North Carolina University Cancels Class for 30,000 Students After Possible Suicide

A student walks through the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in Chapel Hill, N.C., on Aug. 18, 2020. Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill said that Tuesday classes were canceled for its 30,000 students after police investigated a possible suicide and an attempted suicide over the past weekend.

In a statement, UNC Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz, without elaborating, said the school is in a “mental health crisis” and that “we are aware that college-aged students carry an increased risk of suicide.”