At their November 18 meeting, Faculty Council members heard an update from a panel of faculty and staff who are actively working to recruit and retain women and underrepresented minorities in STEM fields. STEM, which stands for Science, Technology, Engineering … Read more
Imagine a time when you felt excluded in an academic environment. Now imagine telling a group of strangers about it in a public forum. The feeling of discomfort that this exercise evokes is what presenters Kelly Hogan and Viji Sathy … Read more
The Carolina Women’s Center launched a new resource that will help supervisors and employees better understand nursing mothers’ rights to accommodation.The toolkit provides sections with information about the benefits of breastfeeding, lactation policies for supervisors and lactation policies for employees. Dr. Clare Counihan, program specialist for … Read more
Over the past year, the Community and Diversity Committee has organized a series of briefings for Faculty Council members on diversity initiatives at Carolina. In the video segment below, Professor Rumay Alexander (Nursing) introduces Professor Don Hornstein (Law), chair of … 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
