Patti and Holden Thorp
FEATURED WOMAN
- Patti Worden Thorp gives us a view
of life from Quail Hill
CAROLINA WOMEN IN THE NEWS
Patty Hendrix
- Elizabeth Royster James mentioned in
Southern Accents magazine
- H-M Properties, co-owned by Patty
Hendrix, receives 2008 Best of Charlotte Award
- Susan and Frances Gravely, founders
of Vietri, featured on North Carolina Public Radio
- Pharmacy professor Betsy Sleath
receives $2.65 million to study doctor, patient
communication for glaucoma
- Karol Mason garners
leadership award from women's attorneys group
- Marion Boulicault
'10 awarded Udall Scholarship
COUNCIL NEWS
Cynthia Bulik and Kathleen Rounds
- Annual Meeting wrap-up and
leadership change
- 2009 Mentoring Award winners
announced
GIVING NEWS
- First Eve Marie Carson Scholarship awarded to
Elinor Benami '10
- UNC receives more than $22 million from Gates
Foundation to help tackle reproductive health
issues facing urban poor
Elinor Benami
- The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation commits $4.5
million to support graduate students in
humanities at UNC
- The Carolina Annual Fund is on Facebook and
Twitter
- UNC to launch Global Research
Institute with private support
- Inaugural Harvey Award to fund UNC project
making N.C. history come alive on the
web
UNIVERSITY NEWS
Desmond Tutu
- University launches budget
information web site
- Tutu, five others to receive honorary
degrees at Carolina's May Commencement
- UNC wins Carolinas award for its
composting program
- UNC Rhodes scholars chosen for USA
Today's first team
- U.S. News & World Report ranks
multiple UNC schools, specialties
RESEARCH NEWS
Adaora Adimora, director of AIDS research training program
- UNC to launch solar fuels research
center with $17.5 million in federal energy,
stimulus grant
- UNC receives $2.7 million NIH grant to
continue AIDS research training program
- UNC study findings have implications for
development of pain-relieving
drugs
- Research funding at Carolina remains
robust
- Center established to tame digital
data deluge
UPCOMING EVENTS
- Sept. 10-13 - Chapel Hill, N.C.: North
Carolina Literary Festival
- Fall 2009 - Asheville, N.C.; Winston-Salem, N.C.;
Greensboro, N.C. (details TBA): Carolina Women's
Leadership Council gatherings