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Honoring service on Veterans Day

More than 100 ROTC cadets and midshipmen assembled in dress
uniforms on Nov. 11 for the University’s annual Veterans Day ceremony, held in
the Tate-Turner-Kuralt Building on campus. A color guard representing all three
UNC ROTC programs – Air Force, Naval/Marine and Army – assembled
outside Gerrard Hall before presenting the colors. From left are color guard
representatives Army Cadet Christian Rudd, Army Cadet Calvin Lewis, Army Cadet
Pixley Ospina, Navy Sgt. Peal Winston, Midshipman Benjamin Keilman, Air Force
Cadet Richard Elliot and Midshipman Erin Hayes. Veterans Day, formerly
Armistice Day, falls on the anniversary of the armistice signing by the Allies
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UMA Campus Conversation on Nov. 18
‘The Life and Adventures
of Nicholas Nickleby’
Upcoming performances
Upcoming lectures and seminars
Readings at the Bull's Head
Exhibitions
Books for pediatric cancer patients
Award nomination deadlines
Safety improvements added by Town of Chapel Hill
Eve Carson Memorial 5K for
Education set for Nov. 21
‘A Seasoning of Stories and Songs’
Triangle universities and RENCI launch major data initiative
Comic book collectors workshop
‘The First 100’
NEWS IN BRIEF |
UMA campus conversation
on nov. 18 |
All UNC managers are invited to the University Managers Association (UMA) Campus Conversation on Nov. 18. It will be held in Room 203 of the Campus Y at 11:45 a.m. Jerri Bland, director of ConnectCarolina, will talk and answer questions about the PeopleSoft implementation.
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‘The Life and Adventures
of Nicholas Nickleby’
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PlayMakers Repertory Company’s production of “The Life and
Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby” runs through
Dec. 20 at the Center for Performing Art. (Click here for a story about the production.)
Among the campus events scheduled in conjunction with “Nickleby” are the
following:
Dec.
4–5 – The Program in the Humanities and Human Values will offer a
seminar on “The Victorian World” that will focus on Victorian life, examine
costumes as an expression of class, gender roles and conspicuous consumption,
and consider Dickens’ depictions of children and the Victorian nostalgia for
childhood innocence. snipurl.com/t6cyb
Through
Dec. 6 – The Ackland Art Museum has selected work from its permanent
collection to present “The Illustrated World of Charles Dickens,” a selection
of drawings, illustrations and prints that illuminate the early Victorian world
and literary culture of Dickens’ England.
Dec.
2 – Marc Napolitano will speak at the Ackland Art Museum from 1 to 2 p.m.
about “Scribblings, Sketches and Stagings: The Progress of Dickens’ Art in the
Victorian Popular Consciousness.” His talk is part of the Lunch with One
series, with a fee for non-members.
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Nov.
20–21 – StreetSigns Center for Literature and Performing Arts will
present a Process Series performance, “Downriver,” about bluesman Lemonhead
Harris. Dana Coen, who teaches screenwriting in the Writing for Stage and
Screen Program, wrote the show’s screenplay. “Downriver” will be held in
Gerrard Hall at 8 p.m. eda.unc.edu/node/252
Nov.
20–21 – UNC Opera will perform Cavalli’s “L’Egisto” with the UNC
Baroque Ensemble in Hill Hall at 8 p.m. Call 843-3333 or see music.unc.edu.
Dec.
10 – The N.C. Jazz Repertory Orchestra will perform “My Favorite Things:
Holiday Jazz Concert” in Memorial Hall at 7:30 p.m. Call for tickets: 843-3333.
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UPCOMING LECTURES
AND SEMINARS
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Nov.
19 – Michael Renov, professor in the School of Cinematic Arts at the
University of Southern California, will deliver the inaugural lecture for UNC’s
new Interdisciplinary Program in Cinema. Renov’s talk will be titled “Civil
Rights on the Screen” and will be held in 104 Howell Hall at 3:30 p.m. The talk
is free and open to the public; a reception will follow. E-mail
imurphy@email.unc.edu or call 962-4958.
Nov.
19 – Entrepreneur Ping Fu will share her personal journey from a Chinese
prison to a Research Triangle Park technology company when she talks about “The
Story of an Entrepreneur” as part of Global Entrepreneur Week hosted by the
Carolina Entrepreneurial Initiative. The free lecture will begin at 5:30 p.m.
in the auditorium of the Koury Building. A reception will follow in the dining
room of the Kenan Center. R.S.V.P to cei@unc.edu.
Nov.
22 – The Institute for the Study of the Americas will host a talk by
Enver Casimir titled “Legacy of a Champion: Kid Chocolate and Sport as
Nationalist Expression in Cuba.” The film will be presented following the talk,
which will be held in the Stone Center’s Mandela Auditorium at 6 p.m.
Nov.
23 – Hans Hahn, professor at Frankfurt University in Germany, will speak
at the Carolina Seminar in African Ecology and Social Processes from 6:30 to 9
p.m. in
Room 4003 of the FedEx Global Education Center. E-mail Barbara Anderson
(b_anderson@unc.edu).
Dec.
3 – The Carolina Innovations Seminar will be held from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.
in 014 Sitterson Hall with the topic “Top Ten IP Mistakes Made by Emerging
Companies” presented by Randy Whitmeyer of Hutchison Law Group.
snipurl.com/eea30
Dec.
3 – Chouki El Hamel, associate professor at Arizona State University, will
speak at the Carolina Seminar in African Ecology and Social Processes from 6:30
to 9 p.m. in Room 4003 of the FedEx Global Education Center. E-mail Barbara
Anderson (b_anderson@unc.edu).
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READINGS AT THE BULL’S HEAD
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Dec.
2 – Alumna Suzy Barile will read from her new book “Undaunted Heart: The
True Story of a Southern Belle and a Yankee General” at 3:30 p.m.
Dec.
3 – Omid Safi, professor of religious studies, will read from his book
“Memories of Muhammad: Why the Prophet Matters” at 3:30 p.m.
Dec.
9 – Professor emeritus Tom Stumpf and George Morgan, a textbook buyer in
Student Stores, kick off the holidays in traditional Carolina style by reading
“How the Grinch Stole Christmas” in English and Latin, respectively. It is
always a favorite: the Grinch, free cookies and hot chocolate. The fun starts
at 4 p.m.
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EXHIBITIONS
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Artist
Bryant Holsenbeck led the creation of a mandala of recycled materials on the
Peacock Atrium floor in the FedEx Global Education Center Nov. 16–18.
Opening for the exhibit will be Nov. 19 at 7 p.m. with remarks by Holsenbeck
and discussion by participating students.
The Center
for Global Initiatives’ amateur photography exhibit to celebrate International
Education Week also will be on display at the center through January 2010 in
the galleries on the second and third floors.
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books for pediatric
cancer patients
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Donate books through Dec. 10 on behalf of Book Fairy, an
organization that donates children’s books to the Pediatric Oncology Clinic at
UNC Hospitals.
All new or gently used books for ages 1 through mid-teens
are welcome. The need is especially great for Spanish-language books at the
preschool level and picture books or easy readers in English.
Drop-off locations are located in the lobbies of the
following libraries: Davis, House Undergraduate, Wilson, Health Sciences and
Law, as well as in the lobby of Manning Hall, Peabody Hall and the
Tate-Turner-Kuralt Building.
In addition, the Bull’s Head Bookshop will offer a 25
percent discount on books purchased for donation to the book drive. At the time
of purchase mention the Book Fairy book drive to the staff. A list of suggested
books is available at www.librarything.com/catalog/bookfairy_unc.
Friends of the Library will wrap up the drive by accepting
donated books at the annual Winter Stories program on Dec. 10 at 5 p.m. in the
lobby of Wilson Library.
For information about the drive, contact Rebecca Vargha
(962-8361 or vargha@ils.unc.edu).
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Award nomination deadlines
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Nominations
are due Nov. 30 for 2010 University Awards for the Advancement of Women,
sponsored by the offices of the Chancellor and the Executive Vice Chancellor
and Provost. The awards recognize contributions to the advancement of women at
the University and may be given to three individuals each year: one faculty
member, one staff member and one undergraduate/graduate student/postdoctoral
scholar.
Nominations may be made online (snipurl.com/snmak) with
separate submission of supporting letters. For more information, contact Donna
Bickford, director of the Carolina Women’s Center (dbickford@unc.edu or 843-5620).
Nominations
are due Dec. 9 for the 2010 Oliver Max Gardner Award, presented by the UNC
Board of Governors to a UNC system faculty member “who, during the current
scholastic year, has made the greatest contribution to the welfare of the human
race.” Complete nominating information is online: snipurl.com/t7d0e.
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Safety improvements added by Town of Chapel Hill
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The
UNC student body has funded a $30,000 project to install blue emergency call
boxes on Chapel Hill streets, the first not located on campus. They are
installed at 407 Merritt Mill Rd., the corner of Church and Short streets and
on Mallette Street at Colony Court.
The
Town of Chapel Hill also installed a new type of street imprint material on a
crosswalk on Country Club Road at Boundary Street and Battle Lane. The location
was selected to be a demonstration site by a private contractor working with
the town.
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Eve Carson Memorial 5K for
Education set for Nov. 21
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The second annual Eve Carson Memorial 5K for Education race
will be held on Nov. 21 at 10 a.m. Check-in for the race, which begins on Polk
Place in front of South Building, will start at 8 a.m.
Named for Carolina’s former student body president in honor
of her commitment to service, the race is designed to bring together the campus
and local communities to benefit education. Participants of all ages and skill
levels are welcome, and walking is an option.
Two-thirds of the proceeds will go to the Eve Carson
Scholarship Fund and the remainder will be split between the First Book
literacy organization and Frank Porter Graham Elementary School, where Carson
volunteered as a science instructor.
For more information and to register, refer to
www.educationforeve.com. The registration fee is $15 before Nov. 21 and $20 on
race day.
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‘A Seasoning of Stories
and Songs’
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The 17th Winter Stories Program for Children of All Ages
will take place Dec. 10 in Wilson Library. Refreshments will be served at 5
p.m. and the program will be from 5:45 to
6:45 p.m. in the library’s Pleasants Family Assembly Room.
Brian Sturm, associate professor at the School of
Information and Library Science (SILS) and SILS students Katherine Lukmire,
Jane McMahon and Vickie Shore will tell stories from around the world. Instrumental
music will be provided by guitarist and SILS library assistant Kate Barnhart,
flutist and Davis Library music cataloger Laurie Neuerburg, violinist Steven
Wiggins, and guitarist and SILS student Carrie Stubblefield.
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Triangle universities
and RENCI launch
major data initiative
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An initiative that will determine how Triangle area
universities access, manage and share ever-growing stores of digital data
launched this fall with funding from the Triangle Universities Center for
Advanced Studies Inc. (TUCASI).
The two-year TUCASI data-Infrastructure Project (TIP) will
deploy a federated data cyber infrastructure – or data cloud – that
will manage and store digital data for UNC, Duke, N.C. State and the
Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI) and allow the campuses to more
seamlessly share data with each other, with national research projects, private
sector partners in Research Triangle Park and beyond.
RENCI and the Data Intensive Cyber Environments (DICE)
Center at UNC manage the $2.7 million TIP. The provosts, heads of libraries and
chief information officers at the three campuses signed off on the project just
before the start of the
fall semester.
The TIP includes three components – classroom capture,
storage and future data and policy, which will be implemented in three phases.
In phase one, each campus and RENCI will upgrade their storage capabilities,
and a platform-independent
system for capturing and sharing classroom lectures and activities will be
developed.
In phase two, the TIP team will develop policies and
practices for short- and long-term data storage and access. Phase three will
establish policies for adding new collections to the TIP data cloud and for
securely sharing research data, a process that often requires various
restrictions. snipurl.com/t83cq
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Comic book collectors workshop
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Join the UNC Library for a panel discussion about comic book
collecting Nov. 21, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m., in Wilson Library’s Rare Book
Collection Reading Room. Panelists will include Libby Chenault, Rare Book
Collection librarian; Daniel Breen, collector and donor; Andrew Neal, owner of
Chapel Hill Comics; and Ben Bolling, English department doctoral student.
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‘The First 100’ |
The Southern Historical Collection will present a rare
screening of “The First 100,” a 30-minute documentary produced in 1964 to
promote the anti-poverty work of the North Carolina Fund. Also shown will be
excerpts from the 2007 documentary “Change Comes Knocking: The Story of the
North Carolina Fund.” A panel discussion will follow. The event will begin at
5:30 p.m. on Dec. 1 in the theater of the FPG Student Union. For information,
contact Liza Terll (962-4207 or
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