The Faculty Council will hold an emergency virtual meeting on Wednesday, July 14, at 3 p.m. to discuss University administration and governance.  The agenda includes a link to the livestream. Please note that this meeting will go into closed session … Read more

Dear Faculty Colleagues, I’m excited to begin my term as Secretary of the Faculty. As I step into this new role, I want to take a moment to recognize Vin Steponaitis, whose five-year term as Secretary ended on June 30. … Read more

Dear Carolina Community: At last, a difficult chapter has come to a conclusion. Yesterday, the UNC Board of Trustees met to consider Nikole Hannah-Jones’ tenure dossier and then voted to grant her tenure. Afterwards, someone sent me a message describing … Read more

The Faculty Executive Committee held a special meeting this morning to discuss recent Board of Trustees actions regarding tenure in light of journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones not having been offered a tenured faculty position. Due to the sensitive nature of such … Read more

The Faculty Executive Committee will hold a special meeting to discuss recent Board of Trustee actions regarding tenure. The meeting takes place Monday, May 24, 2021 from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. and will be held remotely using Zoom ID 942 1879 … Read more

The following message was sent to all faculty today. Dear Colleagues: I know many of you are concerned about issues raised this morning by NC Policy Watch concerning a tenure decision made by the Board of Trustees. The remarks I made … Read more

This statement by the Faculty Executive Committee is issued in response to the news that, on April 28, the Carolina Review’s website was hacked and some of its distribution boxes were vandalized. We look forward to learning more about this … Read more

Today, Chair of the Faculty Mimi Chapman and Student Body President Lamar Richards sent the following message to faculty and students. Professor Chapman is pleased to collaborate with the Student Body President.  Dear Carolina Community, The past year has been … Read more

The 2021 Faculty Election closed this week. Many thanks to all who stood for election this year and to all who voted. Click to view 2021 Election Results

After soliciting nominations from the faculty, and considering several strong candidates, the Advisory Committee has nominated School of Government Professor Jill Moore to be the next Secretary of the Faculty. If elected, she will succeed Anthropology and Archaeology Professor Vincas … Read more