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Former President Trump posted a campaign ad on his Truth Social site praising various counter protesters on college campuses, including students who held up the U.S. flag. “While campuses struggle to get control of their students, at UNC Chapel Hill, they are bringing order back,” the video begins. The ad shows clips of pro-Palestinian students […]
A vibrant and collaborative interdisciplinary research culture at the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media creates new knowledge, advances scholarship and helps reinvent media. This latest roundup includes 10 publications by Associate Professor Allison Lazard. She and Barbara Fredrickson, Kenan distinguished professor of psychology and neuroscience, were recently awarded $3 million in grant funding […]
Hurricane Idalia, now a Category 4 storm with sustained winds at 130 mph, is on a collision course with Florida’s Big Bend Wednesday morning. Also in the news: Hate crimes in major U.S. cities have hit record highs for a second year in a row and a star-studded second round begins at the U.S. Open. 🙋🏼♀️ I’m Nicole […]
The calm of the UNC Chapel Hill campus was shattered Monday after a gunman allegedly killed a faculty member. Eros Hoagland/Stringer/Getty Images News/Getty Images North America A University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill faculty member was shot and killed on campus Monday, according to a statement from Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz. Police arrested the alleged shooter, […]
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — A lawsuit against the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has the potential to end affirmative action nationwide by the end of this month. The U.S. Supreme Court recently heard two related lawsuits, one against UNC and another against Harvard University, that challenge the constitutionality of affirmative action in public […]
Expectations were high when North Carolina entered the 2022-23 campaign as the preseason No. 1 team in the country. But what ensued was one of the most disappointing seasons ever in Chapel Hill. After a magical run to the national championship game in 2022, the Tar Heels did not make the 2023 NCAA Tournament. They […]
On Tuesday, Jan. 17, UNC Charlotte will host “From Dream to Reality: Discussing Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Legacy with Alumni Leaders” from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in Cone University Center, McKnight Hall. It marks a return to an in-person format for this annual observance, which for the last two years was offered virtually due […]
“Dig deeper” has become the catchphrase of the North Carolina men’s basketball team. In Wednesday night’s 88-79 victory over Wake Forest, two players did a lot of the digging. With his 22 second-half points, junior guard RJ Davis surpassed his 1000th career point while leading both teams in scoring. That performance was complemented by a […]
Oct 30 (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court is set to consider whether colleges may continue to use race as a factor in student admissions in two cases that give its conservative majority a chance to ban policies often employed to boost Black and Hispanic enrollment and perhaps overturn its own precedents allowing such practices. […]
The story of Honey Mone’t Jones (pictured left), an Acu The story of Honey Mone’t Jones (pictured left), an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner in the MICU at UNC Medical Center, and her mother, Venus Standard (pictured right), a Certified Nurse Midwife, and current Assistant Professor at the UNC School of Medicine and Department of Family […]