Progressive Faculty Network needles Wainstein report
While the Progressive Faculty Network has diverse opinions on the Wainstein report, there is one thing they can agree on — the problem is much bigger than paper classes.
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Faculty Council suggest solutions to academic problems
A week after the release of Kenneth Wainstein’s investigation report on the academic scandal, the members of the UNC Faculty Council assembled to discuss the resolution of the existing problems and try to path the way for the University’s future.
University adds travel limits due to Ebola
UNC and UNC Health Care prohibited all University-sponsored travel to Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone and asked that students and staff avoid personal travel to the three nations, which have seen outbreaks of Ebola, Wednesday.
Faculty, athletic counselors facing disciplinary action at UNC
Before students could even digest the Wainstein report, Chancellor Carol Folt made a promise — nine UNC employees will face disciplinary action.
Wainstein report might be the conclusion to UNC's academic scandal
It was all a lie.
Wainstein report in four easy questions
Kenneth Wainstein released his report Wednesday.
Gay faculty at UNC receive health care for spouses
UNC employees can now begin enrolling same-sex spouses in the State Health Plan.
Governor Pat McCrory delivers keynote address at University Day
It was 1984 and Gov. Pat McCrory made the tough call.
U.S. assistant attorney general headlines 10th anniversary celebration of Stone Center
Students and alumni kept Sonja Haynes Stone’s memory alive and well at the 10th anniversary celebration of the Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History Thursday night.
Summer Writing Group Program will provide support to faculty during summer months
Summer is different for everyone. For some, it is a time to relax after the stressful academic year. For others, it is a time to travel abroad and experience the world.
UNC’s head of admissions Stephen Farmer focuses on opportunity
UNC has long focused on the number of college-level courses high school students take during the admissions process. The University is now giving course loads less weight.
Faculty Athletics Committee examines changing landscape
Cunningham updated the Faculty Athletics Committee on important litigation and changes to the governance of college athletics in the committee’s first meeting of the academic year.
Finance, HR system redesign costs $87 million
The new ConnectCarolina system, which will impact faculty and staff, was neither a simple nor a cheap endeavor.
Advisers want more of a dialogue with Carol Folt
UNC faculty members said they want better communication between them and Chancellor Carol Folt in the Chancellor’s Advisory Committee’s first independent meeting of the year Monday.
Students pressure Carol Folt to sign Bangladeshi accord
Student Action with Workers brought its cause directly to the eyes of South Building Wednesday by hanging a banner on the Old Well.
Students honored Seamus Heaney with poetry reading
A Tuesday evening memorial for late Irish poet and Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney brought together two places — one that’s known for its 40 shades of green and another that’s hooked on just one shade of blue; one that raised a Nobel Prize-winning poet and another that now houses much of his poetic legacy.
UNC's new policy explains sanctions for sexual assault
UNC students have never been told what “yes” is.
Folt: Sexual assault report coming this week
Faculty Chairman Bruce Cairns was dressed for the occasion.
Athletes given a new path to return through Complete Carolina
Every summer for almost 10 long years, Marvin Williams has returned to Chapel Hill, taking classes and slowly chipping away at a degree
AIDS research foundation meets at UNC
UNC is hosting the third annual meeting of the Collaboratory of AIDS Researchers for Eradication at the Carolina Inn through Friday.
