Founder of UNC's Institute for the Arts and Humanities dead at 88
Following a decades long career, arts and humanities advocate Ruel Tyson, Jr. died last week. He founded the Institute for the Arts and Humanities.
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With Folt gone, how has Campaign for Carolina progressed?
With Chancellor Carol Folt gone, her endeavor, the Campaign for Carolina, continues on. The initiative has outpaced its goal by raising $2.51 billion out of $4.25 billion in under two years.
Interim Chancellor Guskiewicz goes back to the classroom
Guskiewicz and Professor Buck Goldstein will be holding a once-a-week course to mentor Ph.D. students who are planning to move into academia following graduation.
Learn more about what lies beneath the surface at UNC
Delve into Chapel Hill’s history prior to the University’s founding and unearth Native American artifacts and shedding light on life at UNC during its first 100 years with this virtual tour.
Terry Rhodes appointed as interim dean of College of Arts and Sciences
As interim dean, Rhodes will oversee nearly 17,000 undergraduate students and 2,500 graduate students, in addition to more than 70 academic departments, curricula, programs, centers and institutes, the announcements said.
'Interstellar' scientific advisor and Nobel laureate gave speech at UNC
Nobel Prize winner Kip Thorne came to UNC Thursday to give a talk on his studies called "My Romance with the Warped Side of the Universe." It was the 25th anniversary of the Frey Foundation Distinguished Visiting Professorship at the College of Arts and Sciences.
Here's what to expect from UNC's new interim chancellor, Kevin Guskiewicz
Kevin Guskiewicz's longevity at UNC is full of awards and accolades — though the student body, and even some faculty, are left with concern for the decorated interim chancellor.
Here's what you missed at Wednesday's Employee Forum
The UNC Employee Forum held a general meeting yesterday to discuss a wide range of topics relevant to employee life at UNC.
Allegations against IoP founder have created a rift between students and stakeholders
Since launching in 2017, the IoP has quickly risen to a place of prominence on and beyond UNC's campus. Yet allegations against Tanner Glenn, IoP founder and a current Chancellor's Fellow, have cast his continued involvement with the organization into question.
Summer session changes and credit hours were the subject of Thursday’s BOG meeting
The Board of Governors met on Thursday to discuss academic success in UNC-system schools.
Meet Maggie Hilderbran, a UNC senior who received a scholarship that only 40 people get
Exploring the intersection of religion and science, Maggie Hilderbran received a remarkable scholarship to continue a passion that began with watching Star Trek. But when Hilderbran isn't trying to tackle existence's toughest questions, she's enjoying her final year at UNC.
Take a look at where the Silent Sam debate stands as the spring semester begins
The conflict surrounding Silent Sam will not be left in 2018 after the UNC Board of Governors rejected the plan to move the monument to a separate building on-campus. Here's the latest on student and administrative responses to the issue.
Chancellor's Science Scholars receive national awards for fifth consecutive year
More awards and recognition for UNC science programs? Not a surprise. Check out the UNC award winners who presented their research on biomedicine, chemistry and more.
UNC faculty don't want Silent Sam on campus, according to survey
UNC College of Arts and Sciences staff weighs in on the Silent Sam debate.
'Tragically, urgently relevant': UNC anti-Semitism lecture days after Pittsburgh shooting
“This event was planned months ago. But it has become tragically, urgently relevant in light of this weekend’s events.”`
UNC researchers find coral reefs face additional threat
Coral reefs worldwide are experiencing declining growth rates, according to research from the UNC Department of Marine Sciences.
UNC introduces new neuroscience major
“The field of neuroscience became of increasing interest to our undergraduate students, and the current demand for a neuroscience major is very high,” said Kelly Giovanello of the Psychology and Neuroscience Department.
Dr. Joseph St. Jean Jr., UNC Geological Sciences professor emeritus, dead at 94
Dr. Joseph St. Jean Jr., paleontologist in the Department of Geological Sciences died peacefully of natural causes in Chapel Hill on March 7. The Geological Sciences department will honor him in a memorial service on Saturday for the professor, veteran and loving husband that he was.
Training offered on campus for active shooter situations
Shots Fired on Campus, a program through the UNC-Chapel Hill Police Department, offers training so students know what to do in active shooter situations.
NSF could require UNC to report researchers with history of sexual harassment
UNC and other scientific organizations join the national conversation of sexual harassment and gender discrimination prevention in the workplace.
