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UNC system lacks funds to buy out tenured faculty

By Daniel Wiser | September 29

Plans to offer buyout packages to tenured faculty have been discussed as a viable option to cut costs and find savings at universities in the state.

Board of Trustees considers how to support student athletes

By Colleen Volz | September 21

Members of the Board of Trustees’ academic affairs committee questioned what the University is doing to address the support of student athletes at its ...

Top administrator for diversity and multicultural affairs to join provost’s cabinet

By Nicole Comparato | September 20

The University’s top administrator for diversity and multicultural affairs will soon join the provost’s cabinet — a change administrators hope will ...

Faculty need more: Recent rankings show UNC needs to do more for faculty in trying times.

By Editorial Board | September 19

UNC needs to do more to ensure it is creating a supportive and enriching environment for faculty success and retention, or it risks losing its status ...

UNC system faculty retention rates suffer due to decrease in funds

By Madeline Will | September 14

A $10-million fund set in place to protect high-profile faculty in the UNC system has dwindled to nearly nothing.

Susan King offers professional experience in the search for new School of Journalism dean

By Kaitlyn Knepp | May 30

After spending 11 years working for the Carnegie Corporation of New York, King said she would like the chance to work in a college setting as dean of ...

Administrators stress retention at full board meeting

By Lyle Kendrick | May 26

Bruce Carney, executive vice chancellor and provost, presented statistics to the board about declining faculty retention and emphasized the importance ...

UNC hopes to maintain faculty retention

By Lyle Kendrick | May 22

As the University braces for budget cuts to the UNC system, officials are anticipating the departure of some faculty for more lucrative employment options. While ...

Guggenheim Fellowships awarded to two professors

By From staff and wire reports | April 20

Two University professors from the College of Arts and Sciences earned Guggenheim Fellowships to fund their future research projects. William Brundage, ...

American Academy of Arts and Sciences recognizes Hall

By From staff and wire reports | April 20

Jacquelyn Dowd Hall has been elected as a fellow in prestigious national honor society the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Hall is a historian ...

Faculty sign off on new lectureship, English class

By Katia Martinez | April 17

On Friday McKay Coble saw the approval of a master lecturer position that would come in addition to the lecturer and senior lecturer positions that are ...

Yankaskas settles appeal, agrees to retire from UNC

April 17

The University reached a settlement last week with Bonnie Yankaskas, ending an 18-month standoff in which the embattled cancer researcher appealed a salary ...

Yankaskas drops appeal, agrees to retire from UNC this year

April 15

Bonnie Yankaskas, a highly regarded UNC cancer researcher, settled her dispute with the University today, agreeing to dismiss her appeal, provide the ...

Executive Group emphasizes social media use for future

By From staff and wire reports | April 15

Students recommended that social media play a larger role in the University’s emergency response policy at a meeting Thursday of the Executive Group, ...

Ceremony honors faculty, teaching assistants and staff

By From staff and wire reports | April 13

Ceremony honors faculty, teaching assistants and staff UNC students honored three faculty members, six teaching assistants and one staff member at the ...

UNC’s harassment policy to be rewritten

By Melissa Abbey | April 13

In the fall of 2009, a graduate student was sexually harassed by her adviser — but the problem didn’t stop there. After UNC’s confusing harassment ...

Dulac and Bargmann win Perl Prize for neuroscience

By From staff and wire reports | April 13

Catherine Dulac and Cori Bargmann were chosen as co-recipients of the 11th Perl-UNC Neuroscience Prize. The prize is named for UNC School of Medicine ...

Harris chosen as 15th Ferrell Prize winner and lecturer

By From staff and wire reports | April 13

Russ Harris has been awarded UNC’s 15th annual John Atkinson Ferrell Prize and Lectureship. Harris will deliver a lecture on May 12 at the Carolina ...

Photo: UNC professor involves students in filmmaking process

Film professor involves students in documentary process

By Jacqueline Kantor | April 11

He’s found them as far away as Norway and as local as the UNC soccer fields. He’s even discovered them down the road in Durham and then taken them ...

UNC faculty honored for achievements in innovation

By Nicole Comparato | April 8

The University honored its faculty working on the front lines of their fields Thursday night, celebrating their achievements in the context of UNC’s ...