As this strange year comes to a close, looking back at the most read stories of 2020 offers a welcome reminder of the many positive things the UNC System and its students, faculty, and staff have accomplished in the midst of difficult circumstances.
The UNC System Racial Equity Task Force will meet today to discuss feedback from a System-wide survey and virtual town halls and receive input on its draft recommendations. The meeting starts at 1 p.m. and will be live streamed on UNC-TV.
Through the largest grant in the University’s history, a pair of researchers from the UNC Charlotte Cato College of Education are expanding their national effort to improve employment, education and community integration for students and youth with disabilities.
The UNC System Office officially honored the first two recipients of the recently established President’s Award for Excellence.
The UNC System is helping to kindle the thrills and chills that North Carolinians can enjoy from the safety of their own homes this Halloween … if they dare.
A freshman class in Western Carolina University’s College of Engineering and Technology was charged with the task of designing and developing a Halloween-themed Touchless Candy Dispenser.
Several UNCW international studies students who missed out on the study abroad requirement due to the coronavirus pandemic will be able to graduate as planned, thanks to a virtual experience that is the next best thing to being there.
Some of the most exciting scientific work in North Carolina isn’t taking place in sterilized labs. It’s unfolding on trails and in backyards, conducted by K-8 children participating in The NC Arboretum’s ecoEXPLORE program.
The North Carolina mountains are a corridor along the “Butterfly Highway,” an annual migration route of monarch butterflies from the eastern United States and Canada to Mexico, with Western Carolina University a frequent stop along the way.
Discussions in the humanities – from philosophy and religion, to history and politics – guide our most crucial decisions, on a global scale and in very personal ways. They determine our understanding of ourselves and others, and how our communities build relationships and make progress. They shape our worlds.