Carolina Connection

  • News
  • Features
  • Sports
  • Entire Programs
    • 2026
    • 2025
    • 2024
    • 2023
    • 2022
    • 2021
    • 2020
    • 2019
    • 2018
    • 2017
    • 2016
    • 2015
    • 2014
    • 2013
    • 2012
    • 2011
    • 2010
    • 2009
    • 2008
    • 2007
    • 2006
    • 2005
    • 2004
  • Podcasts
  • About
  • Alumni
  • Contact

Top Story

News

UNC faces questions for not releasing findings of recent investigations

October 2, 2026 Harper Stumb

UNC investigated both the School of Civic Life and Leadership and the football program, but didn’t release results.

News

UNC’s student population continues to rise despite concerns

October 2, 2026 Samantha Rose

After the Board of Trustees passed a resolution to increase UNC’s undergraduate class by 5,000 students within the next eight years, some students expressed concerns for housing and parking.

News

UNC commemorates First Amendment Day as speech and press rights face historic challenges

October 2, 2026 Brooks Stevenson

The annual event occurs as a court fight is underway over a White House ban on certain news organizations – one of several legal battles resulting from the Trump Administration’s efforts to restrict press freedoms.

News

UNC’s Flock camera contract is soon up for renewal; student group wants them gone

September 25, 2026 Meredith Peele

UNC installed more than a dozen Flock cameras as a safety measure after a campus shooting in 2023. Now, a student group wants them taken down.

News

UNC declares football investigation over after two high-profile resignations

September 18, 2026 Brooks Stevenson, Lauren Mallett and Kayleigh Bender

Football Defensive Coordinator Steve Belichick resigned two weeks after football General Manager Michael Lombardi left the university amid a wide-ranging investigation.

News

Campus attack raises concerns about Alert Carolina system

September 18, 2026 Samantha Rose

Students and faculty are questioning why UNC failed to activate its emergency alert system after a visitor to campus shouted threats and racial slurs during a meeting of Black students.

News

As investigation continues, Belichick tries to turn the conversation back to football

September 11, 2026 Kayleigh Bender

After GM Michael Lombardi’s resignation amid a university investigation, questions remain about Bill Belichick’s responsibility, the program’s culture of compliance, and the future of its NFL-style model.

News

Faculty, students, and media pressure UNC to release Civic Life investigation report

April 25, 2026 Editor and Alice Scott

UNC is refusing to release the findings of an investigation into the School of Civic Life and Leadership. The investigation followed allegations of misconduct in the school’s hiring practices.

News

State Republican leaders attack LGBTQ+ themed library books in Chapel Hill-Carrboro schools

April 24, 2026 Allison Helms and Javon Huynh

Republican lawmakers say some elementary school library books in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools include inappropriate LGBTQ themes, while school officials say they follow state law.

A black sign outside of a building and bushes that reads "SMITH BUILDING"
News

Under fire from critics, UNC’s Women and Gender Studies department pushes for open dialogue

April 24, 2026 Rachel Moody

Amid anti-DEI sentiment and UNC’s new public syllabus requirement, faculty in the Women and Gender Studies Department say they’re working to maintain their ethics, integrity … and jobs.

Posts pagination

1 2 … 112 »

Stay connected

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Bluesky
  • Spotify
  • Apple Podcasts
  • Tune In

Carolina Connection on Bluesky

Subscribe to Podcast

Androidby EmailRSS
  • WCHL 97.9
  • UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media

©2026 Hussman School of Journalism and Media, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill