Case tells new grads: ‘Attack, don’t defend’

A couple of hundred years ago, America was just an idea: one that eventually led to the world’s largest and most innovative economy, Steve Case, co-founder of America Online, told Carolina’s graduates.

Case urged UNC’s newest alumni to leave Kenan Stadium ready to attack, not defend, as they become the next generation of leaders in America’s “startup nation.”

Task force on sexual assault policy starts summer job

Twenty-two members of the Carolina community have taken on a summer job to improve the way the University responds to sexual misconduct. The new Title IX Task Force, led by interim Title IX Coordinator Christi Hurt, met for the first time May 15 at the Friday Center. The task force, which will specifically address student-on-student [...] Read more →

For Dooley, acting is ‘a way of living inside great literature’

Fans know him as the man of 1,000 faces. For nearly a quarter-century, Ray Dooley has been the mainstay of the PlayMakers Repertory Company stage; his body of work, a kaleidoscope of shifting form and muse. During the 2011–12 season alone, he played nine different characters. He went from Selsdon Mowbray in the 1982 comedy [...] Read more →

Stabile fields public information requests with service in mind

Mention Wellesley and certain adjectives immediately spring to mind. Women’s college. Ivy League. Prestigious. Privileged. Before she applied there, Regina Stabile knew none of these things. In fact, she had never even heard of Wellesley College, even though she was raised in Lawrence, Mass., a mill town about 35 miles outside of Boston. She didn’t [...] Read more →

School reaches out through research to serve the state’s mental health providers

No one speaks as openly about depression as they do high blood pressure, or about alcoholism as freely as diabetes. But more than a quarter of individuals will face a mental illness or substance abuse issue in the course of a year, said Tara Bohley, clinical assistant professor and program coordinator of the Behavioral Healthcare [...] Read more →

GAA awards Distinguished Service Medals

The General Alumni Association on May 11 honored six people who have supported a broad range of campus initiatives for their outstanding service to the University and to the association. Recipients of the 2013 Distinguished Service Medals are Chancellor Holden Thorp and Patti Thorp; C. Knox Massey Jr. and Mary Ann Keith Massey; and Van [...] Read more →

05/15/2013

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News in Brief

Construction projects to affect campus

Beginning mid-May, many construction projects will affect traffic and transit around campus. Motorists, transit riders and pedestrians should take time to educate themselves regarding affected areas, impending lane and roadways closings, alternate routes, transit detours and access to parking.

The widening of South Columbia Street will result in one-way (northbound) traffic from Fordham Boulevard toward the campus and Manning Drive through Aug. 13. Outbound (southbound) traffic will be detoured along Manning Drive. To see a map and find more information, visit go.unc.edu/Xk74C.

Cameron Avenue will be closed to through traffic through Aug. 14 due to OWASA water main replacement construction between Columbia Street and Memorial Hall. Cameron will open for a Memorial Hall event on May 16 only. Traffic and bus service will be re-routed via South Columbia, Franklin and Raleigh streets. Access may be temporarily blocked to the Swain Lot, and NG1 permits will be honored in the Nash Lot (N7 Zone). For more information, visit go.unc.edu/Mr7x3.

Access to Stadium Drive from South Road will be closed May 13–27 for a UNC electrical distribution project crossing the roadway at that location. Motorists and S4 permit holders needing access to this area should plan to get to Stadium Drive from the south, via Ridge Road. For more information, visit go.unc.edu/Qd26A.

Carolina Global Photography Competition now open

The Center for Global Initiatives, UNC Study Abroad and UNC Global have announced a collaborative call for entries to the 14th annual Carolina Global Photography Competition. The amateur photography competition is open to all Carolina students, faculty and staff through Sept. 30. go.unc.edu/Fz4i7

Fulbright-Hays dissertation applications due May 21

This U.S. Department of Education program provides grants to colleges and universities to fund individual doctoral students who conduct research in other countries, in modern foreign languages and area studies for periods of six to 12 months. The deadline to apply is May 21. This grant is available to Ph.D. candidates who wish to engage in full-time dissertation research abroad in modern foreign languages and area studies. Find the full application information at go.unc.edu/c7YWg.

Carolina Family Scholarship

Applications are due June 1 for the Carolina Family Scholarship, which supports children of UNC employees who plan to attend college in fall 2013. This need-based scholarship fund was created by Carolina employees to provide financial support for the children of full-time colleagues to attend any of the UNC system campuses and any of the state’s accredited community and technical colleges. Those who wish to support the Carolina Family Scholarship can arrange for a weekly tax-deductible payroll deduction or a one-time donation of any amount. See unc.edu/familyfund for application and information.

People in the News

James Johnson

Building social capital is essential for those who are economically marginalized, said Johnson, William R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship. “When you are connected to mentors and sponsors and things of that nature, these are the real people that can make a difference in your life because they have access to other networks.” Read more.

Jonathan Oberlander

Is health care a “nonsystem?” Responding to data that shows wildly varying prices for the same procedures in hospitals in the United States, Oberlander, professor of social medicine, said, “It’s another indication that we have a nonsystem of health care. It’s ‘Alice in Wonderland.’ It just doesn’t make sense.” Read more.

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Case tells new grads: ‘Attack, don’t defend’