World & Nation
The University of North Carolina on Monday proposed moving a toppled Confederate statue into a new $5-million building on the outskirts of campus, seeking to balance security with strict state historical laws.
Dec. 3, 2018
Authorities say a faculty member was shot and killed in a campus building at the University of North Carolina.
Aug. 28, 2023
Laws raising the legal drinking age to 21 went into effect in five states, triggering last-minute booze-buying sprees and a rampage by students at the University of North Carolina.
Sept. 2, 1986
California
The monument in the heart of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus was a landmark, honoring former students who fought for the slave-holding Confederacy.
March 20, 2019
Seven people were arrested Saturday at a rally calling for a century-old Confederate statue at the University of North Carolina to be returned after it was yanked down five days ago.
Aug. 25, 2018
Science & Medicine
Surely, Peter Bream thought, that short segment on diet in a biochemistry course was not all his medical school planned to teach him about nutrition.
July 31, 1994
UNC initially offered Hannah-Jones a job without tenure after a board member challenged her teaching credentials, provoking weeks of tension.
July 6, 2021
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.
Sept. 16, 2015
A Confederate statue in the heart of North Carolina’s flagship university was toppled Monday night during a rally by hundreds of protesters who decried the memorial known as “Silent Sam” as a symbol of racist heritage.
Aug. 21, 2018
Hours after the last remnants of a Confederate statue were removed overnight from North Carolina’s flagship public university, the state university system’s governing board pushed out the official who ordered them gone.
Jan. 15, 2019