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Viridiana Martinez, founder and director of Alerta Migratoria, a community for North Carolina refugees and immigrants, advises social work students and faculty. Martinez was one of three panelists on the ethics, access, equity and advocacy of serving non-citizens.

School of Social Work holds ethics panel about immigration in the U.S.

By Casey Quam | Apr. 15, 2019

Lecture organizers hope the attendees of the final Clinical Lecture Series hosted by the School of Social Work are able to learn how to better serve their clients and students.

Andrew Perrin discusses the new general education curriculum at the Apr. 12 Faculty Council Meeting.

Faculty Council discusses anti-Semitism, caps on scholarship funds, and UNC Police

By Cynthia Dong | Apr. 15, 2019

At the University Faculty Council meeting on Friday, members said goodbye to Chairperson Leslie Parise, proposed a resolution to investigate police conduct in light of recent protests and discussed the cap on the scholarship budget for need-based aid.

UNC names new dean of students and associate vice chancellor for student affairs

By Maeve Sheehey | Apr. 12, 2019

Desirée Rieckenberg will assume the title of dean of students effective immediately, according to an email from Christi Hurt, interim vice chancellor for student affairs. Rieckenberg was formerly the senior associate dean of students and director of the office of the dean of students.

UNC students participate in Carolina Khalsa’s Tie a Turban Day last year. This year’s event will be Friday in the Pit at 10:30 a.m. Photo courtesy of Kulpreet Singh.

Learn how to tie a turban on Friday

By Casey Quam | Apr. 10, 2019

“The significance of the turban is that we can be recognized and help serve the communities that are in need of help."

From left to right, Katie Lindner, Joanneke Elliott, Sara Elliott, Maura Kitchens, and Beth Mueller, all event organizers of Europe Week at UNC. Photo by Grant Peet.

Want to learn about Europe? You’re in luck

By Lauren Westbrook | Apr. 10, 2019

"Students, community members, teachers, high school students, faculty, staff, local government and all sorts of society organization ... foster the dialogue on Europe." The Center for European Studies is hosting Europe Week at Carolina, a week dedicated to appreciating and celebrating European culture, from April 6 to 12.

Members of the Faculty Executive Committee discuss at Monday's meeting.

Here's what you missed at Monday's Faculty Executive Committee meeting

By Evely Forte | Apr. 10, 2019

The University’s Faculty Executive Committee gathered on Monday to discuss the future of Silent Sam and the election of a new faculty chairperson.

The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History on Thursday, Jan. 17. Artist Charles Williams will have a new exhibit in the center this spring.

Cherríe Moraga asks UNC, 'If We Forget Ourselves, Who Will Be Left to Remember Us?'

By Arabella Saunders | Apr. 9, 2019

Chicana writer Cherríe Moraga’s “Native Country of the Heart: If We Forget Ourselves, Who Will Be Left to Remember Us?” paints a portrait of her mother's life.

Employee Forum delegates Jeff McQueen and Tiffany Carver look on as Director of Transportation and Parking Cheryl Stout speaks about the Weeknight Parking Plan. The plan, set to begin in Fall of 2019, require a permit for parking on campus after 5 p.m. on weeknights. Photo by Edward Trentzsch.

What the Employee Forum had to say about ConnectCarolina, Weeknight Parking Program

By Edward Trentzsch | Apr. 3, 2019

Wednesday's Employee Forum meeting focused on the ConnectCarolina makeover, the Weeknight Parking Program and the Northside Neighborhood Initiative.

UNC has recently made Hanesbrands Inc. the main lincensee for apparel.

UNC announces a new licensing partnership with Hanesbrands Inc.

By Noah Dolgoff | Apr. 3, 2019

Hanesbrands Inc. is the number one seller of licensed college gear.

William Andrews presents a lecture on Tuesday, April 2, 2019 to promote and discuss his newest publication.

The untold narrative: UNC professor lectured on class structures during slave era

By Janet Haver | Apr. 2, 2019

UNC professor William Andrews presented a lecture on Tuesday, April 2 to promote his newest publication which discusses the effects of social mobility among slaves in the American South.

Photo contributed by the Carolina Center for Jewish Studies.

Jonathan Hess’ memory will be honored in conference held by GSLL department

By Jordyn Williams | Apr. 1, 2019

Join the department for the three-day conference from April 13 to 15.

Spencer Tackett, sophomore English major, in front of Wilson Library.

'Everyone loses when bright people play small': how impostor syndrome affects achievement

By Suzanne Blake | Apr. 1, 2019

Many students at UNC describe feeling out of place, or as though they aren't smart enough to compete at Carolina. This is called imposter syndrome, and it's a lot more damaging than you may realize.

Interim Chancellor Kevin M. Guskiewicz meets with Buck Goldstein at South Building on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. March 11, 2019.

(Jon Gardiner/UNC-Chapel Hill)

Interim Chancellor Guskiewicz goes back to the classroom

By Evely Forte | Apr. 1, 2019

Guskiewicz and Professor Buck Goldstein will be holding a once-a-week course to mentor Ph.D. students who are planning to move into academia following graduation.

Secretary of the Faculty Vin Steponaitis, Faculty Chair Leslie Parise and Chair of the Committee Anne Klinefelter attend the meeting of the Faculty Council and the General Faculty in Genome Sciences Building on Friday, March 8, 2019. Steponaitis and Klinefelter discussed resolutions at the meeting which sought to change the composition of fixed term faculty, the composition and charge of the Administrative Board of the Library and the procedure for passing resolutions of the General Faculty.

Leslie Parise, Chairperson of the Faculty Committee, resigns

By Cynthia Dong | Mar. 31, 2019

The Advisory Committee hopes to appoint an interim chairperson by early April.

University Government Committee members (from left to right) Anne Klinefelter, Joy Renner and Suzanne Gulledge review the wording in the Faculty Code. The University Government Committee met on Wednesday to discuss any possible changes to the Code.

Here's what you missed at Wednesday's University Governance Committee meeting

By Edward Trentzsch | Mar. 27, 2019

The University Government Committee held a meeting on Wednesday to debate potential changes regarding the Faculty Code of University Government.

The Committee on the Status of Women met on Thursday to discuss recommendations to address gender pay inequity at UNC. Committee co-chairs Elizabeth Dickinson and Brent Wissick and COSOW consultant Claire Counihan were present during the meeting. Committee member Kenya McNeal-Trice joined via conference call.

From 2014 to 2017, female faculty at UNC were paid 28 percent less than men

By Stephanie Mayer | Mar. 25, 2019

The report, 2019 Re-Analysis of Gender Pay Inequity at UNC-Chapel Hill, also showed that inequity was highest at the UNC School of Medicine and lowest at the UNC School of Nursing.

Janelle Bludorn, a physician assistant and UNC clinical professor in the Allied Health Sciences and Emergency Medicine departments, was named North Carolina's Physician Assistant of the Year in 2018 as a result of her active role in the worlds of healthcare and medicine. Photo by Paul Braly.

UNC professor awarded NC’s 2018 Physician Assistant of the Year

By Stephanie Mayer | Mar. 21, 2019

UNC facult member Janelle Bludorn was recognized for her skill “in point-of-care ultrasound,” and how she shares “her vast knowledge on the subject by educating students and providers,” according to the North Carolina Academy of Physician Assistants' website.

Pictured left to right, the authors of the award-winning study, "A National Survey of Sexual Harassment among Surgeons": Dr. Kandace McGuire, MD; Dr. Apoorve Nayyar, MBBS; Dr. Kristalyn Gallagher, DO; and Dr. Lillian Erdahl, MD. Photo courtesy of Anthony Charles.

Over half of female surgeons are sexually harassed at work

By Arabella Saunders | Mar. 21, 2019

A team led by members of UNC Surgery conducted an anonymous online survey that asked recipients to identify whether or not they had experienced sexual harassment within the past year.

Students prepare for class in Phillips 208 on Monday, March 18, 2019. This is one of five classrooms considered a 'Studio Classroom' and just one type of classroom in Carolina's Flexible Learning Spaces Initiative. The Initiative's purpose is to improve student-focused interaction through the modernization of classrooms.

Up to 50 UNC classrooms are getting an upgrade. Here's where and why:

By Casey Quam | Mar. 20, 2019

Almost one-third of classrooms contain outdated furniture, some of which has been there for more than 20 years.

Brother and sister Robert Johnson (left) and Debra Johnson (right) pose together after the UNC School of Social Work's lecture 'Parenting Black Boys in America.'

A mother explains why she's not raising her son to follow 'Black codes'

By Evelyn Gandy | Mar. 19, 2019

Debra Johnson came to UNC on Tuesday to share her experience of the unique challenges faced by Black parents, lessons she learned while raising her now two-year-old son.