“Does racism make us sick?” is the question addressed by the 13th annual Summer Public Health Research Video Conference on Minority Health, sponsored by UNC’s School of Public Health’s Minority Health Project and the University’s Office of Diversity… read more
The University turned off water restrictions for the Campus Y in mid-May, using the 100-year-old building to host graduation celebrations after corrective measures to reduce unacceptable lead levels reach their final stages. The facility hosted a… read more
Three new campus buildings and another where renovations recently were completed have been found to have water with unacceptable levels of lead. The buildings are Caudill and Chapman halls, the first two in UNC’s new science complex; the new… read more
A Bible in hand, Gary Birdsong has preached at universities across the U.S., including campuses in California, Arizona, at N.C. State University and at Carolina, he says, encouraging students to read the Bible and giving them a testimony of his… read more
At noon on Valentine’s Day, students massed in the Pit in a mob. They packed the upper-level windows of Top of Lenoir dining hall and Student Stores, sat on each other’s shoulders and stood on surrounding walls. A long “shush” erupted to silence… read more
This June marks the 25th year of the fight against HIV/AIDS, and that milestone is the focus of UNC’s 28th annual Minority Health Conference. Titled “AIDS at 25: It’s Time to Deliver,” the daylong conference takes place Feb. 23 at the William and… read more
The American Council on Education recently honored Chancellor James Moeser with an award for his leadership in the launch of UNC’s nationally recognized Carolina Covenant, which provides a debt-free education to deserving low-income students. The… read more
More than four tons of food were kicked to the curb last year through UNC’s dining services operation, deepening a six-year profit deficit of about $1 million. “The last two years we have lost money, but it can be associated with the Rams Head,”… read more
After appealing a peer judicial board’s decision to suspend the group, Sigma Chi fraternity now looks ahead to the new year with a lighter sentence. In November, the fraternity plead guilty to six hazing charges, and was found guilty of a… read more
After enduring months of mental competency tests and deliberation with his public defender, the UNC alumnus who drove an SUV through the heart of UNC’s campus last year will plead not guilty on all counts. Mohammad Taheri-Azar ’05, who turned… read more