Faculty committee to send survey out to departments
The council committee on fixed-term faculty has prepared a questionnaire to distribute to all UNC department chairs within the next month.
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The council committee on fixed-term faculty has prepared a questionnaire to distribute to all UNC department chairs within the next month.
The UNC faculty council passed a resolution Friday to allow fixed-term faculty and retired faculty voting and representation privileges in the council meetings.
George Rabinowitz, a political science professor known for his groundbreaking work in the field of American politics, died this weekend from a heart attack.
When he met Bill Gates at a conference in May 2010, UNC pharmacology professor Joseph DeSimone knew how to get his attention.
School of Information and Library Science students, faculty and staff can submit nominations for the 2011 “Outstanding Teacher Award.”
UNC professor of literacy Jill Fitzgerald will be inducted into the Reading Hall of Fame at the International Reading Association annual conference in May.
An earlier version of this story misstated Gary Marchionini’s appointment. The story has been changed to reflect the correction. The Daily Tar Heel apologizes for the error.
As unrest sweeps across the Middle East and oil prices climb, today’s economic climate could make any investor nervous.
UNC professors Sandra Martin and Harold Kohn have been honored with Faculty Mentoring Awards from the Carolina Women’s Leadership Council.
As a budding scientist at the University of Oxford, Oliver Smithies sat in a lecture hall listening to Linus Pauling, one of only four people to have ever won the Nobel Prize twice.
A previous version of this story incorrectly stated action taken by the committee about UNC’s participation in the Capital One Cup. Members voiced opposition to the competition but did not hold a formal vote. This story has been modified to reflect this change. The Daily Tar Heel apologizes for the errors.
It’s often more difficult for history professors or English students to craft solutions to real-world problems than it is for doctors or scientists.
The committee on University government could give fixed-term and retired faculty a firmer voice in faculty matters at today’s Faculty Council meeting.
Elizabeth Mayer-Davis entered the field of diabetes research with her head, not her heart.
Professor of Geology Jonathan Lees is the new editor-in-chief of Seismological Research Letters, a bimonthly professional journal.
The University’s transcript is getting a makeover.
Following up on a faculty salary equity study conducted on race and gender nine years ago, the University is preparing for another campus-wide review that will examine a wider variety of factors.
Tenured faculty — usually considered to be protected from layoffs — might be pushed out of universities to offset the severe budget cuts looming ahead.
Employees who get in trouble off the job might soon have to pay for it on the job, as well.
Through three years of debate and discussion, the University had explored seemingly every option.