2023 Year in Review: What fuels the fire
From the University cafeteria workers’ 1969 strike to the student-sparked Franklin Street march against Apartheid, University members have consistently used their voices and campus to address injustices.
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From the University cafeteria workers’ 1969 strike to the student-sparked Franklin Street march against Apartheid, University members have consistently used their voices and campus to address injustices.
Nearly a year after the UNC Board of Trustees passed a resolution to accelerate the development of a new School of Civic Life and Leadership — a move that many faculty members said they were not consulted about — development of the SCiLL is being led by a group of 9 inaugural faculty members with legislative funding.
This year, several new leaders stepped into roles on campus. These changes come after eight deans stepped down in 2022, creating what new faculty chair Beth Moracco called “a huge amount of change.”
As of this month, UNC faculty and staff can access a digital artificial intelligence tool to summarize articles, generate coursework and accelerate their online research.
Amid campus discourse surrounding the war in Israel and Gaza, the UNC Faculty Executive Committee met on Monday to discuss the state of safety and free speech on campus and debated the best methods for making their meetings more productive.
Last fall, Chair of the Linguistics Department Misha Becker said she found herself feeling burnt out and questioning whether she had the energy to teach students and conduct research.
Amid responses to the Israel-Hamas conflict on UNC’s campus, the Faculty Council discussed freedom of speech and expression at their meeting on Nov. 3. Following several campus protests and discussions, the council analyzed the role of the University in responding to the conflict.
Members of the UNC Board of Trustees called for "a full and open explanation to the entire University community" in a Nov. 3 letter regarding the N.C. General Assembly's decision to limit distinguished professorships to STEM fields.
UNC professor of exercise physiology Abbie Smith-Ryan said she thinks "estrogen is a superpower."
The UNC Faculty Executive Committee reviewed a resolution concerning the right to free speech and protest on Monday afternoon.
The Hussman School of Journalism and Media will be launching a new certificate program in Political Communication next fall.
Two days after the militant group Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, Evyatar Marienberg, a tenured professor in the religious studies department, sent his class a Canvas message.
Earlier this week, UNC Research awarded five junior faculty members the 2023 Hettleman Prize: Yaiza Canzani, Brian Conlon, Angel Hsu, Pengda Liu, and Alex Worsnip.
On Wednesday, the Committee on Academic Freedom and Free Expression convened virtually to make recommendations on campus-wide free speech six days after a pro-Palestine demonstration occurred on the steps of Wilson Library. The Committee discussed a commitment to institutional neutrality, clarified legalities surrounding the demonstration and considered making guidelines regarding free speech on campus clearer.
In the wake of violence in Gaza, the Faculty Executive Committee addressed faculty response to heightened tensions on campus on Monday.
The Peer Support Core at UNC launched its second year of applications at the beginning of this month for its 2023-24 mini-grants.
Though Dr. David Weber is an adviser to the World Health Organization and serves on various national and statewide medical boards, he said his most rewarding work is mentoring students.
Updated Oct. 13, 5:41 p.m.: In an email to The Daily Tar Heel, Media Relations said UNC leaders are focused on "direct engagement with those impacted."
Eight months after the Board of Trustees introduced the controversial School of Civic Life and Leadership (SCiLL), the inaugural faculty and an interim dean of the school have been announced.
A recent effort to mitigate salary concerns, which would increase the salary range for tenured and tenure-track professors in the College of Arts and Sciences, was approved during a Sept. 27 UNC Board of Trustees University Affairs Committee meeting.