University Gazette

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BENEFIT PERFORMANCE The Alvin Ailey Repertory Dance Ensemble will hold a benefit performance for the Sonja Haynes Stone Black Cultural Center. The performance of the nationally acclaimed ensemble will be at 8 p.m. on Feb. 5 at Memorial Hall. Proceeds will support the ongoing effort to raise money to build a free-standing Black Cultural Center on campus. Tickets cost $15 for students and $30 for faculty, staff and the general public. For ticket information, call the Carolina Union box office at 2-1449.

Calendar: Jan. 28 - Feb. 10

Exhibits

H.E.E.L.S. for Health

Exhibits

WILSON LIBRARY

Mon-Fri, 8 am-5 pm; Sat, 9 am-1 pm.

"Hard Cash and Hard Times: A History of North Carolina Currency." On display through May 31 in the collector's gallery. For more info call 2-1172.

First (Ground) Floor

The First State University.
The Ancient World--Recreated.
Examples of Early Photography.

Second (Main) Floor

The History of the N.C. Collection.
"As Close to Magic as I've Ever Been": Thomas Wolfe at UNC.
Bayard Wootten: Images of the South, 1930s.
N.C. Collection Gallery.

Third Floor

Rare Book Collection: Poets at Gehenna, 1959-1995.

Fourth Floor

The Photos of Dorothea Lange.
Southern Historical Collection.
University Archives.

ACKLAND ART MUSEUM

Hours: Wed through Sat, 10 am-5 pm; Sun, 1-5 pm. For more info call 6-5736.

Through 3/28 "By All Means: The 1999 Faculty Exhibition." Opening reception: 1/31, 3-5 pm.

Artists' Talks on Contemporary Art

2/4 "Storytelling and Narrative in Contemporary Art." Beth Grabowski (art). 12:15-1pm.
2/10 "Art and Religion in Contemporary Art." Dennis Zaborowski (art). 12:15-1pm.

Through 2/21 "Tradition and Transformation: Contemporary Inuit Art from Nunavut."

Through 5/16 Clara and Gilbert Yager Gallery of Asian Art has carved ornaments on display.

WILSON LIBRARY

Hours: Mon-Fri, 9 am-5 pm; Sat, 9 am-1 pm; Sun, 1-5 pm. For more info call 2-1172.

Through 5/31 "Hard Cash and Hard Times: A History of North Carolina Currency." Collector's Gallery.

NORTH CAROLINA BOTANICAL GARDEN

All exhibits at Totten Center, located on Old Mason Farm Road. For more info call 2-0522.

Through 2/28 "Artists Among Us." Totten Center. Weekdays, 8 am-5 pm; Sat, 10 am-5 pm; Sun, 1-5 pm.

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H.E.E.L.S. For Health

115 Women's Gym. Call 2-2348 to register & for more info & see http://www.adp.unc.edu/hr/es/

Gym/Pool privilege card required unless noted by *

SPECIAL EVENTS

"Wednesday Wellness" programs every third Wed from Noon-1:30 pm for employees focusing on healthy living. For more info call Karen Bean at 2-8210.
2/5 "Get Your Back on Track" offered through Training and Development. This class is designed to help you attain and maintain a healthy back. Come learn exercises and practical techniques to enhance the health of your back for everyday living. Gymnastic Gym, Fetzer. Noon-1 pm. FACILITIES

H.E.E.L.S. Fitness Center

Mon-Fri/Noon-2 pm; 4-7 pm.

Fetzer/Woollen Gym

Mon-Thu/ 7:30 am-10 pm.
Fri/ 7:30 am-9 pm.
Sat/ 10 am-5 pm.
Sun/ 1-8 pm.

Student Recreation Ctr

Mon-Thu/ 6 am-Midnight.
Fri/ 6 am-9 pm.
Sat/ 10 am-8 pm.
Sun/ 1-10 pm.

FITNESS/AEROBICS CLASSES

Call 2-1153 for SRC classes.

Lunch time, 12:10-12:50 pm, SRC-B

Mon, Wed/ Low Impact.
Tue, Thu/ Body Sculpting.
Fri/ Step.

Evening, 5:15-6:15 pm, 112 Women's Gym except as noted.

Mon/ Yoga.
Mon, Wed/ Water aerobics, Bowman Gray.
Tue/ Step & Tone.
Thu/ Low Impact & Tone.

ONGOING OPPORTUNITIES

Individual fitness assessment.
Personal training.
FitPlus incentive program.
Resource Center.

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Miscellanea

INFO-TO-GO WORKSHOP

2/5 "Mime Techniques You Can Use." Jef from the Jelly Educational Theatre. Manning Hall. 9 am-12:30 pm. Fee. For registration info contact Lucia Zonn at 2-0208 or by e-mail at zonn@ils.unc.edu

CONE-KENFIELD TENNIS CENTER

Courts for rent this winter Mon-Fri 8 am, 9:30 am and 11 am. Contracts available. Call 2-6363 for reservations or more info.

CAROLINA COLLEGE FOR LEARNING IN RETIREMENT

Registration required. Contact Meredith Larson at 2-3574 or e-mail meredith_larson@unc.edu Fee.

2/2, 9 "Tennessee Williams: Revealing the Painful Complexities of Everyday Life." 10-11:30 am.
2/9 Hot Off the Press, Light and Air: The Photography of Bayard Wootten. Jerry Cotten. Wilson Library Assembly Room.

NORTH CAROLINA BOTANICAL GARDEN

2/6 -- "Basic Botany for Beginners." 9-11 am. Fee.
2/9 -- "Conservation Ecology Reading Group." 7-9 pm. Must purchase book.

LIBRARY TOURS

Davis Library

Free, public tours offered the first Wed of every month at 3 pm. For more info contact Paula P. Hinton at 2-1151 or at pphinton@email.unc.edu

Wilson Library

The N.C. Collection Gallery offers free public tours Wed at 2 pm. Tours limited to 20 people. For more info call 2-1172.

FUNCTIONAL GI DISORDERS CENTER

2/5 "Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Functional Dyspepsia: A Multidisciplinary Approach -- A Symposium for the Patient and Health Professional on Functional GI Disorders and the Physician/Patient Interaction." Friday Center. Noon - 9 pm. Fee. Call 6-0144, or go to http://www.med.unc.edu/ibs and click on Educational Symposia.

BULL'S HEAD BOOKSHOP

For more info, call 2-5060.

2/2 Marya Hornbacher will speak about her memoir, Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia. 3 pm.
2/3 YAS (Youth Angst Society). Undergraduates read from their own poetry and prose. 5 pm.
2/6 David Halberstam speaks about his new book, Playing for Keeps: Michael Jordan and the World He Made. 2 pm.

BALLROOM DANCE CLLUB

1/31 Ballroom dance with taped music in the Great Hall of the student union. Students and non-students, couples and singles are welcome. Fee. 2-6 pm. For more info call 933-1365 or 782-8212.

FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY

2/4 "Documenting the American South." A talk by William L. Andrews on the project "North American Slave Narratives, Beginnings to 1920." Pleasants Family Assembly Room, Wilson Library. 5:30 pm.

INSTITUTE OF AFRICAN AMERICAN RESEARCH

1/28 Karla F. C. Holloway will speak at the Innovative Research in Black Studies Series on "African American Mourning Stories." 300 Tate-Turner-Kuralt. 7 pm. For more info call 2-6810.
2/6 "A Comparative Slavery Symposium," which includes presentations and a tour of the Ackland Art Museum, will focus on slavery around the world. 211-212 student union. 9 am-6 pm.

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Lectures

THURSDAY, JANUARY 28

Microbiology and Immunology -- "Costimulating Cancer Killer T-Cells." Lieping Chen (Mayo Clinic). 00-002 Lineberger Cancer Center. 3:30 pm.
Geological Sciences -- "The Evolution of the Carolina Environmental Program (CEP)." William Glaze (CEP). 205 Mitchell Hall. 4 pm.
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine -- "A Cellular and Molecular Perspective on Pathogen Transmission by Ticks." Aravinda de Silva (microbiology and immunology). 302 Brinkhous-Bullitt. 4 pm.
Dean's Speaker Series -- Features Richard D'Aveni, author of Hypercompetition: Managing the Dynamics of Strategic Maneuvering. Koury Auditorium, McColl. 5:15 pm. Call 2-3107 or e-mail MimiBeatty@unc.edu for reservations.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 29

Genetics and Moleculary Biology -- "Model Systems and the Human Genome Project." Mark D. Adams. 321 MacNider. Noon.

MONDAY, FEBURARY 1

Computer Science -- "Optimality and Greed in Dynamic Allocation." Peter Winkler (Bell Labs). 011 Sitterson. 4 pm.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2

Pharmacology -- "A Quantitative, Combinatorial Approach to the Optimization of Chemical Reactions." H. Mario Geysen (Glaxo Wellcome). 1102 Jones. 4 pm.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3

Program on Aging -- "Managing the Frail, Hospitalized, Elderly Person." Jane Campbell (UNC Hospitals). 61 MacNider Building. Noon.
Preventive Medicine -- "Policy, Politics, and Doctors on the American Home Front During WWII." Donald Madison (social medicine). Room 357 Wing C. Noon-1:30 pm.
Cell Biology and Anatomy -- "Fibronectin matrix elasticity and stretching visualized by fibronectin-GFP." Harold Erickson (Duke). 00-002 Lineberger Cancer Center. Noon.
Microbiology and Immunology -- "Differentation and Trafficking of Dendritic Cells in Models of Lymphatic Clearance." Gwendalyn J. Randolph (pathology). 00-002 Lineberger Cancer Center. 2 pm.
Archie K. Davis Lecture Series -- Features George Fisher, CEO, Eastman Kodak Co. Koury Auditorium, McColl. 5:30-6:30 pm. Call 2-3107 for reservations.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4

Geological Sciences -- "Interaction of Tectonics and Surface Processes in the Basin Range." Mike Ellis (Memphis). 205 Mitchell. 4 pm.
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine -- "Calcium Alters NF-xB Activation in Endothelial Cells in Response to Shear Stress." Tracey V. Du Laney (cardiology). 302 Brinkhous-Bullitt. 4 pm.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5

Genetics and Molecular Biology -- "Regulation of Transcriptional Repressors and Activities by the Snf1 Kinase." Marian Carlson (Columbia). 321 MacNider. Noon.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9

Pharmacology -- "Galactolipids in Myelin Formation and Function." Brian Popko (Neuroscience Center). 1102 Jones. 4 pm.
College Lights Series -- "North Carolina Natural Areas and Environmental Tourism." Dirk Frankenberg (marine sciences). Alumni Center's Peebles Room. 4 pm.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10

Program on Aging -- "Benefits and Limitations of Hospice Care." Judy Lipa (Hospice of Chatham County). 61 MacNider Building. Noon.
Cell Biology and Anatomy -- "Cell Adhesion and Gene Regulation: A Tale of Armadillos, Slugs and Soxes." Michael Klymkowsky (molecular, cell and developmental biology). 00-002 Lineberger Cancer Center. Noon.

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Entertainment

ACTER PERFORMANCE

Tickets sold through the Carolina Union box office or at the door. Call 2-1449 or visit http://www.unc.edu/depts/acter for more info.

Tickets now on sale for ACTER's performance of Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice on 2/13,14. ACTER is a University-based theater group.

MUSIC DEPT. CONCERTS

1/29 -- "Jazz for a Friday Afternoon," presented by UNC Jazz Combos, directed by Scott Warner. 107 Hill. 4 pm.
1/31 -- "An Afternoon at the Opera." Will contain scenes from Don Giovanni, The Magic Flute and The Barber of Seville. Hill Auditorium. 3 pm.
2/2 -- "Guest Recital." Damian Kremer, Marmaduke Miles. Hill Auditorium. 8 pm.
2/5 -- "Faculty Recital." Elizabeth Linnartz, Sharon L. Johnson. Hill Auditorium. 8 pm.
2/7 -- "Why Do Fools Fall in Love? Lighter Shade of Blue." Daniel M. Huff, conductor. Great Hall, student union. Fee. 8 pm.

SPECIAL ATTRACTION

1/29, 30 -- Monsters of Grace. Digital opera by Philip Glass and Robert Wilson. Call Carolina Union box office at 2-1449 for more info.

PLAYMAKERS

2/3-28 -- Having Our Say: the Delany Sisters' First 100 Years. Paul Green Theatre. Tues-Sat, 8 pm; Sun, 2 pm. Fee. Call 2-PLAY for more info.

BLACK CULTURAL CENTER

2/5 -- The Alvin Ailey Repertory Ensemble performs to benefit the new home for the BCC. Fee. Memorial Hall. 8 pm. For tickets call 2-1449.

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Training

HSL CLASSES

All Classes in the Health Sciences Library Windows Lab.

1/28 -- Reference Manager. 9-11 am.
1/29 -- Advanced Authorware. 9-11 am.
2/9 -- Photoshop I. 2-4 pm.
2/10 -- OVID MEDLINE. 10 am-noon.

ETG WORKSHOPS

All classes held in 305 Berryhill. Open to School of Medicine faculty, staff and medical students working on faculty projects. For more info e-mail jmhahn@med.unc.edu, call 6-3519 or visit http://www.med.unc.edu/ois/etg/