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Students, faculty advocate for a more equitable Roadmap — and a more equitable UNC

By Praveena Somasundaram | August 9

Gretchen Bellamy, the senior director for education, operations and initiatives and Sibby Anderson-Thompkins, interim chief diversity officer, wrote a ...

'This road leads to a disaster': Faculty express reopening concerns in letters

By Maydha Devarajan and Preston Fore | August 4

UNC faculty have expressed concerns about the University's reopening, along with student leaders and campus workers. Through a public letter published ...

Heel Talk episode 12: Faculty and staff petition UNC against return to campus

By Meredith Radford and Evely Forte | June 29

In this episode, host Evely Forte spoke to DTH reporter and incoming Assistant Copy Editor Sasha Schroeder and incoming Assistant Online Editor Praveena ...

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Faculty Executive Committee discusses fall semester, racial injustice at UNC

By Rachel Crumpler | June 23

Two UNC professors presented a roadmap for racial equity that has been in development for over a year at Monday's Faculty Executive meeting. The ...

Faculty and leaders address fall roadmap, racial equity in community conversation

By Praveena Somasundaram | June 22

Faculty held a community conversation Friday to discuss a variety of concerns about UNC's fall reentry, including remaining questions about the Carolina ...

Graduate workers continue to petition UNC, demand not reopen in-person instruction

By Rachel Crumpler | June 21

In a petition published June 12, graduate workers have expressed concerns about the safety and logistics of returning to campus for in-person instruction ...

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'Our campus has been a battleground': UNC community discusses racial injustice during vigil

By Maydha Devarajan | June 16

Over 50 people gathered virtually Monday for a Solidarity and Action Virtual Vigil hosted by the Undergraduate Senate to discuss topics like mental health ...

'This is something that's killing people’: Instructors petition for fall teaching options

By Sasha Schroeder | June 8

Faculty, fellows and teaching assistants are petitioning UNC administration to guarantee that no instructor will be required to teach in person during ...

UNC professor's syllabus went viral as classes move online amid coronavirus outbreak

By Emily Holler | March 23

After surveying his students and finding out what they have been dealing with since UNC announced the closing of its campus, one professor updated his ...

From jazz to LFIT, UNC professors plan how they'll take their classes online next week

By Allie Kelly | March 16

With the transition to online learning coming up on March 23, UNC professors are planning on how to make their classes remote. For some areas of study ...

Local musician Drell discusses his career and his future in the industry

By Ben McEntire | March 4

Drew Ellis (Drell) is a UNC student and music producer.

Guskiewicz said he will work to keep Silent Sam off campus at Faculty Council meeting

By Maeve Sheehey | February 16

The recent news about Silent Sam, free expression on campus and other issues were discussed at Friday's Faculty Council meeting.

Faculty sign letter in support of student activists arrested in Pittsboro protests

By Allie Kelly | December 2

UNC faculty from different departments signed a letter in support of graduate students who were arrested in Pittsboro during a protest.

Waitlists and frustrations grow as UNC's computer science department tries to keep up

By Cynthia Dong and Hannah McClellan | November 26

Student participation in the computer science department at UNC has skyrocketed over the last decade, but issues have emerged from the department's inability ...

'Progress is being made': Police chief updates faculty on trust in the community

By Casey Quam | November 5

Members of the Faculty Executive Committee met on Monday where they heard from UNC Police Chief David L. Perry.

'How much power do we really have?': Faculty discuss Program for Public Discourse

By Allie Kelly | October 21

Members for the Program for Public Discourse met with UNC faculty members on Monday to discuss how to facilitate civil conversations in their classrooms ...

National AAUP president discussed corporatization of higher education at conference

By Jackie Sizing | October 8

UNC's chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) held a statewide AAUP conference over the weekend, featuring a speech from national ...

Unsustainable scholarship: How private companies control research in higher education

By Preston Lennon | September 18

Academic research is a staple of university libraries. Faculty depend on it for their own research, and students need it for their studies. But because ...

New initiative explores redefining UNC's data science curriculum

By Will Forrest | September 18

UNC students, professors and researchers will come together to conduct a study that examines the feasibility of changing the University's data science ...

Faculty debate new program with undisclosed donors

By Ellie Heffernan | September 9

At the latest Faculty Executive Committee meeting, a new communication service, the Three Zeroes Initiative and the Program on Civic Virtue and Civil ...