NEWS BRIEFS

Animal rights extremism subject of May 14 talk
Information security briefing set for May 8
Math/science summer camp begins June 23
Nominations open for UMA Manager of the Year award
Scholarship applications accepted through May 15
Orientation required for new work-study supervisors
Botany library relocates, two other libraries affected
Unks’ film ‘Town Before Brown’ to air May 10
Nominations open for American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Animal rights extremism subject of May 14 talk

The University and Americans for Medical Progress will host a presentation May 14 by Tom Holder, of Speaking of Research (www.speakingofresearch.org). It will be held at 3:30 p.m. in the auditorium of the Molecular Biology Research Building.

Holder will speak about animal rights extremism in the United States and what students can do to defend biomedical research.

Information security briefing set for May 8

ITS (Information Technology Services) Information Security is hosting an all-day information security briefing May 8 from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Stone Center.

The event is open to all information technology staff and managers at no cost.

Among the presentations will be information on current information security threats, risks and best practices as well as the opportunity to collaborate with other campus IT professionals.

Registration is required. Refer to tinyurl.com/5yv7fl. For more information, see www.unc.edu/security/isb.

Math/science summer camp begins June 23

The North Carolina Mathematics and Science Education Pre-College Program is sponsoring a non-residential summer camp for rising students in grades six through 12.

Summer camp dates are June 23 – July 3. For more information, visit www.unc.edu/depts/ed/pcp or call Dianne Affleck (962-9362). 

Nominations open for UMA Manager of the Year award

The University Managers Association (UMA) is soliciting nominations for the 2008 Manager of the Year award.

Any permanent, full-time University manager with two or more years of service may be nominated for the award. UMA membership is not a requirement for candidates.

The winner will be announced at UMA’s annual program on May 15.

Nomination forms are available at uma.unc.edu/uma_08_manager_award.doc. Complete the form and return it to John Gullo through e-mail (gullo@sog.unc.edu), campus mail (CB#3330) or fax (962-2709) by May 8.

 Scholarship applications accepted through May 15

The application deadline is May 15 to apply for fall scholarships for children of UNC employees.

The need-based fund was created to provide financial support to the children of full-time employees to attend any of the 16 UNC system schools as well as any of the accredited community and technical colleges in North Carolina.

More information is available at www.unc.edu/familyfund.

Orientation required for new work-study supervisors

The Office of Scholarships and Student Aid is offering training sessions for full-time permanent faculty and staff who wish to join the Federal Work-Study program in order to begin making requests for students as early as Aug. 19.

The training sessions last two hours and cover topics such as the job classification system, student payroll, creating and marketing jobs on the Web site and both institutional and federal guidelines.

The sessions will be held June 11 (2–4 p.m.), July 9 (10 a.m.–noon) and Aug. 6 (2–4 p.m.), all in the auditorium of Hanes Art Center. No registration is required.

For more information, call Michelle Klemens (962-4176) or e-mail michelle_ klemens@unc.edu.

Botany library relocates, two other libraries affected

The botany, zoology and chemistry libraries will close for two weeks beginning May 19 as the botany library relocates from Coker Hall to join the zoology and chemistry libraries in Wilson Library. The merged biology/chemistry library will reopen June 2 at the South entrance of Wilson Library, across South Road from the Bell Tower.

During the move, the print collections of these libraries will be unavailable for loan or consultation. For reference assistance during this time, visit www.lib.unc.edu and select “Ask a Librarian.”

After June 1, call the combined biology/chemistry library at 962-2264 or 962-1188.

Unks’ film ‘Town Before Brown’ to air May 10

The film “The Town Before Brown” will be featured on the “N.C. Visions” series shown on WUNC-TV. It is scheduled to air on the May 10 program between 11 p.m. and midnight.

Gerald Unks, professor of education, wrote and produced the film to help students in his Education 41 class, “The School in American Society,” understand about de jure segregation in Chapel Hill and other parts of the South and into the Midwest before the 1954 landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision. That decision struck down the “separate but equal” clause that had sanctioned segregated schools.

The film features interviews with individuals, both black and white, who lived in Chapel Hill during the era of segregation.

Nominations open for American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Every spring, members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences have the opportunity to nominate their peers for membership in the academy. Current members only may make nominations.

To assist campus members of the academy in identifying those who may be sufficiently accomplished in their respected disciplines to warrant nomination for membership, a list follows of UNC members who can be contacted if you have a colleague to propose for nomination.

Some disciplines on campus are not yet represented among current members of the academy from UNC. In such cases, contact Jo Ann Gustafson (962-1319 or joann_gustafson@unc.edu), and she will help find sponsors in cases where there is no obvious fit.

To help academy members avoid the work of preparing duplicate nominations, contact Tony Waldrop, vice chancellor for research and economic development, by May 21 if you are suggesting a potential nominee (962-1319 or twaldrop@unc.edu).

For more information, see www.amacad.org. 

UNC members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Frederick P. Brooks, Jr., computer science Joseph M. Desimone, chemistry Maurice S. Brookhart, chemistry Christopher R. Browning, history Glen H. Elder, sociology Ernest L. Eliel, chemistry Henry Fuchs, computer science Lawrence I. Gilbert, biology Jack D. Griffith, microbiology and immunology Nelson G. Hairston, biology James Harr, music Amos H. Hawley, sociology	Thomas E. Hill, Jr., philosophy Carlton C. Hunt, physiology Lyle V. Jones, psychology James W. Jorgenson, chemistry William F. Leuchtenburg, history Duncan Macrae, Jr., sociology Terry R. Magnuson, genetics Thomas J. Meyer, chemistry James Moeser, chancellor Royce W. Murray, chemistry Robert G. Parr, chemistry	James L. Peacock, III, anthropology Edward R. Perl, cell and molecular physiology Edward D. Salmon, biology Aziz Sancar, biochemistry and biophysics Alan R. Shapiro, English and comparative literature James A. Stimson, political science Michael E. Taylor, mathematics Richard Udry, maternal and child health Gerhard L. Weinberg, history Susan Wolf, philosophy Richard V. Wolfenden, biochemistry and biophysics