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Deloris Jordan, longtime UNC School of Social Work board member and supporter, honored by MLK Center

Deloris Jordan accepted the Coretta Scott King Soul of the Nation Award on Jan. 13 at the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change’s 2024 Beloved Community Awards gala. Jordan, a North Carolina native and mother of Michael Jordan, is known to recent viewers of ESPN’s 2020 "The Last Dance" docuseries and the 2023 film "Air." (UNC.edu)

‘Tireless and fearless’: UNC community mourns loss of epidemiology professor

“Do what you like, what’s important and what’s right.” Dr. Adaora "Ada" Alise Adimora shared these words as her guiding motto when she was interviewed on the podcast "A Different Kind of Leader" in December, 2022. As a world-famous physician epidemiologist, advocate, teacher, mentor and mother, she did just that. On Jan. 1, she passed away. (Daily Tar Heel)

Photo gallery: Take a look at Chapel Hill’s Franklin Street through the years

Businesses come and go along Franklin Street, the main drag through downtown Chapel Hill next to UNC. The thoroughfare has been the site for lively Halloween gatherings and protests as well as raucous celebrations when the men’s basketball team topples Duke or wins a national championship. Here’s a look at some of the changes over the years. (Yahoo! News)

The Fried Chicken From Mama Dip's Kitchen Is So Good That The Recipe Hasn’t Changed Since 1970

With $40 for food and $24 for change, the late, great Mildred Council (Mama Dip) opened her restaurant determined to succeed. Since then she created two cookbooks; was featured on several national TV shows, such as "Good Morning America" and "The Food Network;" and many local and national publications. She also created her own food line. (Only In Your State)

10 people, including 3 football players, face charges for Chapel Hill crash that killed UNC student

North Carolina Alcohol Law Enforcement (ALE) agents believe that alcohol was a contributing factor to the January 21, 2024 single-car crash at the intersection of Raleigh Road and West Barbee Chapel Road. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill student Molly Elizabeth Rotunda, 20, of Greensboro, a passenger in the car, died in the crash. (WRAL.com)

UNC alum, NASA astronaut Zena Cardman to be speaker for spring 2024 commencement

NASA astronaut Zena Cardman will be the keynote speaker at the University of North Carolina’s spring 2024 Commencement, the University announced Thursday morning. Cardman earned a Bachelor of Science in biology and Master of Science in marine sciences from UNC in 2010 and 2014, respectively. She was elected as a NASA astronaut in 2017. (Daily Tar Heel)

Reflecting on 100 years of the live Rameses mascot: "A wild history"

For the past 100 years, a live Dorset Horn Sheep has stood on the sidelines of UNC football games at Kenan Memorial Stadium bearing the name Rameses, its horns painted Carolina blue. The tradition began in 1924 when UNC cheerleader Vic Huggins suggested that the Tar Heels needed a live mascot to compete with other schools, like the Georgia's bulldog. (Daily Tar Heel)

Green Beret veteran returns to civilian life as a UNC club hockey player

Throughout UNC’s club hockey season, a camo helmet with flashes of gold can be seen moving in and out of the goal. Under the mask is Joel Hughes, an Army veteran and junior at UNC. Hughes enlisted in the Army out of high school, following the 9/11 terrorist attack. Now 39, he’s earning his college degree, playing hockey, and running a household. (UNC Media Hub)

What’s missing from Franklin Street these days? Do any UNC fan favorites remain?

Alumni from distant decades may no longer recognize the Franklin Street blocks they haunted as UNC students in a long-gone era.Recent years in Chapel Hill have claimed a string of favorites, mainly due to pandemic slowdowns but also thanks to the heavy cost of renovating old buildings and the lack of parking or affordable housing to generate foot traffic. (AOL.com)

Black History Month at Carolina: The pioneers who broke down barriers in Chapel Hill

Throughout Carolina's history, there have been several pioneers who have broken down barriers for the generations of students to follow. Their courageous examples moved UNC closer to the ideal of the University of the people. As UNC celebrates Black History Month, learn more about Tar Heels who paved the way for a more inclusive university. (UNC.edu)

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