Science philosopher Philip Kitcher will discuss new approaches to public discourse on climate change, bioethics and other controversial issues, February 28 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Non-fiction author Stephanie Elizondo Griest, who has mingled with the Russian Mafiya, polished propaganda in China and belly danced with rumba queens in Cuba, will give a reading Feb. 1 at 3:30 p.m. in the Pleasants Family Assembly Room in Wilson Library at UNC. The talk by Griest, whose works include Around the Bloc and Mexican
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CED, the Southeast’s largest entrepreneurial support organization, has released a 20-year retrospective report showing that the North Carolina entrepreneurial sector creates jobs that stay in the state.
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Katrina Coble has won the 2011 Award in Management, given annually by the College of Arts and Sciences to recognize “outstanding accomplishments in leadership and management.” She received the award at the College’s annual managers’ lunch January 25. Coble manages the needs for some 200 faculty, students and staff in the department of computer science,
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For Terry Rhodes, music is more than a way to make a living.
It is a way of life. Somehow, she finds a way to make music an integral part of almost every thing she does. She really has no choice – music is in her blood.
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A chemistry professor who has been a faculty leader and is spearheading efforts to streamline operations at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was honored recently with the General Alumni Association’s Faculty Service Award.
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Donald Haggis, professor of classical archaeology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, received a 2012 Best Practices in Site Preservation Award from the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA).
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The Study Abroad Office at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, which offers students more than 300 programs worldwide, has recently announced new programs in global regions ranging from Brunei to Cuba to Senegal. The new programs include semester and year-long options along with several new programs for Summer 2012.
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“The Shallows” by Nicholas Carr will be the 2012 summer reading book for incoming students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. A nine-member selection committee of students, faculty and staff selected the book from six finalists. Students on the committee described “The Shallows” as being able to bring the growing necessity of
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Linda Wagner-Martin, the Frank Borden Hanes Professor of English and Comparative Literature Emeritus in UNC’s College of Arts and Sciences, received a lifetime achievement award in American literary studies. The Jay B. Hubbell Medal for Lifetime Achievement in American Literary Studies was presented on Jan. 6 at the Modern Language Association meeting in Seattle. The
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