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Activists Rallied for Affordable Housing in Carrboro

September 28, 2022

CARRBORO, NC – Affordable housing activists marched in a rally organized by The Community Empowerment Fund or CEF of Orange County on Sunday to call awareness to lacking housing options for people with low, fixed, or no income.  The demonstrators … Read more

KGBS Interim Dean

September 28, 2022

CHAPEL HILL, NC – Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz announced late last week that Jennifer Conrad, a distinguished professor of finance, will serve as interim dean for the UNC Kenan Flagler business school effective September 22. The announcement came just days after … Read more

Detectable levels of lead found in eight UNC buildings

September 28, 2022

UNC’s Environment, Health and Safety officials found detectable levels of lead in water fountains and sinks in eight buildings around campus. Reporter Taylin Cain talked to concerned students and showed us how to perform an at-home water contamination test.  Fordham, … Read more

Climate Migration: One Effect of Disasters Like Hurricane Fiona

September 21, 2022

Chapel Hill, N.C. – University students and faculty gathered in the Fedex Global Center last Monday to hear speaker María Christina García’s commentary on climate-driven migration following hurricane Fiona’s devastation in Puerto Rico.  The lecture covered several reasons why climate … Read more

Latinx Heritage Month

September 21, 2022

CHAPEL HILL, NC – To celebrate Latino history and culture, UNC’s Carolina Latinx center hosts a month’s worth of events for Latino heritage month. This year’s Latino heritage month theme is “living my life” at the Carolina Latinx center. Gabrielly Nolasco … Read more

SGA Mental Health Initiatives

September 21, 2022

CHAPEL HILL, NC – Carolina students are approaching midterm season. However, around this time last year, UNC’S campus was a different environment. Last fall semester students experienced a mental health crisis. there were three suicides and two suicide attempts recorded … Read more

Doug Shackelford’s Retirement

September 21, 2022

CHAPEL HILL, NC – Doug Shackelford announced in a business school internal zoom meeting he would step down effective Monday, September 19. Shackelford did not mention the lawsuit during his video message. In a news release on his retirement, the … Read more

Narcan Vending Machines

September 21, 2022

CHAPEL HILL, NC – Deaths related to drug overdoses continue to be on the rise nationwide and some local leaders are trying to change that.   Orange County joins five others around the state in making vending machines containing Narcan -a … Read more