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Head over heels for Carolina

February 14, 2023, 8:32 AM
In honor of Valentine’s Day, Tar Heels shared what they love about Carolina.

The Well profiles UNC Hussman Dean Raul Reis

February 13, 2023, 9:01 AM
The Well recently profiled Raul Reis, dean of the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media.

Carolina celebrates Black History Month 2023

February 2, 2023, 8:24 AM
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will celebrate Black History Month with events including lectures, performances and exhibitions throughout February. The inaugural Dr. Genna Rae McNeil Endowed Black History Month lecture will highlight this year’s events. Vincent Brown, the Charles Warren Professor of American History and interim director of the Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History at Harvard University, will be the keynote speaker at the lecture on Feb. 22 at 6:30 p.m.

Erin Matson named field hockey head coach

February 1, 2023, 11:05 AM
A Tar Heel legend on the field hockey turf will follow a Tar Heel legend on the sidelines. Erin Matson '22, the most decorated player in program history, has been named North Carolina’s next head field hockey coach after a national search. She follows Karen Shelton, the winningest coach in the sport’s history, who announced her retirement in December after 42 years at the Carolina helm

Research Publication Roundup: January 2023

January 24, 2023, 12:40 PM
A vibrant and collaborative interdisciplinary research culture at the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media creates new knowledge, advances scholarship and helps reinvent media.

UNC Hussman honors life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. with events, community conversations

January 23, 2023, 1:31 PM
The UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media community hosted events on Tuesday, Jan. 17, during the University’s Jan. 15-22 Week of Celebration honoring the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. The school hosted an evening conversation with Frank McCain Jr. — son of civil rights activist Franklin McCain, part of the “Greensboro Four” who staged the sit-in at a Woolworth store in Greensboro, North Carolina, on Feb. 1, 1960.

Assistant Professor Lisa Villamil honored as Unsung Hero

January 20, 2023, 9:12 AM
Lisa Villamil, an assistant professor at the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media, has been honored with an MLK Unsung Hero Award for her communications and data storytelling work helping Native Americans protect their genetic information from exploitation.

UNC Hussman welcomes Scott Geier and Nazanin Knudsen as Teaching Assistant Professors

January 17, 2023, 9:01 PM
The UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media welcomes Scott Geier ’16 (M.A.) and Nazanin Knudsen this semester as teaching assistant professors in digital storytelling and journalism. Geier and Knudsen enhance the strategic growth in the school’s faculty this semester along with new hires Assistant Professor Shelvia Dancy, Hussman Professor of Business Journalism Michelle LaRoche, Knight Chair in Local News and Sustainability Marisa Porto and Professor of the Practice Peter Sherman.

MLK Day of Action: A conversation with Franklin McCain Jr.

January 17, 2023, 2:01 PM
As part of activities honoring the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media will host a conversation with Franklin McCain Jr. — son of civil rights activist Franklin McCain, part of the “Greensboro Four” who staged the sit-in at a Woolworth store in Greensboro, North Carolina, on Feb. 1, 1960.

The Daily Tar Heel profiles Hussman's new professors

January 11, 2023, 10:56 AM
Read the piece below, penned by Ira Wilder '24 for The Daily Tar Heel, about four of UNC Hussman's incoming professors. Photos in the story are by Carson Elm-Picard and Ira Wilder for The Daily Tar Heel.