A history professor at the University of Oklahoma who has directed that university’s Native American Studies program has been hired as the director of the American Indian Center at UNC. Clara Sue Kidwell, who was selected after a nationwide search,… read more
Four UNC professors and the chancellor have been elected 2007 fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and another professor has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences. In addition to Chancellor James Moeser, new arts and… read more
Thomas James, dean of UNC’s School of Education for four years, is closing the book on Carolina and starting a new chapter in his career at Columbia University. James will take over as provost at Columbia University’s Teachers College, named the… read more
Acting on a proposal created last year by former Provost Dick Richardson, the UNC Employee Forum has asked for $100 million from the Carolina First capital campaign to set up an endowment that would provide free tuition for children of UNC faculty… read more
faculty members have been selected to receive UNC’s 2007 distinguished professorships, which are among the highest campuswide recognitions of excellence. Honorees come from the College of Arts and Sciences and the schools of law, medicine and… read more
The Carolina Women’s Leadership Council recently honored two UNC faculty members as outstanding mentors. Professor Janna Dieckmann, an assistant professor of nursing, received the council’s faculty-to-faculty mentoring award, and Professor Andrew… read more
Twenty-two teachers in nine categories are this year’s recipients of UNC’s Distinguished Teaching Awards, the highest campuswide recognition for teaching excellence. The award recipients were recognized during halftime of the UNC-NCSU men’s… read more
In the past year, 35 faculty members have been named to endowed professorships – designations that are created through gifts to the University and that recognize excellence in teaching and research. Gifts for endowed professorships are invested,… read more
The University looked inside its faculty for the next dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. Holden Thorp ’86, a 14-year member of the chemistry department and currently its chair, will assume the deanship July 1, pending approval by the… read more
Housing for UNC faculty and staff is in the works on 63 acres of land on Homestead Road, marking the University’s first attempt to help with lower-cost housing. Carolina Commons will provide 60 condominium units to UNC employees. Roughly 53 of… read more