It was a long and arduous journey, but the positive change we created in our community made it all worth it.
On Feb. 1, ABC News named Davis as anchor of its Sunday broadcasts of “World News Tonight” — the most-watched evening-news broadcast in the nation.
With 116 active cases of COVID-19 already in the University community, students have mixed feelings about the safety of returning to Grounds next week.
The past year will go down in history as one of the University’s most defining moments. Although we could undoubtedly publish several books with all the material we have, I will try to sum up the past year with headlines that made 2020 so unrelenting and challenging.
Although there have been 1,056 total student cases, no University students have been hospitalized for COVID-19. Prevalence testing, symptomatic testing and wastewater testing will continue throughout the spring semester.
In a victory delayed by vote counts and the fear of potential legal challenges, Biden has so far received 279 electoral votes — with Pennsylvania’s 20 electoral votes putting him over the required 270 needed to win the presidency
45 individuals tested positive on Friday, ten on Saturday and zero on Sunday. This is the first time zero cases have been reported on any given day since data collection on the tracker began.
Just over two weeks into the academic year, Ryan says he is “cautiously optimistic” that the University will not have to send students home mid-semester because of the University’s increased testing capacity and additional isolation and quarantine space.
UNC’s decision to pull the plug on in-person classes comes after clusters of cases popped up in three residence halls and a fraternity house — where students live in close proximity to each other — just days after the semester began Aug. 10.
The semester will still start Aug. 25 as originally planned, but President Jim Ryan and his executive team are urging students who plan to live off-Grounds to delay their return until in-person courses resume.
