Bruce Cairns, who is entering his second year as chair of the Faculty Council, and Charles Streeter, who is starting his third year as chair of the Employee Forum, represent different constituents, but they serve the same University. They are … Read more

To: The General Faculty Dear esteemed faculty colleagues: We are writing to express our dismay and horror regarding the senseless killing of nine members of the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina yesterday evening. In particular, we … Read more

The message below was sent to all faculty involved in faculty governance on April 1, 2015: ### Dear Esteemed Colleagues in Faculty Governance, I’m writing to ask you to visit http://bot.unc.edu/comments/ before the April 25th deadline to offer your thoughts … Read more

Faculty Chair Bruce Cairns wrote the following letter to the editor of the Daily Tar Heel on Friday, February 20, 2015: TO THE EDITOR: During these unprecedented and challenging times, it is understandable that we focus on the difficult issues … Read more

Chair of the Faculty Bruce Cairns released the following statement this morning regarding last week’s news that the UNC Board of Governors has decided to dismiss President Tom Ross as of January 2016: On behalf of the faculty at UNC-Chapel … Read more

The message below was sent to the General Faculty on Friday, July 25, 2014 ### Dear Faculty Colleagues, Along with Chancellor Carol Folt and Bob Blouin, Dean of the Eshelman School of Pharmacy, I would like to convey my shock, … Read more

Prof. Bruce Cairns of the Department of Surgery and the N.C. Jaycee Burn Center has been elected to succeed Prof. Jan Boxill as Chair of the Faculty for a three-year term beginning July 1, 2014.  Cairns defeated Prof. Andrew Perrin from … Read more

All members of the faculty are invited to join us at the Anne Queen Faculty Commons at the Campus Y on Wednesday, April 2, 2014 from 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. to meet this year’s candidates for Chair of the … Read more

During this year’s Faculty Elections (April 14-21), voters will choose a successor to current Chair of the Faculty Jan Boxill, who will end her three-year term on June 30.  Chair candidates Prof. Andrew Perrin (Sociology) and Prof. Bruce Cairns (Surgery) … Read more

Faculty members will vote next month to choose a new chair of the faculty to succeed Jan Boxill, who will complete her term June 30. Two veteran faculty members, Bruce Cairns and Andrew Perrin, are running for the faculty leadership … Read more