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Tag: Chapel Hill
COVID-19
UNC at Chapel Hill Moves Online After 130 Students Test Positive for COVID-19
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has reversed its decision to hold in-person classes after about 130 students tested positive for COVID-19 in the first week of fall classes, reports CNN. According to UNC’s COVID-19 dashboard, the percentage of positive cases rose from 2.8% to 13.6% between the weeks of Aug. 3 and […]
August 18, 2020
News Roundup
Judge Voids U of North Carolina’s Settlement With Confederate Group
A judge on Wednesday voided a controversial settlement that the University of North Carolina system reached with the Sons of Confederate Veterans over a contentious Confederate monument, reported National Public Radio. The monument, a statue known as “Silent Sam,” was toppled in August 2018 by protesters who said it was a racist symbol. In November […]
February 13, 2020
News Roundup
Foundation Pulls $1.5 Million Following UNC’s ‘Silent Sam’ Settlement
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation withdrew its anticipated $1.5 million grant to the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill, in direct response to the school’s decision to allocate $2.5 million to the N.C. Sons of Confederate Veterans for the upkeep of a Confederate memorial. The grant, according to the foundation’s director of communications, […]
December 16, 2019
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