Law professor Eric Muller, who has served on the board for a decade, has not been reappointed for a third term. read more
The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist was awarded tenure as the Knight Chair in race and investigative journalism at the Hussman School of Journalism and Media by the UNC Board of Trustees in a special session. read more
The possibility of Nikole Hannah-Jones ’03 (MA) receiving a tenured faculty position in UNC’s Hussman School of Journalism and Media is back on the table. read more
Pulitzer Prize winner Nikole Hannah-Jones ’03 (MA) has been granted a fixed five-year term as professor of the practice after the Board of Trustees took no action on the Hussman school’s bid for her to receive a tenured professorship. read more
Four UNC professors are among the most recent inductees into the National Academy of Sciences, one of the highest distinctions for a scientist or engineer in the U.S. read more
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