April 2008
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Students earn prestigious scholarships
Four students have won distinguished national or international scholarships so far this spring. Student Body Vice President Mike Tarrant was selected as a Luce Scholar and will study in Asia. Junior Danielle Allen, our newest Truman Scholar, is pursuing a career in public service. Lisa Bond and Stephanie Jones, both seniors majoring in the physical sciences won Churchill Scholarships for graduate work at Cambridge University in England.
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Carolina has reached a milestone of 1,000 alumni Peace Corps volunteers. Since the inception of the Peace Corps, 1,012 alumni have joined, making UNC the 25th-leading producer of volunteers. UNC ranked No. 4 among large schools for sending its alumni to the Peace Corps in 2007 — up from 8th the previous year.
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You know that green scum creeping across the surface of your local public water reservoir? Or maybe it's choking out a favorite fishing spot or livestock watering hole. It’s probably cyanobacteria — blue-green algae. Kenan Professor Hans Paerl’s research shows that cynobacteria relishes the weather extremes that accompany global warming. |
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Carolina appears on multiple lists of schools, programs and specialty areas newly ranked by U.S. News and World Report Magazine for its 2009 edition of "America’s Best Graduate Schools." This year's rankings cover areas including medicine, health disciplines, pharmacy, environmental/environmental health, social work, business, sciences, public administration, education and law.
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