Many UNC academic departments, organizations and affiliates have written statements of support for Nikole Hannah-Jones. The Daily Tar Heel compiled the following departmental statements using their respective websites and public social media posts.
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Walter Hussman talked to The Daily Tar Heel about his concerns regarding Nikole Hannah-Jones' hiring and her 1619 Project. He said he was concerned that her reputation would overshadow his core values, which are written on the wall of Carroll Hall and printed on the second page of his 10 newspapers.
Read More »"Should it become clear that Ms. Hannah-Jones will not be given a fair hearing and vote as has every other candidate for the position she will hold, faculty will no doubt leave this university. Why stay when promotion or tenure may be delayed or denied because of someone else’s politics?"
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The word "tenure" has been in the news a lot for the past couple weeks, but what does it actually mean? Here's a comprehensive look at tenure, including the definition, the process, the implications and why Nikole Hannah-Jones' case is an unusual one.
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People in North Carolina have shown support for Palestinians during the Israeli attacks, from protests in Raleigh to a statement signed by faculty from 23 colleges and universities across the state. “This has been inspiring to the Palestinians on the ground,” said Nadia Yaqub, a professor in the UNC Department of Asian and Middle Eastern studies. “To know in this very difficult time there are hundreds of people, just in one state, who care enough to sign a statement like this."
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UNC and Chapel Hill community members gathered Thursday morning to show their support for Nikole Hannah-Jones ahead of the Board of Trustees' 9 a.m. meeting at The Carolina Inn. The rally was organized by the Chapel Hill-Carrboro NAACP and the Carolina Black Caucus in response to the BOT's choice to not take action on approving a tenured position for Hannah-Jones at the Hussman School of Journalism and Media.
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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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Bob Blouin will step down from his role as executive vice chancellor and provost by the end of 2021, once the University names his successor, according to a campus-wide email sent Tuesday.
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Jill Moore is making history as the first woman to be elected as UNC's secretary of the faculty. The UNC Faculty Council voted to elect Moore, associate professor of law and government, on April 16.
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The committee discussed leadership structure, committee recruitment and a possible reconstruction of bylaws at Wednesday's meeting.
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Our Three Winners Day, created to honor three Muslim Chapel Hill community members who were fatally gunned down in 2015, hasn't been recognized by the University since 2016.
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Dr. Anthony Charles, the director of global surgery at the Institute of Global Health and Infectious Diseases at the UNC School of Medicine, is focused on improving surgical quality in low and medium-income countries.
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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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