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97.9 The Hill WCHL & Chapelboro.com @wchlchapelboro.bsky.social · 2d

Nabarun Dasgupta, an epidemiologist and researcher with UNC’s Gillings School of Public Health, is the latest Chapel Hill faculty member earn a MacArthur Foundation fellowship.

Read more here:

UNC Researcher Earns MacArthur 'Genius' Grant to Support Work Preventing Drug Overdoses - Chapelboro.com

Nabarun Dasgupta, an acclaimed UNC epidemiologist and researcher, is part of the MacArthur Foundation Fellows Class of 2025.

chapelboro.com

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Caroline Spencer @cclaytonr.bsky.social · 2d

This is why helicopters are overhead downtown #chapelhill :(

www.newsobserver.com/news/local/c...

Police find man dead in downtown Chapel Hill. Investigation underway.

Police found the man deceased on the 300 block of West Franklin Street. The man’s name was not released, and his cause of death was unclear.

www.newsobserver.com

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Caroline Spencer @cclaytonr.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah, don’t get me started.

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Caroline Spencer @cclaytonr.bsky.social · 4d

The new Ay Por Dios concept. Sports bar I think. #chapelhill

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Caroline Spencer @cclaytonr.bsky.social · 9d

Well they’ll be easy to spot BECAUSE THEY’RE EVERYWHERE. 🙄

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Caroline Spencer @cclaytonr.bsky.social · 10d

lol. Not yet.

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Caroline Spencer @cclaytonr.bsky.social · 10d

Helicopters over downtown and were not playing Duke. What’s up? #chapelhill

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Carli Brosseau @carlibrosseau.bsky.social · 12d

“Thank you. That was very depressing,” said Chapel Hill-Carrboro school board member Barbara Fedders after a presentation on the county’s demographics. indyweek.com/news/orange/...

Fewer Kids, Stalled Raises: What’s Ahead for Schools in Orange County

Four takeaways on the future of K–12 education in Orange County from this month’s joint board meeting.

indyweek.com

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Longtail News @longtail.news · 11d

Feed: "The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill"
By: By Nicholas Graham, University Libraries, with illustrations by Robby Poore, University Communications and Marketing on Monday, September 29, 2025

Here are 5 things I love about Carolina

Archivist Nicholas Graham shares his favorite features of the nation’s first public university, just in time for its 232nd birthday.

www.unc.edu

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Caroline Spencer @cclaytonr.bsky.social · 11d

Figures. 🙄🙄🙄

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Caroline Spencer @cclaytonr.bsky.social · 12d

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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 13d

Josh Downs has to be on the most QB-friendly receivers in the NFL. Dude is just always open.

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Caroline Spencer @cclaytonr.bsky.social · 16d

He hangs out at Lapin Bleu. (He’s there now) if you want stop by and tell him your Sid’s stories;)

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Community Home Trust @communityhometrust.bsky.social · 19d

Need proof that the community land trust model works? In Chapel Hill and Carrboro the median price of homes on the private market is $600,000, while the median price of a #communityhometrust home is just $130,000.
#communitylandtrust
#AffordableHousing

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National Humanities Center @natlhumanities.bsky.social · 18d

Congratulations to Tressie McMillan Cottom (NHC Fellow, 2025–26), recipient of the 2025 Thomas Wolfe Prize.

As this year’s recipient, Cottom will deliver the annual Thomas Wolfe Lecture on September 30 at UNC-Chapel Hill.

Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · Aug 23

A tiny announcement about this year’s Thomas Wolfe prize.

englishcomplit.unc.edu/program/wolfe/

Sep. 30.

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Josh Moody @byjoshmoody.bsky.social · 17d

The UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees released a statement this morning. (Unmentioned is the fact that they previously settled over alleged violations of open meetings acts, so they have a history of doing what they are being accused of.)

Statement from UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees Chair Malcolm Turner: "The former Provost’s baseless assault on this volunteer Board and how it conducts its business stands in stark contrast to the widely recognized excellence the University has achieved under this Board’s leadership. His allegations are disappointing and inaccurate, not to mention a waste of taxpayer dollars, for which this former officer of the University shows no regard. His claims will not withstand scrutiny."

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The Assembly @theassemblync.bsky.social · Sep 11

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is bringing in outside counsel to investigate its controversial School of Civic Life and Leadership after months of faculty turmoil.

www.theassemblync.com/education/hi...

UNC-Chapel Hill Investigates the School of Civic Life and Leadership

Chancellor Lee Roberts said that the university is reviewing the school after faculty and administrative turnover in the past year.

www.theassemblync.com

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INDY Week @indyweek.bsky.social · 29d

Legend has it that when Davie Poplar falls, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill falls with it. Now it’s been chosen by migrating chimney swifts, in what may be the only documented natural roost site in the state.

In Chapel Hill, an Iconic Tree Becomes a Rare Natural Roost for Migrating Chimney Swifts

Davie Poplar has been chosen by migrating chimney swifts for roosting. It may be the only documented natural roosting site in the state.

indyweek.com

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WRAL Top Stories (unofficial) @not-wral.bsky.social · 29d

Controversial UNC School of Civic Life and Leadership under independent review

UNC Chapel Hill General Counsel Paul Newton and Chancellor Lee Roberts discussed the review in the Sept. 5 faculty council meeting, responding to a faculty question about the school.

Controversial UNC School of Civic Life and Leadership under independent review

UNC Chapel Hill General Counsel Paul Newton and Chancellor Lee Roberts discussed the review in the Sept. 5 faculty council meeting, responding to a faculty question about the school.

www.wral.com

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Caroline Spencer @cclaytonr.bsky.social · 28d

NC State Health Director has issued Standing Orders that allow 65 years or older and adults over 18 who meet certain criteria to get a COVID-19 vaccine at a pharmacy *without* having to get a prescription.

Governor Stein Announces Standing Orders to Increase Access to COVID-19 Vaccines

(RALEIGH) To increase access to safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines for th

governor.nc.gov

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Caroline Spencer @cclaytonr.bsky.social · Sep 11

“Honestly, I don't know if our suspect is old enough to even drive.” www.cpr.org/2025/09/10/e...

Shooting at Evergreen High School leaves three students critically injured, including the suspected shooter

A fourth student was transported to the hospital, but it is unclear what injury they had.

www.cpr.org

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Town of Carrboro, NC @carrboronc.bsky.social · Sep 8

After a successful first year in Chapel Hill, the Crisis Assistance, Response, and Engagement (CARE) team is now serving Carrboro and is planning to add staffing for a second mobile unit, which will allow for longer operating hours.

ℹ️ https://monkeylink.co/e298d8

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Anne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandez.bsky.social · Sep 6

"'We deserve to feel safe and we deserve to be noticed,' Addie told 11 News. 'We're not insignificant. We are not small. We're not tiny. And, we need the politicians that promise to protect us to actually do their job and protect us.'"

Students walk out of class, demanding safer schools

Students in Maryland and across the country participated in school walkouts to demand safer schools.

www.wbaltv.com

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · Sep 6

This @washingtonpost.com editorial doesn’t make it past the second paragraph without a glaring (and telling) factual error.

President Washington didn’t create the War Department in 1789; *Congress* did:

www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/...

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Caroline Spencer @cclaytonr.bsky.social · Sep 5

#5 is especially important and rarely done.

Jeff Greene @jeffgreene.bsky.social · Sep 4

4) Social media companies should be required to allow researchers access to the data needed to investigate Haidt's claims, with proper safeguards for personal data, IP, etc.
5) We should be teaching students how to self-regulate their use of all tools, including digital ones
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Andria @andria.bsky.social · Sep 4

“Mediterranean Deli will host a private event for Chapel Hill firefighters and first responders who arrived to battle the blaze that ruined the prior iteration of the business.”

Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · Sep 4

Great news for everyone in the Triangle: two years and two months after the fire that devastated the business, Med Deli is re-opening for dinner Tuesday Sept 9. So many of us have been awaiting this day 1/n
chapelboro.com/news/busines...

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