September 19, 2023
AAFA members met for our Second annual Meet and Greet to eat and chat. Good food was provided by Hawkers (duck bao, roti, spring rolls, coconut shrimp, and more!). Charlie,…
Asian American Faculty Association
September 7, 2023
On Sept 9, one week after the fatal campus shooting of Dr. Zijie Yan by UNC graduate student Tailei Qi, AAFA convened a panel of UNC faculty to discuss concerns…
Asian American Faculty Association
August 30, 2023
What does NoDa Brewing Company and Dr. Emily Chang have in common? They both love Kimchi, the dog. Dr. Chang adopted Kimchi from a rescue organization, saving her before she…
Asian American Faculty Association
April 13, 2023
Dr. Joan Taylor, Director of Faculty Advancement for School of Medicine, was invited to discuss the process for promotion from Assistant to Associate Professor and Associate to Full Professor with…
Asian American Faculty Association
January 20, 2023
AAFA celebrated Chinese New Year at Alice Chuang’s house. Alice made and brought food for 100 people! We made dumplings, had Chinese food from Jade Palace (Mapo Tofu, walnut shrimp,…
Asian American Faculty Association
December 7, 2022
Dr. Esther Choo, Professor of Emergency Medicine at Oregon Health Sciences and co-founder and board member of Time’s Up spoke for AAFA on Tuesday 12/6/2022.
Asian American Faculty Association
August 5, 2022
Dr. Linda Van Le recently returned from a trip to Danang Vietnam where, as part of our global oncology fellowship, The UNC Gyn Oncology team spent time operating, seeing patients,…
Asian American Faculty Association
June 2, 2022
The Asian American Faculty Association (AFA) had a Meet and Greet at Hawkers on Tuesday, May 31. We feasted on Korean spicy wings, golden wontons, beef bulgogi skewers, and more!…
Asian American Faculty Association
February 9, 2021
We understand that there may be many newcomers to the social justice sphere. It is important that as we broach these topics, we have a clear and common vocabulary. We…
July 29, 2020
Though employment is still down across the board, rural recreation counties are bouncing back from the pandemic faster than urban ones. In Haywood County, North Carolina, small businesses face their…
July 20, 2020
Covid-19 has complicated everything about college — applications, classes, living arrangements, and extracurricular activities. Some administrators are trying to help rural students succeed in a rapidly changing educational environment.
May 1, 2020
Like pretty much every student in North Carolina and across the United States, Luke Ford and Caleb Smith found their spring plans dramatically altered by the COVID-19 pandemic. It didn’t…