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Board of Governors chair calls Silent Sam a distraction

February 22, 2020

Chair Randy Ramsey has reaffirmed that Silent Sam won’t return to campus, but also expressed frustration at the ongoing controversy.

UNC may get a Franklin St. entrance, displacing some longtime businesses

February 22, 2020

The UNC Master Plan hopes to strengthen UNC’s relationship to downtown Chapel Hill. The plan could make room for a new entrance to campus by demolishing long-standing buildings.

Historians at Stagville Plantation stitch together details of enslaved people’s lives

February 22, 2020

Once the home of nearly a thousand enslaved people, Stagville Plantation in Durham is providing clues about how those people lived.

A minor snowfall brings UNC students a short break from classes

February 22, 2020

Thursday marked the first snow Chapel Hill has seen in over a year. The accumulation was enough for UNC to cancel classes from Thursday evening until Friday morning.

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.

UNC is offering a new Korean Studies major, and K-Pop is part of the reason

February 15, 2020

UNC is capitalizing on a growing interest in Korean culture by offering a new Korean Studies major and expanding students’ language skills.

As they commemorate Black History Month, some students question UNC’s commitment to equality

February 15, 2020

While Black History Month is a time to raise up the voices of the black community, some black students say they feel UNC isn’t serving their best interest.

UNC’s football facilities honored as among the nation’s best

February 15, 2020

24/7 Sports has ranked Kenan Stadium as one of the best college football facilities in the country.

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.