UNC Chapel Hill cancels classes amid 2 suicide investigations

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has canceled classes on Tuesday and given students a “wellness day" while campus authorities investigate two possible suicides over the weekend.

The decision came after a student was found dead in a residence hall Saturday morning and police received a call for an attempted suicide early Sunday, according to campus police crime logs reviewed by NBC affiliate WRAL of Raleigh.

"We are in the middle of a mental health crisis, both on our campus and across the nation, and we are aware that college-aged students carry an increased risk of suicide," Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz wrote to students in a letter Sunday evening.

The school is encouraging students to use Tuesday to check in with each other and rest. The university also said it is setting up a “special support network” this week to help students connect to resources and process what has been happening.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/unc-chapel-hill-cancels-classes-tuesday-amid-two-suicide-investigations-n1281229
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