Faculty to Thorp: Don't quit now
The University’s faculty is tired of watching Chancellor Holden Thorp take punches.
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UNC biology professor Alan Jones creates kids’ coloring book
Coloring is a popular pastime among children, from filling in pictures of zoo animals to Disney princesses.
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UNC faculty discuss preventing scandal
Administrators have said they want to do everything they can to prevent another academic scandal.
Read More »UNC faculty council backs Chancellor Thorp
At the first meeting of the Faculty Council today, members are standing in support of Chancellor Holden Thorp.
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UNC professor dies in car crash in Peru
Some UNC alumni leave the school and never look back. Lee Dirks never stopped returning.
Read More »UNC Faculty Athletics Committee strives to be ‘a bond rather than a bridge’ between athletics and academics
In the wake of recent NCAA sanctions and widespread criticism of the UNC athletic department, University administrators are striving to turn over a new ...
Read More »Coaches may receive pay hike
While broadcast rights have proven lucrative for UNC’s athletic department, its coaches’ salaries are soaking up much of that revenue. This year’s ...
Read More »State can't fund distinguished professors due to insufficient funds
Professors hoping to add the word “distinguished” before their title at UNC might have to wait a while. The N.C. General Assembly created the Distinguished ...
Read More »UNC experiences slight increase to state faculty retention fund
The financially strapped state legislature has given a small boost to a nearly depleted faculty retention fund — but some administrators say it’s ...
Read More »Board of Trustees to discuss AFAM fraud and faculty retention
The full Board of Trustees will convene today for the first time since a report on academic fraud in the African and Afro-American studies department ...
Read More »Faculty athletics committee looks to attract athletes to a mix of majors
Despite common stereotypes, student athletes at UNC have been found to choose many of the same majors as their non-athlete peers.
Read More »Faculty react to NCAA sanctions, look to the future
When the end result of a two-year-long NCAA investigation came Monday, some faculty members were relieved. But that feeling was diminished by the severity ...
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Proposal puts tuition toward faculty raises
The letter seemed like all the others at first — nothing that merited anything beyond a quick glance. Nothing but another reference request or cattle ...
Read More »UNC purchases Turnitin plagiarism-detection software
After purchasing a plagiarism detection software last week, administrators are now turning their attention to the details of this semester’s pilot program. ...
Read More »Faculty retention concerns weigh heavily on UNC tution increases
For administrators and trustees, the decision to propose increasing tuition by 15.6 percent for in-state students came down to the financial needs of ...
Read More »Faculty adviory committee recommends more education on honor system
Educating faculty members about the nuances of the student-run honor system is the first major goal to emerge from the faculty honor system advisory committee. ...
Read More »UNC’s faculty advisory committee for the honor system holds first meeting
After months of discussion, reform to the University honor system is underway with the faculty advisory committee’s first official meeting today.
Read More »UNC system alters faculty retention policy
The governing body of the UNC system is giving universities more leeway in how they handle outside offers for their faculty.
Read More »UNC faculty committee reviews technology-assisted methods of detecting plagiarism
The system of dealing with plagiarism and the costs of technology to faculty were reviewed at the faculty executive committee meeting Monday.
Read More »Faculty advisory committee to honor system takes shape
The revival of a faculty advisory committee to the honor system is already starting to take shape as the University attempts to restore the faculty’s ...
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