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A $225 shade cover ruined my beach day but America is smitten with them — enter the Shibumi summer

COMMENT: Shibumis are storming America’s beaches, promising a luxurious 150 square feet of shade. Ellie Muir spent a day with them at New York’s Rockaway Beach — and has a plea for fellow beachgoers

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Astronomers discover the famous Pleiades star cluster could be 20 times bigger than we thought

"This study changes how we see the Pleiades — not just seven bright stars, but thousands of long-lost siblings scattered across the whole sky."

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Republicans challenge North Carolina decision that lets students show university's mobile ID

The Republican Party has sued North Carolina’s elections board to block students and employees at the state’s flagship public university from showing a digital identification to comply with a photo ID law

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North Carolina's public universities cut 59 positions as part of a massive DEI overhaul this summer

Newly released reports from North Carolina's public university system to prove compliance with a new systemwide diversity policy show several DEI position cuts and reassignments were made

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NC State Chancellor Randy Woodson announces his retirement after nearly 15 years in the role

North Carolina State University Chancellor Randy Woodson announced his retirement at the university's board of trustees meeting

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Last student who helped integrate the University of North Carolina's undergraduate body has died

The final surviving member of a trio of African American youths who were the first to desegregate the undergraduate student body at North Carolina’s flagship public university has died

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Rep. Hudson Calls For Termination Of Professors Over Grade Withholding

Rep. Hudson calls for termination of UNC professors withholding grades in support of anti-Israel rioters.

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Michigan State selects UNC-Chapel Hill chancellor as next president

Michigan State University's Board of Trustees has unanimously approved the next president

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The latest college campus freebies? Naloxone and fentanyl test strips

The teen fentanyl crisis is following students onto college campuses. Here's what students and staff are doing about it.

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He moaned about work, ‘bullies’ and his head of lab online. Then police say he shot dead a UNC faculty member

Just days into the second term of his PhD studies, Tailei Qi allegedly entered the science lab at the UNC’s Chapel Hill campus and shot his lead faculty member dead. Rachel Sharp reports

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Introducing Owen Cole, the US U23 champion making Worlds debut in Glasgow

'It was surreal' says North Carolina native about earning spot with Team USA for Road World Championships

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With affirmative action out, North Carolina's flagship school bars use of race, sex in admissions

The board of North Carolina’s flagship public university has voted to strictly bar the use of “race, sex, color or ethnicity” in admissions and hiring decisions following recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings striking down affirmative action in forming student bodies

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2023 World Cup: Getting to know Team England

The Lionesses are missing some key players in the World Cup, but Lucy Bronze, Alessia Russo and co. might be enough.

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Editorial: The Supreme Court’s solution for racial bias is to pretend it doesn’t exist

The U.S. Supreme Court’s rulings on Thursday that race-conscious college admissions programs are unlawful was widely expected but still deeply discouraging.

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‘Woke left’ to be topic of Mike Pence speech at UNC-Chapel Hill

Former Vice President Mike Pence will speak on UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus this month, one of various events the potential Republican presidential candidate has taken part in over recent months.

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Nikole Hannah-Jones shares additional details of settlement with UNC-Chapel Hill

RALEIGH, N.C. — Following reports last week that UNC-Chapel Hill had reached a settlement with journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones over her battle for tenure at the university last year, Hannah-Jones is now providing more details about what is included — aside from money — in the settlement.

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National faculty group criticizes political interference it says is damaging UNC System

RALEIGH, N.C. — A national organization of university faculty members released a report Thursday criticizing the University of North Carolina System, saying it violates standards of shared governance, threatens academic freedom and fosters institutional racism.

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