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Students seek to bring attention to the war in Sudan, which has killed thousands and displaced millions

March 8, 2024 Sofia Casini

UNC’s Community Justice, Abolition, and Anti Racism Collective held Sudan Week, for students to engage with Sudanese culture, learn about the crisis, and donate to humanitarian efforts.

Crochet frogs are sparking scavenger hunts … with the goal of improving students’ mental health

March 8, 2024 Sarah Ellis

A UNC student is leaving the frogs around campus for her peers to find. She hopes it will raise awareness of mental health resources following August’s fatal shooting.

The newest member of the UNC Police will offer hugs and comfort around campus

March 8, 2024 Editor

On Valentine’s Day, UNC Police shared news of their furry new addition to the team: Mia, an 8-week-old Goldendoodle, the department’s new therapy dog.

Safewalk provides protection and companionship for people out at night

March 4, 2024 Sarah Ellis

For more that a decade, the student-run organization has been helping students, faculty, and other people on campus get home safely.

Vice president returns to North Carolina to promote minority investment

March 3, 2024 Hamsini Sivakumar and Sierra Pfeifer

Vice President Kamala Harris spoke to a crowd on West Parish Street in Durham about the Biden Administration’s support for historically underserved small businesses and entrepreneurs.

Altering a longstanding tradition, UNC’s graduation will be held on Saturday – not Sunday – this year

March 3, 2024 Helen Wickett

After decades of holding graduation on Mother’s Day mornings, UNC will move the ceremony to Saturday evening at 7:00.

Student group sets goal of providing 10,000 meals to the community this semester

March 3, 2024 Jessica Simmons

A new UNC student non-profit organization, Stomp Out Hunger At NC, strives to combat local hunger by providing meals one step at a time with donations from campus fraternities and sororities.

Interim Chancellor Lee Roberts discusses campus safety, free speech, and the state’s political environment

February 23, 2024 Caroline Horne

Roberts talks with Carolina Connection about UNC”s response to last August’s campus shooting, a federal investigation of alleged campus antisemitism, college accessability, and other issues.

‘A horrific part of our past’: Carrboro remembers an 1898 lynching

February 23, 2024 Jessica Simmons

Manly McCauley was lynched by a mob of white men in 1898 after they accused him of eloping with a white woman.

Citing harm to LGBTQ+ students, CHCCS is refusing to comply with a new state law

February 23, 2024 Helen Wickett

The “Parents Bill of Rights” prohibits discussing gender identity and sexual orientation in classrooms through 4th grade. It also requires school employees to inform parents when a child wants to use a different name or pronoun.