Mini-Medical
School offers glimpse of science behind medicine
A
community lecture series designed to give lay audiences firsthand
experience with the science underlying modern medicine begins
March 4.
The
Mini-Medical School's five-part series features researchers
from the School of Medicine addressing some of the latest developments
in medical science. Participants need not have a background
in science or medicine to enroll -- just an interest in medicine
and a healthy curiosity about the science behind it.
Lectures
will be held from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the William and Ida Friday
Center for Continuing Education. Pre-registration is required,
and space is limited. Fee for the entire series is $25.
Following
are the topics that will be covered:
• March 4, "Basic Neuroscience Frontiers;"
• March 11, "Neuroscience from Laboratory to Bedside;"
• March 18, "Beyond the Genome: Proteomics;"
• March 25, "Listening to Our Cells;" and
• April 1, "Autism Forefronts."
To
register or for more information about the classes, see www.unchealthcare.org.
Themes,
logos sought for summer blood drive
The
University-wide Blood Drive Committee seeks employee ideas
for a theme and/or graphic logo for its 15th annual summer
blood drive. The winning theme and logo will be used in the
blood drive poster, t-shirt and web page.
Themes
last year were "Carolina cares... proud to be a heeler" incorporated
into a distinctive heart logo. Themes from former drives include "Rise
to the challenge of giving ... Donate Blood" and "Be a life
preserver ..." incorporated into Ramses floating in a life
preserver.
This
year's drive is scheduled for July 22 at the Dean E. Smith
Center. The contest winner(s) will receive a blood drive presentation
poster personalized by Chancellor James Moeser, the new 15th
anniversary blood drive T-shirt and design acknowledgment on
the blood drive recruitment web site.
Submit
ideas by March 11 to Tina Hodach, Employee Services, CB# 1045
or by e-mail to tina_hodach@unc.edu. For more information,
contact Hodach by e-mail or call 962-8829.
Early
1900s middle class African-American life subject of exhibit
Manassa
T. Pope, an African-American doctor, entrepreneur and mayoral
candidate from Raleigh at the beginning of the 20th century,
left a wealth of documents about his family in his home on
Wilmington Street.
This
information gives historians a rare glimpse into the life of
the black middle class after the Civil War. Some of those artifacts
are part of an exhibit that runs through March 31 in the Manuscripts
Reading Room on the fourth floor of Wilson Library. "The Popes
of North Carolina: An African-American family from Reconstruction
to Civil Rights," is free and open to the public.
Kenneth
Zogry, executive director of the Pope House Museum Foundation
and a leader of the effort to turn the Pope House into a museum,
will attend the opening reception that begins at 5 p.m. on
Feb. 19.
Artifacts
for the exhibit are from the Southern Historical Collection,
the North Carolina Collection at Wilson Library and from the
Pope House Museum Foundation in Raleigh.
Carolina
alumnus Kenan first author in speaker series
Author
Randall Kenan is among a series of well-known Southern writers
who will stop by Carolina this spring to discuss their recent
work as part of the Writing the South Speaker Series.
The
Center for the Study of the American South event begins on
Feb. 27 at 7:30 p.m. in 08 Gardner Hall. Refreshments and food
will be served. Admission is free.
The
speaker series is organized by William R. Ferris, senior associate
director of the center, in conjunction with his folklore course, "Southern
Literature and the Oral Tradition."
All
events will be held at 7:30 p.m. in 08 Gardner Hall. Other
speakers and dates in the series are:
• March 25, Lee Smith and Hal Crowther;
• March 27, Alan Gurganus; and
• April 22, Elizabeth Spencer.
For
more information about the speaker series, call 962-5665. Additional
information about the center is at www.unc.edu/depts/csas/.
In
another lecture on the South, "The Sexual Economy of American
Slavery" will be the topic of the next installment in the Center
for the Study of the American South's Centering the South Speakers
Series.
Adrienne
Dale Davis, a Carolina law professor, will give the lecture
on Feb. 25 at 7:30 p.m. in Toy Lounge in Dey Hall. Refreshments
will be served, and admission is free.
Call
962-5665 for more information.
Golf
league begins April 15
Finley
Golf Course is offering a golf league for faculty and staff.
Tee times will run 5:30-6:30 p.m. every Tuesday evening from
April 15 to June 17. Space is limited. Email Staci Creech for
more information at stacicreech@uncaa.unc.edu.
Multimedia
festival begins Feb. 22 at Johnston Center
Photographs,
web sites and music recordings will be among the projects on
display at the first annual Undergraduate Multi Media festival,
sponsored by the James M. Johnston Center for Undergraduate
Excellence.
Running
Feb. 22 - March 2, the festival also will celebrate the grand
opening of the Beasley Multi Media Center, where many of the
projects to be displayed were created.
The
festival will take place in the Kresge Commons Room 039 of
Graham Memorial Hall. An opening reception will take place
on Feb. 22 from p.m. 4 to 6 p.m., and on Feb. 25, renowned
photographer and documentarian Bill Bamberger will lead student
producers in a round table discussion at 5 p.m.
For
more information about the festival, visit the Johnston Center
web site at www.unc.edu/depts/jcue or call 966-5110. The festival
is free and open to the public.
Massey
nominations due March 3
Nominations
are due no later than the close of business on March 3 for
this year's C. Knox Massey Distinguished Service Awards. Given
for "unusual, meritorious or superior contribution made by
an employee, past or present," these awards may be conferred
by the chancellor upon "any living full-time or part-time employee,
whether faculty or staff."
Each
letter of nomination or supplemental information should contain
the name of the proposed recipient, whether a present or past
University employee (if past, an indication of the dates when
the nominee was employed), a brief description of the service
rendered, why it is thought to be a contribution sufficiently "unusual,
meritorious or superior" to deserve an award and the signature
of the nominator or anyone seconding the nomination.
Because
of the signature requirement, nominations and seconds will
not be accepted by fax or e-mail.
Nominations
should be addressed to: Carolyn Squires, C. Knox Massey Awards
Committee, CB# 6100, 208 West Franklin Street. Nominations
received after 5 p.m. on March 3 will be considered in 2004.
For
more information about the Massey nominations or to receive
a copy of guidelines and past recipients, call 962-1536 or
e-mail Squires at carolyn_squires@unc.edu.
Storerooms
closed for inventory
The
Materials Management & Distribution Storerooms and Business
Office will be closed for inventory March 10 - 14.
This
includes the General Storeroom, Scientific Storeroom, Dental
Storeroom, Venable (Chemistry) Storeroom, Central Receiving
and the Business Office. Liquid nitrogen and compressed gas
will continue to be sold.
'Uncle
Vanya' opens at PlayMakers
PlayMakers
Repertory Company continues its dynamic season with a much
anticipated production of "Uncle Vanya" by Anton Chekhov, running
Feb. 26 - March 23 at the Center for Dramatic Art. Famed Hungarian
director László Marton of the Vígszínház
Theatre of Budapest returns to direct after a triumphant 2000
PlayMakers' production of "The School for Wives."
"Uncle
Vanya" is Chekhov's subtle tragic-comedy about disillusionment,
mid-life crises and regret. During a tumultuous summer at a
Russian country estate, two best friends vie for the attentions
of a beautiful married woman.
Single
tickets range from $9 to $27 ($34 for the opening Saturday
night gala performance). Every Tuesday is Community Night,
with all seats just $9. Discounts are available for seniors,
students and groups.
Call
962-PLAY (7529) for tickets and information or visit www.playmakersrep.org.
Sima
Simar to lecture Feb. 27
The
University Center for International Studies will host the lecture, "We
Had to Make Space for Ourselves: The Women of Afghanistan," by
Sima Samar, chair of the Independent Afghanistan Human Rights
Commission, on Feb. 27 at 4 p.m. at the George Watts Hill Alumni
Center.
Part
of the center's Distinguished Speakers Series, the lecture
is free and open to the public. For more information, visit
the center's web site at www.ucis.unc.edu.
Cleage
delivers Stone lecture
Pearl
Cleage, an Atlanta-based writer, will deliver the Sonja Haynes
Stone Memorial Lecture on March 4 at 7 p.m. in 100 Hamilton
Hall.
Her
works include two novels, "What Looks Like Crazy On An Ordinary
Day" and "I Wish I Had A Red Dress," a dozen plays, including "Flyin'
West" and "Good Brother Blues," and articles that have appeared
in "Essence Magazine," "Ms.," "Vibe," "Rap Pages" and many
other publications.
NPR's
Carol Kasell to speak March 4
Carl
Kasell, a Carolina alumnus and popular broadcast personality
from National Public Radio (NPR), will speak on March 4 at
5 p.m. at Carroll Hall.
The
free public talk is part of the Reed Sarratt Lecture Series
in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication.
Kasell's
radio career spans more than five decades. He joined NPR in
1975 as a part-time newscaster for "Weekend All Things Considered." He
has been with the award-winning news program "Morning Edition" since
its inception in 1979, and his morning top-of-the-hour newscasts
can be heard on radio stations nationwide.
For
more information, contact John Sweeney at 962-4074 or jsweeney@email.unc.edu.
Carolina
receives $4 million grant
for arthritis research
The
National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
has awarded a $4 million grant to Carolina medical scientists
to establish a new center for multidisciplinary clinical research
on arthritis at the schools of medicine and public health.
The
initiative, funded for five years, will be part of the larger
Thurston Arthritis Research Center.
A
new biostatistics facility, or "core," will help researchers
collect, manage and analyze their data, as well as offer education
and outreach in research methods.
