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Retired UNC faculty members call for change

By Bradley Saacks | April 6

A collection of 32 retired faculty members say UNC’s administration has locked itself in a “self-defeating course” in its response to the academic ...

Andrew Perrin and Bruce Cairns vie for faculty chairman position

By Colleen Moir | April 1

UNC’s faculty will have a new representative fighting for their interests beginning this summer.

Stephen Akin, PlayMakers Repertory Company Box Office Manager, passed away last Friday. Courtesy of Andrea Akin.

PlayMakers box office manager Stephen Akin remembered

By Samantha Sabin | April 1

A familiar face and trademark laugh will be missing from within the PlayMakers Repertory Company’s box office tonight during the opening night of its ...

Yousuf Al-Bulushi, left, Nathan Swanson, middle, and Neel Ahuja participate in a forum.

Panel holds discussion on American Studies Association boycott of Israeli institutions

By Rachel Schmitt | March 31

Fighting, interruptions and high emotions took over what was supposed a calm explanation Monday night of the national American Studies Association’s ...

Faculty excellence grant recipients named

By Rachel Schmitt | March 25

Faculty members across campus are eager to liven up their classrooms in novel ways, and a University grant is making that possible.

109 distinguished UNC-system professors still unnamed

By Sharon Nunn | March 25

In the UNC system, there are 109 professors — 96 at UNC-CH — who have earned a distinguished title.

N.C. State University encourages professors to explore with clusters

By Marshall Winchester | March 24

Some professors are getting the chance to branch outside their classrooms and into new disciplines.

UNC student-athlete working group talks data on athletes

By Carolyn Ebeling | March 17

There’s no lack of data on student-athletes at UNC, but what administrators are struggling to do is find meaning. “Numbers in the absence of context ...

Some faculty call for more transparency

By Amanda Albright | January 13

Everyone on campus seems to be looking to Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Jim Dean to guide UNC through the latest athletic debacle — even the ...

UNC faculty meet to discuss honor code changes

By Colleen Moir | January 13

UNC’s faculty is still working to implement honor code changes which would limit the work students could submit as well help them erase academic ...

UNC's social science faculty ranked last in media engagement

By Melody Yoshizawa | October 15

A study released last week that measured university social science faculty’s engagement with the media ranked UNC last out of the 94 research universities ...

New study favors fixed-term faculty

By Zach Freshwater | September 11

According to a recent study by Northwestern University, non-tenured faculty members might be better teachers than professors with tenure.

More professors lured away from UNC

By Sarah Brown | September 2

As universities across the country continue to recover from the 2008 economic downturn, many administrators are prioritizing investments in faculty recruitment ...

Some at UNC question Obama law school plan

By Marshall Winchester | August 29

President Barack Obama has suggested a new idea to help combat the high costs of law school tuition — but some in the UNC School of Law remain unconvinced. ...

Professor Jason Roberts lectures his very full Poli 100 class, which is one of the large lectures on campus, located in Hamilton Hall.

Professors see potential in engaging, large lectures

By Hunter Toro | August 29

A Ph.D. and a battery-operated microphone are the only weapons Jeannie Loeb has when facing the 300-plus students in Psychology 101.

UNC health affairs moves away from dependence on tenured faculty

By Sarah Niss | April 8

The University is increasingly relying on and hiring fixed-term rather than tenure-track faculty — particularly in health affairs.

More grading data for professors means better choices

January 23

Soon, professors will be able to access the instructor grading pattern dashboard, which allows professors to view the grade distributions from their past ...

Faculty executive committee considers UNC's online education

By Ellen Black | October 22

Faculty members are up in the air about UNC’s future in online learning.

Solid step to creating bond

By Editoiral Board | October 14

In an effort to create a bond between academics and athletics, the University’s athletic teams have now been assigned a member of the Faculty Athletics ...

Faculty critique ?ve-year plan

By Randy Short | October 8

As the UNC system’s five-year plan comes to an end and a new one is in the works, the University’s Faculty Executive Committee expressed concerns ...