Faculty News

Pulitzer Prize-winner and MacArthur Fellowship “genius grant” recipient Nikole Hannah-Jones ’03 (MA) will join UNC’s Hussman School of Journalism and Media in July as the Knight Chair in race and investigative journalism. read more

Patricia Parker has been named the next director of the Institute for the Arts and Humanities. Her four-year term will begin July 1. Parker, chair of the department of communication since 2015, has been a member of the Carolina faculty since… read more

The University Committee on Teaching Awards, which oversees the selection process, encouraged students to nominate faculty and graduate teaching assistants for the awards. read more

Three faculty members — James Anderson, Gregory Copenhaver and Richard Smith — have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. read more

Sociologist, author and public scholar Tressie McMillan Cottom, who joined UNC’s School of Information and Library Science this past summer, is a recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship’s “genius grant.” read more

If a survey of faculty members’ anticipation of the fall semester could be summed up in one word, “uncertainty” would be a top candidate. read more

Members of UNC’s faculty have begun to push back at what they perceive as potential threats to their health in the University’s plans to reopen in the fall. read more

Carolina’s faculty have elected Mimi Chapman ’97 (PhD) to be chair of the faculty for the next three years. read more

The University Committee on Teaching Awards, which oversees the selection process, encouraged students to nominate faculty and graduate teaching assistants for the awards. read more