'All art is political': UNC professor publishes debut novel about the opioid crisis
By Chloe Walker | May. 4UNC professor Karen Tucker’s debut novel, "Bewilderness" tells the story of two young women struggling with addiction.
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UNC professor Karen Tucker’s debut novel, "Bewilderness" tells the story of two young women struggling with addiction.
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At Monday's meeting, the Commission on History, Race and a Way Forward mapped its ideas, and members voted on which projects they felt were most important. Members also identified projects and items that had been missing and should be prioritized moving forward.
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The Hanes Visiting Artist Lecture Committee has retuned with New York-based polymedia artist Eto Otitigbe to speak about how he shows the intersections between race, art and science in his various creative projects.
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UNC’s deferred maintenance backlog has grown to over $900 million and counting. The facilities condition index is a ratio of remedying a building’s deficiencies relative to the current building replacement value. A building in good condition has an FCI of less than or equal to 0.05; fair condition if between 0.05 and 0.10; poor condition if between 0.10 and 0.30, and severe condition if greater than 0.30. The average for all UNC buildings is 0.19, falling in the poor condition category.
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“There is light at the end of the tunnel," Dr. Muge Gucsavas-Calikoglu, chairperson of the committee, said. "The University is going to open and all of us are vaccinated or on the way to be vaccinated, I hope. And, it is going to be a new year to which we have shown survival, resilience, and hope moving forward."
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After a competitive, national search, the University announced Knuffman as the new chief financial officer in a campus message on March 12. Knuffman officially started in this role on March 22.
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In UNC's Faculty Advisory Committee meeting held on Thursday, the committee discussed plans for the fall 2021 semester, the current state of COVID-19 vaccine distribution efforts and the appointment of Jill Moore as the new secretary of the faculty for the committee.
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On Monday, members of UNC’s Faculty Welfare Committee met to discuss a new caregiver task-force and the vaccination timeline for University employees.
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Inspired by "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel García Márquez, Hargreaves hopes her solo fiddle album, "Soledad," reaches students, faculty and beyond.
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The Faculty Committee on University Government met Wednesday to discuss concerns about faculty governance, including the responsibilities of the secretary of the faculty and the selection process for that position.
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At Friday’s meeting, Chairperson of the Faculty Mimi Chapman and University leaders expressed an interest in moving forward, past discussions solely focused on the Silent Sam settlement. Other topics brought up at the meeting included UNC’s relationship with its cultural centers, vaccine rollout in Orange County and plans for the next semesters at UNC.
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Some professors chose to keep their classes on Zoom this week after the events following the UNC's win in men's basketball Saturday.
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With Valentine’s Day approaching, educators at UNC who identify as LGBTQ+ uncover their personal journeys and stories of love, talk about their plans for the holiday and share advice for students who wish to imagine love in their own right.
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"I'll also add that this robust testing program was something that we heard loud and clear early in this fall semester that many of our community members wished had been in place, and so we put forth I think a strong effort to be sure that we could build a robust testing program," Guskiewicz said.
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Mimi Chapman, chairperson of the faculty, said the broad distrust that has emerged in recent months is partially due to a series of past events, like the NCAA scandal, Silent Sam and Title IX concerns. The erosion of trust that resulted from these events was never fully regained, and new University leadership has assumed the responsibility of repairing past harm while confronting new challenges.
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