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Faculty Executive Committee discusses police presence on campus, gender pay gap

By Jordyn Williams | April 22

The Faculty Executive Committee held a meeting on April 22 to discuss the gender pay gap at UNC and a petition signed by 101 UNC faculty members concerning ...

This research symposium encouraged women in physics to stay in physics

By Evelyn Gandy | April 16

The second annual Women in Physics Research Symposium featured interesting projects and speakers that can relate to the difficulties that young women ...

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

By Casey Quam | April 15

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 ...

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

By Cynthia Dong | April 15

At the University Faculty Council meeting on Friday, members said goodbye to Chairperson Leslie Parise, proposed a resolution to investigate police conduct ...

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

By Maeve Sheehey | April 12

Desirée Rieckenberg will assume the title of dean of students effective immediately, according to an email from Christi Hurt, interim vice chancellor ...

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Learn how to tie a turban on Friday

By Casey Quam | April 10

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

Want to learn about Europe? You’re in luck

By Lauren Westbrook | April 10

"Students, community members, teachers, high school students, faculty, staff, local government and all sorts of society organization ... foster the dialogue ...

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

By Evely Forte | April 10

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

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

By Arabella Saunders | April 9

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 ...

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

By Edward Trentzsch | April 3

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

UNC announces a new licensing partnership with Hanesbrands Inc.

By Noah Dolgoff | April 3

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

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

By Janet Haver | April 2

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

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

By Jordyn Williams | April 1

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

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

By Suzanne Blake | April 1

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 ...

Interim Chancellor Guskiewicz goes back to the classroom

By Evely Forte | April 1

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 ...

Leslie Parise, Chairperson of the Faculty Committee, resigns

By Cynthia Dong | March 31

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

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

By Edward Trentzsch | March 27

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

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

By Stephanie Mayer | March 25

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 ...

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

By Stephanie Mayer | March 21

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 ...

UNC surgeon study on sexual harassment among surgeons

Over half of female surgeons are sexually harassed at work

By Arabella Saunders | March 21

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 ...