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UNC men's soccer team's season ends with 1-0 loss to Oregon State in NCAA quarterfinals

| December 2

Faculty and Administration

Professors Robin Cunningham and Linda Green sit outside of Hanes Hall. Cunningham, a lecturer in the Department of Statistics & Operations Research, and Green, a lecturer in the Department of Mathematics, have been married for 25 years.

‘Greenham’ has a ‘math nerd romance’

By Christine Bang | October 26

What is the solution when you add one mathematician and one statistician together? Greenham.

Computer science majors outpace department’s budget, faculty

By Wei Zhou | October 26

The computer science department at UNC is using one of the largest classrooms on campus, but students still complain they can’t get into classes they ...

Orientation and layoff facilitation positions aren't new

By Liz Bell | October 13

When geography professor Altha Cravey heard the University is looking for two full-time “orientation/layoff coordinators,” she was shocked.

UNC professor given Nobel Prize in Chemistry

By Victoria Mirian | October 7

Aziz Sancar, a UNC biochemistry and biophysics professor and researcher, earned the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday morning.

Dr. Kim Barrett (front), Dean of Graduate Studies at the University of California, San Diego, is one of the five candidates for Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences visited campus Tuesday for a public interview. Executive Vise Provost and Chief International Officer, Ronald Strauss (background) introduced her and lead the Q&A portion of the interview.

New dean candidate emphasizes diversity

By Felicia Bailey | September 30

For O.J. McGhee, hearing that there was still room for the University to grow diversity-wise rang especially true.

First Amendment Day keynote addresses online harassment

By Liz Bell | September 30

When Danielle Citron first shared her ideas about regulating online cyberbullying and harassment years ago, she was told she was going to break the internet. ...

Scandal reforms introduce syllabus requirements

By Sophie Golden | September 29

When information about an academic scandal lasting nearly two decades started surfacing in 2010, the University began making changes. One reform was new, ...

UNC faculty addresses Student Stores privatization

By Jonathan Ponciano | September 28

The Faculty Executive Committee wants the University to ensure the wishes of UNC Student Stores’ employees are honored if the privatization moves forward. ...

Faculty Council says new athletics committee will have Faculty Athletics ties

By Jane Wester | September 25

Friday’s Faculty Council meeting ended with applause for the unanimous approval of a resolution supporting academic freedom and English professor Neel ...

Q&A with education professor Keith Sawyer on creativity

By Cate Alspaugh | September 22

UNC professor of education Keith Sawyer has published 14 books and more than 80 scientific articles on creativity, psychology and more.

UNC professors speak about their current work in food studies Thursday evening at Hyde Hall to foster conversation about the University's new research theme: "Food for All."

Carolina Tasting Salon contemplates hard questions: white girls and pumpkins

By Sophie Golden | September 18

At the Carolina Tasting Salon on Thursday, American Studies Professor Elizabeth Engelhardt tried to explain the relationship between white girls and pumpkins. ...

UNC professor Jennifer Ho will discuss Asian American identity at Bull’s Head Bookshop

By Cate Alspaugh | September 15

For Jennifer Ho, associate professor of English and comparative literature, being Chinese-Jamaican-American has always been a part of her identity. ...

Pope forgives abortions during holy year

By Marisa Bakker | September 8

Pope Francis has announced an arbitrary Holy Year and granted priests worldwide the authority to absolve sins of abortion — but many U.S. and Canadian ...

UNC announces five candidates for dean of College of Arts and Sciences

By Bradley Saacks | September 3

In November 2014, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Karen Gil announced she would be leaving her post to return to teaching psychology.

Q&A with UNC professor Gerald Cecil

September 2

On Friday, six participants of a NASA-funded isolation study entered a dome enclosure, where they will live together as part of a psychological experiment ...

UNC research vice chancellor steps down

By Karli Krasnipol | September 2

After five years as vice chancellor for research, Barbara Entwisle has decided to step down from the position.

Interactive classrooms keep students' attention

By Wei Zhou | August 27

Greenlaw 101 was renovated to become the University’s first interactive lecture hall.

The UNC volleyball team held their annual blue and white scrimmage in Carmichael arena on Friday night.

Married green thumbs nurture a legacy in the soil

By Elizabeth Baker | August 26

Jim Allen came to Chapel Hill in 1968 to join the Carolina Population Center.

Steve Segedy (left) and Jason Morningstar, application analysts at UNC, stand in Bullhead's Bookshop with some of the books they have written. The two have recently developed Warren, a role-playing game based on the classic novel Watership Down.

UNC faculty release new board game

By Elizabeth Baker | August 20

From watching movies like “Bambi” and “The Fox and the Hound” to reading books of the same genre, Marshall Miller had always enjoyed animal fiction. ...

Laptop use required in certain UNC classes, forbidden in others

By Ashlen Renner | August 17

As students begin the new semester, they may see a divide among their professors.