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Cairns elected Chair of the Faculty

April 22, 2014

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

Faculty Athletics Committee statement on student privacy

April 17, 2014

The Faculty Athletics Committee (FAC ) has been monitoring the release of student record information and has expressed previous concerns regarding the potential for protected information being utilized and reported inappropriately.   It is the University’s responsibility to uphold legal and … Read more

Full faculty elections voter guide now online

April 10, 2014

To help voters prepare to cast ballots in next week’s faculty elections, we have now posted our full voter guide online.  The guide includes a photo and full biographical information for almost all candidates, along with short responses to one … Read more

Open Access Expert Forum, April 22, 12:00 noon

April 9, 2014

All faculty invited–please share with your colleagues! Open Access Task Force Expert Forum April 22, 2014 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. Freedom Forum, 305 Carroll Hall Light refreshments served Sponsored by the new ad-hoc Open Access Task Force, appointed this spring … Read more

Storify of tweets for Faculty Council, March 28, 2014

March 28, 2014

Here’s the “Storify” collection of live-tweets from this afternoon’s Faculty Council meeting.  This collection includes all tweets carrying the #FacCouncil hashtag. [View the story “UNC Faculty Council, March 28, 2014” on Storify]

Open Access Task Force to hold forum 4/22

March 27, 2014

The Open Access Task Force will be holding an expert forum to learn about the rights-retention policies that have been adopted by faculty at several peer institutions in recent years. Such policies typically ensure that faculty have the legal rights … Read more

Faculty elections to be held April 14-21

March 27, 2014

The 2014 Faculty Elections will be conducted by electronic survey from April 14-21.  All members of the Voting Faculty will receive their individualized, unique ballot by email early Monday morning, April 14th. The ballot email will carry the subject line … Read more