Located on the first floor of Manning Hall, the UNC School of Information and Library Science Library houses a collection of titles accessible to the campus community.
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Located on the first floor of Manning Hall, the UNC School of Information and Library Science Library houses a collection of titles accessible to the campus community.
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Last Thursday, the Chancellor’s Committee to Review History Commission Resolution reviewed and revised a committee report to evaluate the criteria for renaming several buildings on campus.
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Associate History Professor William Sturkey and civil rights activist and historian Danita Mason-Hogans led the “Race and Memory at UNC” discussion on Feb. 18.
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From poetry to nonfiction and everything in between, the new AfroLatinx Authors & Stories book collection offers stories from a variety of authors and genres.
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Morrison is the only dormitory to have solar panel installations, as well as real-time energy consumption monitors. But the Renewable Energy Special Projects Committee has been working on other solar panel projects that will be implemented for new buildings around campus. “Currently there are plans to use panels that generate electricity at Carolina North and Curtis Media Center, which are both under construction,” said Cindy Register, executive director of engineering and construction services. “A large solar footprint is also planned at the Kenan-Flagler Business School addition, which is still in the design phase.”
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Theodore Nollert, a third-year doctoral student in the Department of English and Comparative Literature, will be the next president of the Graduate and Professional Student Government, the UNC Board of Elections announced Wednesday. In his administration, Nollert wants to build a foundation to tackle both long-standing systemic issues and smaller problems. “There are certain kinds of problems we just can't solve in isolation from one another,” Nollert said. “My challenge is, how do I convince people that it's worth solving those problems and joining those communities to do so.”
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Members of the UNC Faculty Executive Committee and Advisory Committee convened for a joint meeting on Monday. They discussed potential term and responsibility changes for the positions of faculty chairperson and faculty secretary.
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Theodore Nollert has been elected as Graduate and Professional Student Government student body president with 59.14 percent of the total votes cast — defeating his opponent Zachary Boyce.
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Li-ling Hsiao, associate professor in the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies and associate dean for First-Year Curricula, teaches classes ranging from the study of Kung Fu movies to a popular course on traditional Chinese opera. Her research combines art, literature and music.
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At its Feb. 14 meeting, the Committee on Community and Diversity met to discuss results from UNCu2019s 2018 Collaborative On Academic Careers in Higher Education survey and hiring processes within University departments.
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The Ackland Art Museum is hosting a global cult cinema-themed Film Forum at the Varsity Theatre this month. Films include “The Man Who Saved the World," “The Big Boss,” “Tears of the Black Tiger” and “Om Shanti Om.”
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Two candidates are running to be the president of the Graduate and Professional Student Government: Theodore Nollert and Zachary Boyce. The election is on Tuesday.
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In July 2020, the chairpersons of the history, sociology, political science and peace, war & defense departments all signed a letter to the Chancellor requesting that Hamilton Hall be renamed after Pauli Murray. Now, over a year later, the renaming process is still incomplete.
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“I am extremely passionate about the need for every student to get a global experience,” Sharmila Udyavar, UNC's new associate director of global education in the Office of the Vice Provost for Global Affairs, said. “I think Carolina has the resources, the commitment, the focus to help me provide that.”
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The Carolina Postdoctoral Program for Faculty Diversity aims to set up scholars from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups for possible tenure-track appointments at UNC or other research institutions. Sarah D. Mills, who completed the program in 2021 and is now an assistant professor at UNC, said programs like the Carolina Postdoctoral Program for Faculty Diversity can’t be the only solution to recruiting and retaining diverse faculty. “These types of programs are really critical to there being change in what faculty at universities look like,” she said. “And I don't think just these programs alone are enough.”
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The UNC Asian American Center will host it "Topics in Asian American Mental Health: A Discussion" event this Wednesday at 5 p.m. over Zoom.
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At their Friday meeting, UNC Faculty Council discussed COVID-19 policy updates, Project Kitty Hawk and campus mental health concerns. The council also mentioned the recent launch of the Heels Care Network, an online resource providing 24/7 support.
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Robert Smith III is leaving his current role as associate chairperson for administration in the Department of Neurology at the UNC School of Medicine. He will take on the role of vice dean of the Gillings School of Global Public Health on Feb. 28.
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On Feb. 9, acclaimed historian and Georgetown University professor Marcia Chatelain delivered UNC’s 2022 Black History Month lecture, discussing her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel that explores the relationship between McDonald's and Black entrepreneurship. "There’s really rarely an accounting for the cultural work — and the effective cultural work — that corporations, particularly fast-food corporations, do in ingratiating themselves to Black experiences and Black cultural forms,” she said.
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New York Times columnist and bestselling author Frank Bruni will be the spring 2022 Commencement speaker, which will be held on May 8 in Kenan Stadium.
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