Faculty News

A former law school dean who served as mayor of Chapel Hill and a history professor who directs UNC’s honors program were recognized Friday with the GAA’s Faculty Service Award. The GAA Board of Directors presented the award to former… read more

The election of Donald Trump came as no surprise to Molly Worthen, an assistant history professor and a scholar of American religious traditions. read more

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

Lloyd Kramer, the history professor who directs UNC’s humanities program, was honored in January with the GAA’s Faculty Service Award. read more

Jodi Magness and about 40 researchers and students returned last summer from a seventh season of archeological excavation inside a synagogue at Huqoq, an ancient Jewish village in Israel’s Lower Galilee. read more

After nearly a decade leading UNC’s Graduate School, Steven W. Matson is stepping down as dean. read more

Dr. Norman E. “Ned” Sharpless ’88 (’93 MD), former director of UNC’s Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, was recently sworn in as the 15th director of the National Cancer Institute. read more

A new five-year, $61 million study led by UNC researchers will work to identify better treatments for asthma attacks. read more

As a scholar of Southern history and collective memory, W. Fitzhugh Brundage has been thrust into one of the country’s most contentious debates: the fate of thousands of Confederate monuments on public land across the U.S. read more