C O N T E N T S

TOP STORIES
University to take 5 percent cuts in next year's budget
Keeping Carolina ‘best’ while increasing enrollment is daunting
Research funding at Carolina remains robust
Students find the WOW factor in Karwowski

THE ARTS
PlayMakers Repertory Company announces 2009–10 season

ATHLETICS
Baddour contract extended

CAMPUS SCENES
Spring in the Garden

FACULTY/STAFF NEWS
Three honored for work in advancing women at UNC
Jablonski decides to pursue new challenge
Making fellows program run seamlessly at IAH

FUNDRAISING
Carolina Family Scholarship helps make college affordable

globalization
Harrison advocates strategy for globalizing Carolina

Grants
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support humanities grad students

STUDENTS
By the numbers: Carolina Covenant program is a success

SUSTAINABILITY
Kerry addresses challenges in climate change

WORKING AT CAROLINA
Digging up the Old Well
Human Resources briefs

CALENDAR

NEWS IN BRIEF
Hunt for eggs on April 4
Record sale benefits Southern Folklife Collection
Exhibit honors James Joyce gift
PlayMakers’s annual auction begins April 16
Lunch and Learn: physician as patient
Mindfulness Courses teach ‘art of conscious living’
Consortium ‘meet and greet’ planned for April 22
Free screenings check for oral, head and neck cancer
Apply now for BRIDGES program
Lectures, conferences and symposia
Summer lineup announced for Adventures in Ideas
‘Mountain Top Removal’ screens April 10
ITS offers mass media duplication
Carolina employees set SECC record
Register now for NCDLA virtual conference

Also in this Issue:

BUDGET STORIES
(Links to budget-related news in the Gazette, beginning in February 2009)

pdf file of the April 1, 2009 issue

pdf file of the April 1, 2009 Faculty elections voter information guide