Joe Templeton, Venable professor of chemistry and a 30-year veteran of the UNC faculty, will begin a three-year term as chair of the faculty on July 1. Elected by faculty members, Templeton succeeds Judith Wegner, who had served as faculty chair… read more
Michael A. Stegman, a UNC faculty member for 40 years, has been honored by his peers with the 2006 Thomas Jefferson Award. The annual award honors a faculty member who has best exemplified the ideals and objectives of Jefferson. Faculty members… read more
Two UNC professors have been elected 2006 fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences for “preeminent contributions” to their fields and to society. New faculty fellows from UNC are Edward D. “Ted” Salmon, the James Larkin and Iona Mae… read more
Carolina students honored three faculty members, a staff member and six teaching assistants this week for excellence in undergraduate teaching. The winning faculty members for the 2006 Student Undergraduate Teaching Awards are Greg Gangi ’99… read more
Ruel Tyson, the founder of the University’s Institute for the Arts and Humanities, is retiring from that position on June 30 after nearly 20 years at the helm. Tyson, who has been at Carolina since 1967, will continue as professor of religious… read more
UNC’s School of Public Health has established a Center for Infant and Young Child Feeding and Care, the first center of its kind in a school of public health. The center will advance and support research and practices that enable mothers and… read more
Marcie Cohen Ferris, author of Matzoh Ball Gumbo: Culinary Tales of the Jewish South, has been nominated for this year’s James Beard Foundation Book Award in the “Writings on Food” category. Ferris is one of three nominees for this year’s… read more
Carolina faculty members Joy Kasson and Carla White-Harris have received the University’s first Carolina Women’s Leadership Council Mentoring Awards, presented at the council’s recent annual meeting. The awards are funded by an endowment… read more
Jean Folkerts, professor of honors and of media and public affairs at George Washington University, has been selected to become the next dean of UNC’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication. The appointment, announced Feb. 24 and effective… read more
In the past year, the University has named 54 faculty members to endowed professorships – designations that are created through gifts to the University and that recognize excellence in teaching and research. A key goal of the Carolina First… read more