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Kevin Guskiewicz

Kevin Guskiewicz is the current chancellor of UNC. He is the 12th chancellor of the University and was formally installed on October 11, 2020 after serving in the role of interim chancellor following the resignation of Carol Folt. Prior to this role, he was the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.

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.

TEDxUNC - Saturday, Feb. 10 in Memorial Hall Kevin Guskiewicz is the Kenan Distinguished Professor, Co-Director of the Matthew Gfeller Sport-Related TBI Research Center, and Director of the Center for the Study of Retired Athletes at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Over the past 18 years, his clinical research program has investigated the effect of sport-related concussion on balance and cognitive function, the biomechanics of sport concussion, and the long-term neurological effects of concussion in professional football players. Dr. Guskiewicz has received 24 funded research grants, and published over 130 journal articles and 8 textbook chapters on sport concussion. Additionally, he has presented over 250 national and international lectures on this topic. He teaches courses in sports medicine, anatomy, and research methods at UNC, and has been awarded fellowship in the American College of Sports Medicine, National Academy of Kinesiology, and the National Athletic Trainers’ Association. He serves on NCAA’s Concussion Committee, NFL’s Head, Neck, and Spine Committee, and NFLPA’s Mackey-White Committee. In 2011, Kevin was awarded a prestigious MacArthur Fellowship.

This UNC activist group is calling for the disarmament or disbandment of UNC Police

By Elizabeth Moore | Mar. 28, 2019

Here's what you missed at Friday's Board of Governors' meeting

By Maydha Devarajan | Mar. 24, 2019

Here's what the "I Act On" diversity pledge could mean for UNC

By Stephanie Mayer | Mar. 17, 2019

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.

This UNC activist group is calling for the disarmament or disbandment of UNC Police

By Elizabeth Moore | Mar. 28, 2019

Defend UNC sent Interim Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz a letter in response to an event on March 16 when UNC campus police only gave a warning to pro-Confederate demonstrators openly carrying firearms on campus.

UNC System Interim President Bill Roper takes questions during the media availability of the UNC Board of Trustees meeting on Thursday, Jan. 31 2018 at the Carolina Inn.

Here's what you missed at Friday's Board of Governors' meeting

By Maydha Devarajan | Mar. 24, 2019

The UNC Board of Governors met Friday morning to discuss systemwide chancellor searches, work with state legislature, student fees and tuition and the lack of representation among new appointments.

Interim Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz gave updates about the University at the meeting of the Faculty Council and the General Faculty in Genome Sciences Building on March 8, 2019. He discussed the naming of the Adams School of Dentistry, campaign events, the General Education Curriculum and diversity.

Here's what the "I Act On" diversity pledge could mean for UNC

By Stephanie Mayer | Mar. 17, 2019

Interim Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz has signed the "I Act On" diversity pledge of the CEO Action coalition, committing himself, as well as all of UNC, to increase awareness of unconscious biases.

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

By Noah Dolgoff | Mar. 17, 2019

UNC’s Faculty Executive Committee met to discuss Kevin Guskiewicz’s first few weeks as interim chancellor, digital education and the general education curriculum at UNC.

Vice-Chair Kellie Hunt Blue (right) and Chair Wendy Floyd Murphy (left) listen as Committee Member Matt Brody (center) presents aspects of a survey which collected data on arears of university faculty pay, retention, and participation across the UNC system and Historically Minority-serving institutions. Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019 at the UNC Center for School Leadership Development.

Extended Silent Sam decision perpetuates uncertainty of statue's future

By Elizabeth Thompson | Mar. 6, 2019

The Board of Governors has extended the deadline for their decision on the future of Silent from March 15 to their May 2019 meeting, a cause of concern for activists.

The Silent Sam decision has been extended for a second time

By Taylor Buck | Mar. 4, 2019

The email did not cite reasons for the extension.

The Old Well is a fixture of McCorkle Place.

Terry Rhodes appointed as interim dean of College of Arts and Sciences

By Myah Ward | Feb. 26, 2019

As interim dean, Rhodes will oversee nearly 17,000 undergraduate students and 2,500 graduate students, in addition to more than 70 academic departments, curricula, programs, centers and institutes, the announcements said.

UNC-Chapel Hill Interim Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz addresses his goals for this academic year and his mission for UNC's future at the Carolina Inn on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019.

Here's what to expect from UNC's new interim chancellor, Kevin Guskiewicz

By Hannah McClellan | Feb. 8, 2019

Kevin Guskiewicz's longevity at UNC is full of awards and accolades — though the student body, and even some faculty, are left with concern for the decorated interim chancellor.

Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Kevin Guskiewicz and the Faculty Executive Committee discussed increasing interdisciplinarity in a June 2016 meeting.

Bill Roper names Kevin Guskiewicz as interim UNC Chancellor

By Myah Ward | Feb. 6, 2019

Since 2016, Guskiewicz has been the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, a college that has over 70 academic departments, programs, institutes and centers. The college has over 17,000 undergraduates and 2,400 graduate students.

Kevin Guskiewicz, new dean of the College of Arts and Sciences

Kevin Guskiewicz named dean of the College of Arts and Sciences

By Jane Wester and Bradley Saacks | Oct. 30, 2015

Kevin Guskiewicz will be the next dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, according to a release from the University Thursday.