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See below for a complete list of the UNC law faculty signees, including those not pictured above.

Law faculty take stand on poverty center’s potential closing

By Caroline Lamb | February 24

More than 60 UNC law faculty have signed onto a statement asserting that the UNC Board of Governors’ recommendations on the future of two centers in ...

Faculty Executive Committee resolution shows support for poverty center

By Ashlen Renner | February 24

The Faculty Executive Committee has approved a resolution expressing faculty concerns over the ousting of UNC-system President Tom Ross and the recommendation ...

Professor launches veterans’ reading club at Chapel Hill Public Library

By Mengqi Jiang | February 19

Reflecting on war experience can be intensely emotional — but John Howell, Hilary Lithgow and Theresa Yuschok hope to turn those reflections into valuable ...

Two UNC professors to battle at DSI Comedy's "Oh the Humanities"

By Ryan Schocket | February 18

When UNC Shakespearean English professor Mary Floyd-Wilson was asked if she had a message for medieval historian and professor Brett Whalen, her only ...

Academic advising, transfer rules dominate committee meeting

By Sofia Edelman | February 11

Academic advising at UNC is evaluating support services provided to student-athletes.

Kevin Guskiewicz, who works in the Department of Exercise and Sport Science, and Leslie Parise, who is a professor and chair of Biochemistry and Biophysics, led the Faculty Executive meeting on Monday afternoon in South Building.

Faculty Executive Committee discusses plans for the sciences at UNC

By Stephanie Lamm | February 10

Members of the Faculty Executive Committee spent much of Monday's meeting hearing a presentation on ways to improve science programs at UNC.

UNC tuition hikes to target faculty retention

By Sarah Brown | February 10

Losing prized faculty members to other universities that make lucrative offers — it’s an unfortunately familiar, persistent problem for the UNC system. ...

UNC professor’s research shows that black drivers twice as likely to be stopped as white drivers in Chapel Hill

By Lauren Kent | February 5

UNC-system President search process revisited

By Sarah Brown | January 28

CARY — Students and faculty have made clear over the past week through public statements, letters to the editor and social media that they want a say ...

Athlete working group talks impact of new NCAA rule

By Victoria Mirian | January 28

New NCAA legislation that allows universities to pay athletes for the full cost of college attendance was met with positive reactions from the Student-Athlete ...

Faculty Executive Committee talks Board of Governors tension

By Mona Bazzaz | January 27

Faculty leaders are struggling to accept the Board of Governors’ decision that led to the resignation of UNC-system President Tom Ross.

Sexual assault module requirements baffle student employees

By Leah Komada | January 27

Student employees will only have to complete one of the Title IX Awareness and Violence Prevention online training modules required by both employees ...

Patti Coyne Powell (second from left), who was diagnosed with cancer, and her children celebrate her daughter’s graduation. Courtesy of Patti Coyne Powell

Video helps UNC family in need

By Marisa Bakker | January 21

A UNC employee said she’s been overwhelmed by the generosity that has followed since a Pennsylvania family took to social media to raise money for her ...

This is Ann Powers: NPR critic, UNC lecturer

By Christine Bang | January 15

Ann Powers is nationally known for her expertise on the newest and coolest music, but she credits music with the coolest praise of all — bridging the ...

UNC weather delay throws wrench in employees' schedules

By Tyler Fleming | January 15

When the University closes for ice, many students turn off their alarm clocks and go back to bed. For University employees, things might not be as simple. ...

Faculty headed to NCAA meeting

By Sarah Kaylan Butler | January 14

The Faculty Athletics Committee is becoming increasingly involved in giving input to ACC and NCAA conference proposals and discussed upcoming proposals ...

Professor Hassan Melehy criticizes Faculty Council insider culture

By Rebecca Brickner | January 9

Tensions continue to run high in the Faculty Council meetings in the aftermath of the October release of Kenneth Wainstein’s report on academic fraud ...

Professors weigh ban on laptops in class

By Sarah Brown | January 9

UNC students attending classes for the first time this week might have noticed professors banning laptops in the classroom, citing research that laptop ...

Professor Jacquelyn Hall retiring after busy career

By Acy Jackson | January 8

After winning awards, founding programs and getting arrested, Jacquelyn Hall has retired from her position as a history professor.

Faculty Council discusses an array of subjects at its last meeting

By Jane Wester | December 12

At the last Faculty Council meeting of 2014, aftershocks from the Wainstein report finally started to blend in with the rest of campus life.