Theresa Maitland
FEATURED WOMAN
- Dr. Theresa E. Laurie Maitland,
coordinator of the Learning Center’s Academic
Success Program for Students with LD and ADHD
CAROLINA WOMEN IN THE NEWS
Diane Kuehn
- Wall Street Journal names Amy Woods
Brinkley and Ann Livermore as
‘Women to Watch’; Brinkley also among
‘25 Most Powerful Women in Banking’
- Diane Kuehn featured in 2008
Woman’s Advantage Calendar
- Peace College biology lab named after Dr.
Annie Louise Wilkerson
- Donna Bickford participates in White
House roundtable on human trafficking
- Martha Payne has book published
- Nancy Farmer part of panel at
faculty training session
- Neal Johnson Ltd. featured on
Charlotte Moss: A Flair for Living website
- Patricia Timmons-Goodson among Davie
Award winners
- Jane Roughton Ellison appointed vice
chair of Carolina Performing Arts board
- UNC professor tapped to head science
teachers
- UNC names first Working on Women in Science
scholars
- Former law school dean honored for
service to UNC
- Jennifer Webster-Cyriaque featured
in NIH video for students
CAMPAIGN WRAP-UP
Chancellor James Moeser, at a UNC Board of Trustees meeting, holds a newspaper announcing Carolina First's grand total.
- Carolina First finishes with $2.38
billion, making it fifth largest completed
campaign in history of U.S. higher education
GIVING NEWS
- Eshelman gift, match net $2 million
for UNC pharmacy education
- Kenan Charitable Trust gives PlayMakers
$250,000
- Law school alumna endows scholarship
to benefit students from Asheboro area
- Mellon Foundation funds
interdisciplinary civil rights scholarship
- Women’s gift initiatives
making good progress
UNIVERSITY NEWS
Combating Sex Trafficking: Prevention and Intervention in North Carolina and Worldwide, will be held April 3-4.
- Carolina Women’s Center 2008
conference to focus on sex trafficking
- Covering: The Hidden Assault on Our Civil
Rights is summer reading program choice for
2008
- UNC joins elite group of arts
presenters
- UNC Kenan-Flagler launches two investment
funds managed by business students
- Kiplinger's ranks UNC 1st for
quality academics, affordability 7th time in a
row
- UNC cited in new National Wildlife Federation
report on climate
- Conrad named vice chancellor for information
technology, chief information officer
RESEARCH NEWS
- First map of threats to marine
ecosystems shows all the world's oceans are
affected
- Digital mammography superior to film
mammography in some cases
- Magnesium sulfate infusions reduce cerebral
palsy risk in preterm births
- FPG Child Development Institute receives
$12.8 million grant to continue rural life
study
BUILDING UPDATES
The demolition of Venable Hall began in January.
- Decade-long capital construction program
nears completion
- Saying goodbye to venerable Venable
- RENCI opens UNC engagement center
UPCOMING EVENTS
- Chapel Hill, N.C., Feb. 28-29, Carolina
Women's Leadership Council Annual Meeting