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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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

UNC assistant professor Heidi Kim shares her research on literature during the Cold War at Flyleaf Books on Tuesday, June 7th.

Professor combines fiction and politics at Flyleaf

By Davis Rhodes | June 8

Current authors made headlines recently when they signed a petition denouncing presidential nominee Donald Trump, but this isn't the first time authors ...

Faculty make steps towards longer contracts

By Jamie Gwaltney | June 1

After UNC’s Faculty Council and Faculty Forward, an advocacy group separate from the University, worked towards ensuring longer contracts for fixed ...

Emil Kang, Carolina’s first Executive Director of the Arts, poses in front of Memorial Hall. Kang has pioneered the univeristy’s recent artistic expansion.

Chancellor Folt creates new position for the arts

By Jenni Ciesielski | May 25

Roy Williams might want to warm up his vocal chords — UNC is about to get a lot more artsy.

UNC Professors inducted into honorary society

By Sofia Edelman | May 4

Two UNC professors were elected Wednesday to join the ranks of artists, musicians and world leaders in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The ...

Q&A with author, award-winning psychologist, Kurt Gray

By Zoe Hazerjian | March 29

Daily Tar Heel: How did the idea for this book come about? Kurt Gray: As Daniel and I looked around the world, we realized that much of our ...

UNC faculty speak out against HB2 the same day the law is taken to court

By Hayley Fowler | March 29

UNC-system faculty and students are outraged in the aftermath of House Bill 2, and they want the General Assembly and Gov. Pat McCrory to know.

Shirley Ort, director of scholarships and student aid, is planning to retire this summer.

When she retires, Carolina Covenant author Shirley Ort will be missed for her big heart

By Katie Reeder | March 22

Former Chancellor James Moeser remembers the day Shirley Ort came into his office and told him she had a plan for converting loans to grants to combat ...

People gather at Duke Chapel to celebrate Duke Teaching First becoming eligible to unionize.

Duke non-tenure faculty vote to unionize

By Shweta Mishra | March 21

A crowd at Duke Chapel Monday celebrated the first unionizing victory in decades at a private Southern university in a right-to-work state.