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'They see value': Postdoctoral program supports faculty members of color

By Hannah Rosenberger | February 14

The Carolina Postdoctoral Program for Faculty Diversity aims to set up scholars from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups for possible tenure-track ...

UNC history professor William Sturkey aims to empower students to talk about race

By Hannah Rosenberger | February 3

Associate professor William Sturkey focuses on the history of race in the American South, writing about the experiences of non-white people who have fundamentally ...

Meet Juan Álamo, UNC distinguished term associate professor in Latin American studies

By Jade Neptune | January 26

Juan Álamo was recently appointed as a distinguished term associate professor in Latin American studies at UNC. In his new role, he aims to approach ...

Editorial: Retaining BIPOC faculty must be a priority for higher education

By Editorial Board | January 24

"The University must dedicate itself to creating a thoughtful work environment that honors and respects the time, expertise and resources of faculty of ...

Column: The "Carolina Experience" comes at a cost

By Rajee Ganesan | January 9

"I’m dying to see a UNC-Duke basketball game in the Dean Dome, graduate next to my friends at convocation and sign my name atop the bell tower. But ...

Faculty Executive Committee discusses spring return-to-campus concerns at UNC

By Brianna Atkinson | December 23

The University has no plans to delay the spring semester as of now, Provost Bob Blouin said at a UNC Faculty Executive Committee special meeting Thursday. ...

UNC Board of Trustees votes again on new provost in emergency meeting

By Allie Kelly | December 14

The Board of Trustees hosted an emergency meeting Tuesday to redo its vote to approve incoming UNC Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Chris Clemens, ...

UNC faculty governance talked COVID-19, UNC governance, mental health in 2021

By Emily Orland and Claire Tynan | November 30

For every conflict the University has faced in 2021, faculty members on the Faculty Council and Faculty Executive Committee have weighed in on how UNC ...

'We’re hemorrhaging faculty of color': BIPOC faculty feel undervalued at UNC

By Jennifer Tran | November 30

While the number of faculty members of color at UNC has increased gradually in the past decade, many prominent members are choosing to leave the University. “We’re ...

Students and faculty reflect on the return to in-person classes this semester

By Natalie Varma | November 29

Fall 2019 was the last time UNC had a fully in-person semester. After over a year of operating remotely, students and faculty have had to adjust back ...

‘In a difficult place’: Exodus of leaders hits UNC

By Praveena Somasundaram | November 29

Since last May, nine top leaders have announced their retirement, resignation or departure from the university, including Bob Blouin, executive vice chancellor ...

Op-ed: UNC Chancellor is facing pressure for new provost decision

November 29

"The search for a new provost is coming to an end, and the Chancellor is under significant pressure to make a particular choice. Based on the information ...

Editorial: We stand with The Daily Gamecock — enough is enough.

By Editorial Board | November 18

"We will continue to use our voices as student journalists to call upon the University to be more accountable to students — not to their public image. ...

Letter to the Editor: Been there, done that — I'm not a token faculty hire

November 11

"I’ve been asked repeatedly if the UNC communications department hired me as a token after they received flack over their abysmally low number of minority ...

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FEC discusses mental health, wellness days in Monday meeting

By Anna Neil | October 12

The Faculty Executive Committee discussed the University's response to student deaths and the process of scheduling wellness days at their meeting Monday. ...

Letter: UNC Administration must listen to the demands of the President's Council

September 9

"Administrators should listen to the reasonable demands of the President’s Council, starting with an apology for their absence at the table." ...

Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz: 'I do support a vaccine mandate'

By Praveena Somasundaram | August 24

"I’d love nothing more than for us to be 100 percent vaccinated, here over the next week to 10 days," Guskiewicz said. 

Op-ed: The risks are too high

August 18

"Rushing back to the classroom this week puts us all at risk — for that reason, we are publishing an open letter requesting online classes for 4-6 weeks, ...

Column: UNC's missing piece is accountability

By Caitlyn Yaede | August 15

"The honor system can’t work when students have proved, time and time again, that they do not honor the system. This is a chance at a semblance of normalcy, ...

Op-ed: Returning to campus safely requires mandatory vaccination

August 12

"If the UNC System really wants a successful fall semester, then provide this campus with delegated authority to make our own public health decisions. ...