August 2005 Archives

August 2005

UNC to honor Adler, Griffith, Swalin with first lifetime achievement awards for performing arts (Aug. 31, 2005)
UNC dedicates Michael Hooker Research Center, designed to serve growing public health research needs (Aug. 31, 2005)
Environmental law scholar to speak on creating markets for natural services (Aug. 31, 2005)
National experts to gather for ‘groundbreaking’ alcohol, drug abuse, chemical intolerance meeting (Aug. 30, 2005)
NIH, UNC scientists find anti-cancer drugs might work in treating deadly aging disease (Aug. 29, 2005)
UNC School of Public Health offers nation’s first distance education doctorate in health leadership (Aug. 26, 2005)
Compound might defeat African sleeping sickness, clinical trial beginning this month (Aug. 25, 2005)
Study identifies protein’s role in cell division, may offer new knowledge into tumor growth (Aug. 25, 2005)
Shaw, UNC collaborate in effort to provide resources, mentoring to young prostate cancer researchers (Aug. 24, 2005)
Confederate spy diary, sour stomachs scheduled for library’s fall events (Aug. 23, 2005)
UNC researchers: Many aspects of primary health-care system are broken, substantial systemic change is needed (Aug. 23, 2005)
Memorial Hall tickets go on sale Aug. 29; first event is Sept. 9 for season featuring more than 700 artists, 40 shows (Aug. 23, 2005)
Less extensive biopsy method helps diagnose cancer progression of large breast tumors (Aug. 23, 2004)
Ackland Art Museum expands hours, joins Chapel Hill-Carrboro Art Walk (Aug. 19, 2005)
UNC ranks 5th among publics, gains in faculty resources,
leads in student accessibility: U.S. News & World Report (Aug. 19, 2005)
Students learn with Cousteau, UNC-Chapel Hill scientists through interactive undersea experiments (Aug. 18, 2005)
Stone Center announces fall season; includes art, film, dialogue on culture (Aug. 17, 2005)
Colorado resident receives Wolfe Scholarship; full, four-year award is in creative writing (Aug. 17, 2005)
Bratcher named development director for new performing arts focus at Carolina (Aug. 17, 2005)
Ackland Art Museum to reopen, exhibit famous Picasso print (Aug. 16, 2005)
Gift from estate of School of Government leader will benefit school, Ackland Art Museum (Aug. 16, 2005)
Citizen-Soldier Support Program and City of Wilmington
Declare Military Family Appreciation Day (Aug. 15, 2005)
Southern Historical Collection donor finds truth behind 124-year-old mountain legend (Aug. 15, 2005)
NC Bioportal workshops to show state’s scientists, students how to apply computational tools to research (Aug. 12, 2005)
Study may point way to AIDS cure; new combined therapy helps remove dormant HIV in immune system cells (Aug. 11, 2005)
UNC Press publishes third edition of classic guide to Tar Heel beaches (Aug. 10, 2005)
2005 N.C. Women’s Health Report Card finds improvement in some STI cases, teen pregnancy rates; diabetes, high blood pressure increasing (Aug. 8, 2005)
Author Max Steele, teacher, mentor to writers, dies in Chapel Hill at 83 (Aug. 5, 2005)
UNC scientists discover new role for protein as fundamental inhibitor of cell movement (Aug. 5, 2005)
Tutorial, workshop address managing information overload (Aug. 4, 2005)
Revised classification system is effective for predicting breast cancer outcome in some patients, study finds (Aug. 3, 3005)
North Carolina Public Radio-WUNC makes changes to on-air schedule (Aug. 2, 2005)
Study finds weight gain after age 50 is associated with increased risk for postmenopausal breast cancer (Aug. 1, 2005)