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A $27.7 million secret becomes the single largest gift in dentistry school history

February 23, 2019

Claude A. Adams III, a local dentist, has for decades planned to leave a part of estate to the UNC.

Save the world, save your hair: local salon reduces waste by 90%

February 23, 2019

Syd’s Hair Shop in Chapel Hill tries to combat pollution by reducing trash and recycling hair.

Proposed development worries residents of Tar Heel Mobile Home Park

February 23, 2019

The proposed redevelopment at a Chapel Hill mobile home park will force 15 residents to relocate to other places in the park.

Healing through sound: couple encourages mindfulness through sound meditation

February 23, 2019

Healing Earth Resources in Carrboro provides sound bath meditations to encourage people to practice mindfulness.

Ackland exhibit shows the art in historic drawings of the brain

February 16, 2019

Santiago Ramon y Cajal’s drawings show that science and art are linked in ways people might not realize.

A popular new class with an unlikely subject: death and dying

February 16, 2019

Death and dying: it happens to all of us, and a new U-N-C interdisciplinary studies class is teaching students all about it.

Students want white supremacist’s name removed from dorm

February 15, 2019

The Undergraduate Senate wants the dorm renamed, but UNC’s Board of Trustees has a 16 year moratorium on changing the names of buildings.

UNC has a new student body president, but many students don’t care

February 15, 2019

Low voter turnout in the recent election suggests students don’t seem to care about student government, even during a contentious campaign.

Kevin Guskiewicz is UNC’s new interim chancellor, and he’s already juggling controversies

February 9, 2019

In his first days as interim chancellor, Guskiewicz was responding to questions about Silent Sam and racist photos in UNC’s 1979 yearbook.

Four years later, Our Three Winners continue to inspire community activism

February 9, 2019

Even after their deaths, Deah Barakat, his wife Yusor Abu-Salha, and her sister Razan Abu-Salha continue to inspire a peaceful society and motivate Muslim youth to help their communities.