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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

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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

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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

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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

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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