Lisa Philip
Before joining WUNC in October as the station's new education reporter, Lisa Philip covered schools in Howard County, Maryland for the Baltimore Sun newspapers. She traveled from school playgrounds to the state legislature, writing about everything from a Girl Scout friendship bench project to a state investigation into local school officials' alleged hiding of public records.
Lisa initially became interested in education reporting while working for an after school music education program in five Baltimore City schools. In her former life, she trained and worked as a professional violist and arts administrator. She has been telling stories since age 5, when she wrote and (poorly) illustrated her first book, "Mary and the Key Lime Pie."
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More lawsuits have been filed against Northwestern University accusing the school of ignoring hazing incidents in its football program and other sports programs.
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When school is out, students without the means to pay for summer camps and vacations stand to lose two to three months of learning, according to experts. With summer activities out of their financial reach, a Raleigh family got creative.
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Wild turkey hunting season began last week in North Carolina. Hunters killed a record number last spring. Some experts attributed the uptick to stay at home orders in place during the hunting season. Although local turkey populations have been robust in recent years, the bird was previously brought near extinction.
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Updated at 4:50 p.m. Duke Energy Corp. has been ordered to excavate coal ash from all of its North Carolina power plant sites, slashing the risk of... -
A member of the UNC Board of Governors is calling for the ousting of the board’s chairman, Harry Smith, saying his continued leadership will further...
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Researchers are warning of the consequences of undercounting young Latino children in next year's census, especially in North Carolina. By some...
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Activists gathered Tuesday night for what they called a victory party across the street from the now-empty ground on which the Confederate statue known...
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The chancellor at the University of North Carolina announced that the rest of the Silent Sam Confederate monument is coming down. She then announced her resignation as chancellor.
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Updated 2:45 p.m. The University of North Carolina's Board of Governors on Tuesday voted to make UNC Chapel Hill Chancellor Carol Folt's resignation...
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The Confederate statue known as "Silent Sam" had stood on the main campus quad in Chapel Hill from 1913 until it was torn down by protesters in August 2018.
