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Students pack up after dorm fire

November 9, 2013

A fire at UNC’s Cobb residence hall Tuesday displaced many students. The fourth floor will be closed for the rest of the year.

Students start their own businesses

November 9, 2013

A wave of innovation and entrepreneurship is flooding UNC and Chapel Hill with several new student-owned businesses.

Fire damages Cobb residence hall

November 5, 2013

Fire crews responded to apparent attic fire at the Cobb residence hall off Country Club Rd.

Students test ‘wearable’ computer

November 2, 2013

Three UNC students won the opportunity to test a prototype of Google Glass, the new wearable smartphone.

Act combines magic, music, ecology

October 25, 2013

Steve Trash has performed street magic at the North Carolina State Fair for the last four years. He’s also a musician who cares deeply about the environment.

Folt called deliberate, decisive

October 12, 2013

As Carol Folt is installed as the 11th chancellor in UNC’s history, she already has spent months learning the Carolina Way.

UNC decathlete joins torch run

October 12, 2013

Carrying the Olympic torch for his native England is only one of Junior Joe Hutchinson’s recent achievements.

Bicyclists pedal for Ugandan school

October 12, 2013

After helping build one school in Uganda last year, UNC students are raising money for a second.

Tar Heel Town move protects trees

October 12, 2013

The Saturday pre-game parties moved off Polk Place this year, in part due to the damage fans were causing to the trees.

Happy to still be singing the blues

October 5, 2013

A Hillsborough group is preserving the musical heritage of the South … and helping aging musicians keep performing.