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 Apply for Kenan-Biddle grants by Oct. 14
Giving research a voice
First Amendment Day
International Coffee Hour
Honoring Eisdorfer’s 30 years with a sale at the Bull’s Head
Bookshop
SAFE@unc website launches
Prostate screenings
Lectures, seminars, symposia
Howlin’ Wolf to be remembered in Sept. 19 symposium, concert
Readings
Blood drives
Public Service Fair, Hunger Lunch
Deadlines to watch
Apply for Kenan-Biddle grants by Oct. 14
The University is accepting applications for the
2011–12 Kenan-Biddle Partnership, a funding opportunity for
student-initiated projects that are based on collaboration with fellow students
at Duke University.
The partnership, funded by The William R. Kenan, Jr.
Charitable Trust and The Mary Duke Biddle Foundation and now in its second
year, will offer $5,000 grants to accepted proposals that strengthen
established collaborations between Duke and UNC or encourage new ones,
enhancing the intellectual life at
both universities.
Each project proposal must include a student or students who
serve as the project initiator, said Ron Strauss, executive associate provost.
Proposals should be designed to stimulate collaborative arts, sciences and
humanities projects between the two universities.
The proposal should be specific about the activities and
duties the participants would undertake and must include at least one public
exhibition, presentation or performance. Preference will be given to proposals
made jointly by students from both institutions.
The application deadline is Oct. 14, and decisions will be
announced in November for a Jan. 1, 2012 start.
For additional information about the Kenan-Biddle
Partnership, see www.studentaffairs.duke.edu/kenan-biddle. To see a list of
last year’s recipients, refer to
www.studentaffairs.duke.edu/kenan-biddle/2011-grantees.
Giving research a voice
A free workshop will be held Sept. 30 to help Carolina
faculty, postdocs and graduate students develop clear and compelling
descriptions of their research when speaking to broad audiences. It will be
held from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Stone Center’s Multipurpose Room.
Tom Linden, director of UNC’s Medical and Science Journalism
Program, and NBC health and science correspondent Helen Chickering will offer
hands-on training to help participants craft informative messages about their
work. A panel of experienced researchers who have used communication to further
their own projects and careers will speak about communicating research.
The workshop is sponsored by the Office of the Vice
Chancellor for Research, the Center for Faculty Excellence, NC TraCS Institute,
Training Initiative in Biomedical and Biological Sciences, Burroughs Wellcome
Fund and Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society. cfe.unc.edu/events.html
First Amendment Day
On Sept. 27, the University will celebrate the third annual
First Amendment Day, a campus-wide event designed to celebrate the First
Amendment and to explore its role in the lives of Carolina students. There will
be readings from banned books, singing of banned music and discussions of the
importance of each of the rights protected by the amendment.
A highlight will be the day’s keynote address, to be given
by Mary-Rose Papandrea, associate professor at the Boston College School of
Law. It will be held in 111 Carroll Hall from
7 to 8 p.m. firstamendmentday.unc.edu
International Coffee Hour
The Center for Global Initiatives hosts a monthly social
hour for both international and American members of the Carolina community,
providing a place to chat about resources, opportunities and challenges on
campus. The events are held from 5 to 6 p.m. at the Global Cup Café in the
FedEx Global Education Center. The Center for Global Initiatives hosts the next
one, on Sept. 15, followed by coffee hours this semester on Oct. 13, Nov. 10
and Dec. 8. go.unc.edu/Cw3y2
Eisdorfer |
Honoring Eisdorfer’s 30 years
with a sale at the Bull’s Head
Bookshop
The Bull’s Head Bookshop will be putting everything in the
store on sale at
30 percent off on Sept. 28 – 1 percent for every year that bookshop
manager Erica Eisdorfer has been at Carolina. Sept. 28 is her last day before
retiring, and Eisdorfer will serve cake to everyone who stops by between 11:30
a.m. and
1 p.m. To read more about Eisdorfer, see go.unc.edu/m4N7X.
SAFE@unc website launches
The University’s Sexual Assault and Relationship Violence Training
and Education Task Force has mounted a new website, SAFE@unc.edu, to provide
support, information and resources to survivors of interpersonal violence and
their allies.
The site also includes information for becoming informed
allies, including dates for this fall’s HAVEN training sessions. safe.unc.edu
Prostate screenings
UNC Health Care will offer free prostate cancer screenings
from 1 to 6 p.m. on Sept. 21 and Sept. 22, open to men ages 40 and older and
for those who have a family history of prostate cancer. The screenings will be
held in the Urology Clinic on the second floor of N.C. Memorial Hospital.
Walk-ins are welcome, or call 966-1315 for an appointment.
Lectures, seminars, symposia
 Sept.
15 – UNC pharmacy alumna Amy Greeson, founder of the Healing Seekers,
will speak about “The Search for Miracle Drugs” at 2:30 p.m. at the Seymour
Center at
2551 Homestead Rd. For information, call 968-2070.
Sept.
19 – The Institute of Pharmacogenomics and Individualized Therapy will
celebrate the institute’s five-year anniversary with a symposium, to be held
from 1 to 6 p.m. at the Friday Center. go.unc.edu/c5M3G
Sept.
19 – Adam Mendelsohn, assistant professor of Jewish studies at the
College of Charleston, will give the Sylvia and Irving Margolis Lecture on the
Jewish Experience in the American South at 7:30 p.m. at the Friday Center.
Title of his talk will be “Jews and the Civil War: Reevaluating the Legacy of
the Civil War for America’s Jews.”www.unc.edu/ccjs/events.html
Sept.
20 – President Emeritus William Friday and Knight Commission Executive
Director Amy Perko will speak about “The Arms Race in College Athletics” in a
Lunch & Learn talk sponsored by the Parr Center for Ethics. It will be held
from noon to 1:30 p.m. in Hyde Hall’s University Room. The talk and lunch are
free; registration is required. go.unc.edu/b6APx
Sept.
22 – Sara Laschever, author of “Women Don’t Ask: The High Cost of
Negotiation and Positive Strategies for Change,” will give a talk from 4 to 5
p.m. in the auditorium of the Hooker Research Center, titled “Ask for it! Women
and the Power of Negotiation.” Free and open to the University community, the
talk will be followed at 5 p.m. by the Association of Women Faculty and
Professionals’ fall reception. go.unc.edu/Fg37N
Sept.
22 – NC TraCS will sponsor “Bench to Bedside Translational Research” as
part of its Doing Translational Research Series. It will be held at 5 p.m. in
the Brinkhous-Bullitt Conference Room 219. go.unc.edu/f4J3T
Sept.
22 – David Freedberg, Pierre Matisse Professor of the History of Art at
Columbia University, will give the 14th Hanes Lecture, “Pictures, Books and
Science: From Description to Diagram in the Circle of Galileo.” It will be held
at 5:45 p.m. in the Wilson Special Collections Library, preceded at 5 p.m. by a
reception and viewing of the exhibit, “Meaningful Marks: Images and Text and
the History of the Book.” go.unc.edu/c2Dew
Sept.
24 – The Program in the Humanities and Human Values will present
“Revolutions from the Bastille to the Arab Spring.” Join three eminent
professors of history as they explore what makes, shapes or breaks revolutions.
The program will be held from 9:15 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. in Room 2603 of the School of Government.
Registration is required, with fee. See adventuresinideas.unc.edu or call
962-1544.
Sept.
30–Oct. 1 – The Program in the Humanities and Human Values will
present “Remaking the World in the Wake of World War I,” which will take a global
perspective to see how postwar Wilsonian idealism played out in the two decades
following World War I. The program will be held at the Center for School
Leadership Development beginning Sept. 30 at 4:30 p.m. and continuing through
Oct. 1 at 1 p.m. Registration is
required, with fee. See adventuresinideas.unc.edu or call 962-1544.
Oct.
19–20 – World View will sponsor its K-12 Global Education
Symposium, “Peace and Conflict: Ten Years after 9/11,” to be held at the Friday
Center. Featured sessions will include Rye Barcott, “It Happened on the Way to
War”; Peter Feaver, “America’s Global Role after 9/11”; and Charles Kurzman,
“Why There Are So Few Muslim Terrorists.” go.unc.edu/Ka6g7
Howlin’ Wolf to be remembered in Sept. 19 symposium, concert
The life of legendary blues singer Howlin’ Wolf will be
celebrated in a symposium and concert Sept. 19, sponsored by the Southern
Folklife Collection in the Wilson Special Collections Library. The concert,
featuring blues standouts Alvin Youngblood Hart, Eddie Shaw and the Wolf Gang,
Jody Williams and Henry Gray, will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Great Hall of the
FPG Student Union. Tickets will be sold through the Carolina Union Box Office
(962-1449).
Prior to the concert, a free public symposium will take
place in Wilson Library. At 5:30 p.m., blues scholar Peter Guralnick will
discuss Howlin’ Wolf’s life and music. Guralnick, who is writing a book about
Sun Records founder Sam Phillips, will be joined at 6:30 p.m. for a
conversation with Phillips’ son Knox Phillips. http://bit.ly/pRHoe8
Readings
Sept.
15 – Charlie Thompson will read from his new book “Spirits of Just Men:
Mountaineers, Liquor Bosses and Lawmen in the Moonshine Capital of the World.”
It will be held at the Center for the Study of the American South from noon to
1 p.m. www.uncsouth.org
Sept.
20 – William Rohe, Cary C. Boshamer Distinguished Professor of City and
Regional Planning, will read from his new book “The Research Triangle: From
Tobacco Road to Global Prominence.” It will be held at 3:30 p.m. at the Bull’s
Head Bookshop.
Blood drives
Hurricane Irene forced the cancellation of more than
60 American Red Cross blood drives along the East Coast, resulting in a
shortfall of more than 2,100 units of blood. The Carolina community is asked to
help by making donations at one of the following drives:
Sept.
19 – ROTC Armory/Drill Deck; 1–5:30 p.m.;
Sept.
19 – Granville Towers/American Red Cross bus; 1:30–6 p.m.;
Sept.
26 – Kappa Sigma House/American Red Cross bus; 3–7:30 p.m.;
Sept.
27 – UNC Wellness Center at Meadowmont/first floor; 2–6:30 p.m.;
and
Sept.
28 – Hooker Building/lower atrium; noon–4:30 p.m.
To register and more information, see unc.givesblood.org.
Public Service Fair, Hunger Lunch
Learn about volunteer opportunities from 36 local nonprofit
groups on Sept. 21 at the Carolina Center for Public Service’s Public Service
Fair, to be held from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Pit. Also join the Hunger
Lunch – $3 for all-you-can-eat beans, rice and cornbread. For
information, see www.unc.edu/ccps.
Deadlines to watch
Sept.
30 – Nominations are being accepted for Distinguished Alumna and Alumnus
Awards – given to those who have made an outstanding contribution to
humanity in any walk of life. The awards will be presented at the Oct. 12,
2012, University Day ceremony. For complete information, refer to
go.unc.edu/Jf64R.
Sept.
30 – The Institute for the Arts and Humanities (IAH) is partnering with
Carolina Performing Arts on two funding opportunities generated from a Mellon
Foundation grant awarded for “‘The Rite of Spring’ at 100.” Materials for both
are due Sept. 30.
Four
faculty fellowships are available to provide UNC faculty on-campus semester
leaves at the IAH during 2012–13 to work on projects for publication,
exhibition, composition or performance related to the fine arts and modernism.
In addition, course development grants will be available, both for the
development of new courses and to work on integrating material relevant to “‘The
Rite of Spring’ at 100.” For information, see go.unc.edu/Fn56A and
go.unc.edu/e3ESf.
Oct.
1 – Nominations are due for 2012 University Teaching Awards. Recipients
will be selected for six types of awards: one Board of Governors’ Award for
Excellence in Teaching; four Distinguished Teaching Awards for
Post-Baccalaureate Instruction; eight awards to Faculty for Excellence in
Undergraduate Teaching; five Tanner Awards to Graduate Teaching Assistants;
three Chapman Family Teaching Awards and one Mentor Award for Lifetime
Achievement. provost.unc.edu/teaching-awards
Oct.
5 – Recommendations are being accepted for the 2012 Carolina Summer
Reading Program book. For complete information, including criteria for
selection, see unc.edu/srp.
Nov.
1 – Application and nomination materials for the 2012–13 Academic
Leadership Program at IAH are due Nov. 1. Eight fellows are selected annually
from across the University campus. http://bit.ly/9k2oVE
Nov.
18 – Nominations are open for 2012 University Awards for the Advancement
of Women, sponsored by the Offices of the Chancellor and the Executive Vice
Chancellor and Provost. The award recognizes contributions to the advancement
of women at the University. Each year, a faculty member, staff member and
student or postdoctoral scholar may be selected to receive the award.
go.unc.edu/Wr86N.
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