hall’s most popular classes focused on Hip Hop culture. His students remembered him as engaged and caring.

Some college students are excluded from government stimulus payments

April 24, 2020

The CARES Act excludes people older than 17 who are counted as dependents. That’s led to additional hardship for some students and the families that support them.