UNC senior Karsen Kitchen makes space history

Posted Sep 29, 2024
“Sorry I can’t make it to class this week. I’m going into space.” That’s the message Karsen Kitchen, University of North Carolina senior, struggled to deliver convincingly to her professors one week into the fall semester. “A lot of them thought I was lying,” Kitchen said. “I mean, I would, too.” What sounded like a far-fetched fib was actually a historic truth. (UNC.edu)

Related: Campus Connections

New Spanish Tapas Restaurant Opens After Renovation of Familiar East Franklin Street Space
When Ye Olde Waffle Shoppe closed at 173 East Franklin Street in 2020, many Chapel Hillians, tourists and former Carolina students were despondent. After years...
Sat Sep 28, 2024

UNC ranked a top-five public university for 23rd straight year
UNC-Chapel Hill is ranked the No. 5 public university in the country and is tied for No. 27 overall in the 2025 U.S. News &...
Tue Sep 24, 2024

Flower shop has been in downtown Chapel Hill for 78 years. Where is it going next?
A locally owned Franklin Street business that has supplied Chapel Hill residents with flowers and gifts for 78 years is moving next year. University Florist,...
Tue Sep 24, 2024

UNC Morehead-Cain Scholar Brook Cheuvront dies during hike in South Africa, reports say
A UNC student studying abroad who vanished during a hike in South Africa has been found dead. Brook Cecilia Cheuvront, 20, of Newland, went hiking...
Mon Sep 23, 2024