6+ day, 15+ hour ago   (284+ words) Dean Stoyer’s recent letter to the editor is a moving defense of military education, and a powerful essay on his story as a first generation college student. It is also, respectfully, a response to an argument I did not make....

6+ day, 21+ hour ago   (740+ words) At the UNC Faculty Council meeting on Friday, council members discussed the University’s response to the Aug. 31 attack on Black student organizations in Greenlaw Hall, changes to the research funding landscape, graduate student support and plans for increased undergraduate enrollment....

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (314+ words) Alice Scott, incoming 2025-26 Assistant University Editor, sat down with Newton on Thursday, May 29 to discuss his career shift, previous work experience and goals for the upcoming year. The Daily Tar Heel: Considering that you haven’t previously worked in academia or…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (326+ words) Update 4:50 p.m.: Folt said the University will reconsider off-campus options in the relocation of Silent Sam in a conference call with reporters. Folt acknowledged that the BOT’s plan, which involved moving the monument to a new single-purpose educational center on South…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (266+ words) The Daily Tar Heel Letter: ​Campus politics have not changed at UNC Having been a student at UNC and a member of the College Republicans while on campus, it’s interesting to read about the Ben Shapiro lecture and the student…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (645+ words) UNC’s diversity, equity and inclusion resources were the main reason why Raquel Hernandez, the treasurer for Latina-focused sorority Latinas Promoviendo Comunidad — or Lambda Pi Chi (LPC) — decided to come to UNC. But after the recent defunding of DEI programs at…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (464+ words) Last month, I attended a town hall meeting on police brutality and campus safety hosted by the Multicultural Affairs and Diversity Outreach Committee of Student Government. Like the first meeting on race relations, I left feeling underwhelmed. Once again, I…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (1193+ words) Last October, UNC honored Jenna Robinson as a distinguished alumna on University Day. Robinson is president of the James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal, a Raleigh-based higher education think tank which bills itself as a watchdog of the UNC System....