A new image for Carolina’s Division of Radiologic Science
Randy Hill, center, senior vice president at Siemens Medical Solutions, chats with Ashley Clark, left, a 2005 Division of Radiologic Science graduate, and Etta Pisano, vice dean for academic affairs at the School of Medicine. Behind the group is part of the donated equipment that will help train medical imaging professionals. (Photo by Dan Sears)
Siemens Medical Solutions has donated two new pieces of
radiographic and fluoroscopic equipment valued at $290,000
to Carolina’s Division of Radiologic Science, part of
the Department of Allied Health Sciences. The equipment was
installed by Siemens in the division’s new teaching
laboratory in the Burnett-Womack Building.
Joy Renner, associate professor and director of the
Division of Radiologic Science, said, “Siemens’
generous gift moves our program a major step closer toward
our goal of becoming the nation’s leading radiologic
science program. We know that improved patient care will be
one of the long-term benefits of having Siemens’
cutting-edge equipment in our teaching laboratory as our
graduating students start their careers as radiologist
assistants and radiologic technologists in North
Carolina’s medical centers and community
hospitals.”
The Division of Radiologic Science is one of seven
divisions in the Department of Allied Health Sciences (AHS)
in the School of Medicine. Radiologic science is a health
profession concerned with medical imaging for diagnosis and
assessment of disease and injury. AHS prepares
practitioners, scholars, teachers and researchers in both
theoretical and applied aspects of health care sciences.
Chapel Hill couple pledge $2 million to UNC’s Center
on Poverty, Work and Opportunity
A Chapel Hill couple who have been involved with
UNC’s Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity since
its inception have pledged $2 million toward permanently
endowing the operations and expenses of the center.
Michael Cucchiara and Marty Hayes and the School of Law
view the pledge as the lead gift for an ongoing endowment
campaign that will help solidify the UNC center as a
nationally renowned, nonpartisan academic center that
examines ways to combat poverty, particularly as it relates
to the working poor. The center is directed by former Sen.
John Edwards.
“For too long, the issues facing the working poor
have not received the attention they deserve,”
Cucchiara said. “That is why we are proud to join
Sen. Edwards, the leadership of UNC and the law school to
ensure that there will always be a permanent academic forum
for the best minds in the state and the nation to address
the issues of poverty, work and opportunity.”
According to Edwards, a 1977 graduate of the law school,
“This wonderful example of generosity and
philanthropy will allow the center to continue exploring
the many facets of poverty and keep these important issues
in the public eye for the decades to come. Because of this
extraordinary gift, the center will continue to serve as a
beacon to experts around the country and be a proud part of
UNC’s longstanding tradition of academic
excellence.”