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'We still have more to do': UNC minority faculty tops peer group at 11 percent

By Cain Twyman | April 9

Though UNC ranks among the highest of its peer institutions in terms of diversity, many still see room for improvement in the percentage of faculty of ...

Arts Everywhere Day is hoping to have the arts represented all over campus with pianos, puppets and a Physics and Math Department sponsored pendulum.

Pendulums, pianos and puppets fill campus for Arts Everywhere Day

April 7

Arts Everywhere Day, an initiative sponsored by Chancellor Carol Folt, is bringing live music, puppets and even a pendulum created by the Physics and ...

Faculty Executive Committee discusses commitment to the free speech policy

By Nicole Booth | April 3

Academic advising, free speech and events on campus were all topics of conversation at Monday's Faculty Executive Committee meeting.

Working group plans to update the general education curriculum

By Myah Ward | March 31

A working group is assessing the general education curriculum, with plans to be implemented in the fall of 2019 by the Dean of the College of Arts and ...

A plaque was placed on the outside of Carolina Hall, renaming it Zora Neale Hurston Hall. The plaque will be removed according to UNC Facilities Services.

Unofficial plaque honoring Zora Neale Hurston to be taken off Carolina Hall

By Acy Jackson | March 29

A plaque honoring Zora Neale Hurston was placed outside Carolina Hall on Tuesday.

Chalk messages around campus depict the symbol of Islam with an “X” over it.

Chalk messages against Islam, veganism popped up around campus on Sunday

By Aaron Redus and Jamie Gwaltney | March 27

Students saw chalk messages — including things like “#triggered Trump wins,” “veganism is wrong” and “we rule” — around campus Sunday ...

Ana Sofia Nuñez, an immigration attorney from Raleigh, discusses House Bill 63 and immigrants' rights on Wednesday during a panel on the topic of undocumented immigrants.

Teach-in series hosts panel on issues facing state's undocumented students and workers

By Harris Wheless | March 9

Panelists discussed immigration and documentation in the Undocumented Students and Workers in North Carolina panel discussion held Wednesday.

Omid Safi, a former UNC professor, is now the director of the Islamic Studies at Duke. One of the reasons he left was to have more freedom to give his political opinion.

Former UNC faculty, staff explain reasoning for taking offers at Duke

By Leah Moore | March 9

In the 2015-16 school year, at least 11 faculty members left UNC and five offers from Duke University were made to faculty, Executive Vice Provost Ron ...

Laurie McNeil talks about her contributions to pursuing gender equity.

Luncheon brings together award winners to discuss gender equity

By Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez | March 8

The first University Awards for the Advancement of Women Luncheon brought together four previous winners of the award to discuss methods of advancing ...

'We're not just going to sit silent': Campuses outline communication after student suicides

By Belle Hillenburg | March 6

The period following a student suicide can be pivotal for a campus community.

Faculty Council resolution aims to give fixed-term members more respectability

By Leah Asmelash | March 5

After 15 years of fighting, fixed-term teaching faculty at UNC are finally getting recognition with Resolution 2017-3, which adds teaching assistant professor ...

Craige Parking Deck may be receiving a "green" make-over, with plans to build an environmentally-friendly plant structure on it to spruce up its appearance and help clean the air. The plan is in the works and still requires BOG approval.

UNC Visitors’ Center offers campus tours in Spanish

By Kamilla Rekvényi | February 16

To make campus more accessible, the UNC Visitors’ Center has started offering their Welcome to Carolina tour in Spanish.

UNC Registrar Chris Derickson leaves for position at Duke

By Madeleine Fraley | February 16

Chris Derickson, the former University Registrar, has left his position of 10 years with UNC to take on the position of assistant vice provost and director ...

Faculty members signed a response to Chancellor Carol Folt's letter that responded to President Trump's executive order to ban immigration of citizens from seven countries.

UNC faculty members ask administration to do more about immigration ban

By Acy Jackson | February 1

Some UNC faculty are not happy with Chancellor Carol Folt’s response to President Donald Trump’s executive order to ban immigrants from seven predominantly-Muslim ...

Professor Jodi Magness takes students to Israel to partake in digs every summer. Photo Courtesy of Jodi Magness.

Full-time archaeologist Jodi Magness digs into teaching religion at UNC

By Leah Asmelash | January 27

Professor Jodi Magness has been on more than 20 archaeological excavations over her career, published 10 books, won numerous awards, consulted for the ...

Students, faculty and employees participate in exercise classes in the Student Recreation Center on Tuesday.

Campus recreation offers class specifically for faculty and staff

By Nic Rardin | January 26

Making it to the gym can be tough, but UNC faculty and staff have their very own group fitness course.

Students to honor the behind-the-scenes workers who care for UNC

By Kaitlyn Green | January 19

A group of UNC students is working to recognize the behind-the-scenes workers who take care of the University.

Dwayne Pinkney was just chosen as the new Senior Associate Vice Chancellor of Finance and Administration.

Dwayne Pinkney named UNC's new chief financial officer

By Harris Wheless | December 5

Dwayne Pinkney will bring his experience working for the N.C. General Assembly, the UNC system's general administration and UNC-Chapel Hill itself to ...

Third year Almas Islas conducts an exercise meant to give students examples of the experiences of undocumented youth Saturday afternoon in the Campus Y.

UNC faculty meeting discusses possibility of 'sanctuary university' for undocumented students

By Brinley Lowe | November 16

Sixty-three UNC staff, faculty, alumni and students squeezed into a small classroom in Dey Hall Tuesday morning to discuss how to support undocumented ...

Professor Charles Price works in the Anthropology department at UNC. Photo courtesy of Charles Price.

Anthropology professor Charles Price looks at the how's and why's of Rastafarianism

By Kayla Drake | October 31

After writing a book on the origins of Rastafarianism, anthropology professor Charles Price is continuing his research on the Rastafari culture and identity ...