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Professors honored with Faculty Mentoring Awards

By From staff and wire reports | March 2

UNC professors Sandra Martin and Harold Kohn have been honored with Faculty Mentoring Awards from the Carolina Women’s Leadership Council.

Nobel laureate Oliver Smithies uses winnings to fund symposia

By Alex Hammer | March 2

Now, with the money he won for his work in gene modifications in mice using embryonic stem cells, Smithies is looking to deliver the same experience to ...

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Faculty addresses student turnout at games

By Aaron Moore | March 1

Looking to address chronically low student turnout at home basketball games, members of the faculty athletics committee raised the possibility Tuesday ...

UNC humanities professors host innovation seminar

By Jacqueline Kantor | February 28

It’s often more difficult for history professors or English students to craft solutions to real-world problems than it is for doctors or scientists. But ...

Fixed-term and retired faculty could have say at Faculty Council meetings

By Amelia Fisher | February 17

The committee on University government could give fixed-term and retired faculty a firmer voice in faculty matters at today’s Faculty Council meeting. The ...

UNC professor dedicated to diabetes research

By Jeanna Smialek | February 16

Elizabeth Mayer-Davis was drawn to diabetes 20 years ago by its science and impact on public health. Two decades later, it was her passion for her research ...

UNC geologist to become Seismology Journal editor

By From staff and wire reports | February 16

Professor of Geology Jonathan Lees is the new editor-in-chief of Seismological Research Letters, a bimonthly professional journal. Lees will assume ...

Faculty discusses new grade reporting system

By Carolyn Miller | February 14

Members of the faculty executive committee met Monday afternoon to discuss a new grade reporting system that will launch in fall 2012.

UNC prepares for campus-wide review of faculty salary equity

By Paula Seligson | February 13

Following up on a faculty salary equity study conducted nine years ago, the University is preparing for another campus-wide review that will examine a ...

UNC system considers buyouts for tenured faculty

By Jessica Seaman | February 1

Many UNC-system administrators are discussing offering tenured faculty members buyouts, or monetary incentives to retire early, because the process to ...

Faculty may have to self-report convictions

By Kaitlyn Knepp | January 24

Employees who get in trouble off the job might soon have to pay for it on the job, as well. The Office of Human Resources presented a proposal to the ...

UNC to add third tier of lecturers

January 9

But after several conversations Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Bruce Carney provided faculty with the brightest glimpse to date for the creation ...

UNC changes payment policy for employees' cell phones

By Robert Langdon | December 1

In an effort to cut costs, the University changed the way it will provide cell phones to employees, transitioning to a policy of providing stipends instead ...

Hortense McClinton, the first black faculty member at the University, spoke at the Parr Center for Ethics’ Lunch and Learn program in the Tate-Turner-Kuralt Building on Tuesday at noon. McClinton was hired in 1966 as a professor in the UNC School of Social Work.

UNC's first black professor shares memories of town's racism

By Katie Sweeney | November 30

When she arrived in Chapel Hill to teach social work in 1966, Hortense McClinton was welcomed as the first black professor at UNC. She remembered one ...

Former professor Lou Lipsitz wins $2,000 poetry award

By From staff and wire reports | November 29

Former UNC professor Lou Lipsitz was awarded the 2010 Blue Lynx Prize for his collection of poetry, “If This World Falls Apart.” It is his fourth ...

Hortense McClinton joined the School of Social Work at UNC in the fall of 1966.

Q&A with UNC's first black faculty member

By Pooja Chandramouleeswaran | November 29

In the fall of 1966, Hortense McClinton joined the School of Social Work as the first black faculty member hired at UNC. McClinton spoke with The Daily ...

Faculty discuss importance of student, faculty diversity

By Davis Wilbur | November 22

Archie Ervin and Terri Houston agree the fight to diversify the University is never quite complete. The pair answered questions on the importance of a ...

UNC to examine salaries of minority and female faculty

By Robert Langdon | November 15

Following up on a study conducted in 2002 under former Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Robert Shelton, the University will examine potential salary ...

UNC faculty backs policy change

By Caroline Corrigan | November 15

UNC’s faculty executive committee reaffirmed its support for academic freedom Monday by supporting a possible resolution regarding a University policy. The ...

Faculty calling for new lecturer position

By Jordan Walker | November 14

Fixed-term faculty members on Friday called for a new lecturer position which would address those who feel overworked, under-recognized for their research ...