August 2006 Archives

August 2006

Carolina North Leadership Advisory Committee to meet Sept. 7
Quilts, films, lectures, more on tap this fall at Stone Center (Aug. 29, 2006)
PlayMakers to present Pulitzer, Tony winner ‘I Am My Own Wife’ (Aug. 29, 2006)
Program to improve care of state’s elderly population grows; made accessible to nurses in rural and underserved areas (Aug. 29, 2006)
UNC names new director for Ackland Art Museum (Aug. 28, 2006)
North Carolina Botanical Garden hosting workshop for garden writers (Aug. 24, 2006)
$2 million gift supports endowment for Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity (Aug. 23, 2006)
Need-based scholarship to UNC established by Kitty Hawk couple (Aug. 22, 2006)
UNC's total research revenues reach all-time high, leave room to grow (Aug. 22, 2006)
Scientists stop autoimmune disease without shutting off immune system (Aug. 22, 2006)
Dr. Michael Rubenstein named to new distinguished professorship (Aug. 21, 2006)
Study identifies molecular process underlying leukemia (Aug. 21, 2006)
Photos of musicians, U.S. in 1960s to be displayed in Wilson Library (Aug. 18, 2006)
Nickel Creek added to lineup for Carolina Performing Arts (Aug. 18, 2006)
UNC leads in student accessibility, ranks 5th among publics in U.S. News & World Report list (Aug. 18, 2006)
Harkey appointed new director of UNC Highway Safety Research Center (Aug. 17, 2006)
Statins may inhibit progression of multiple sclerosis (Aug. 17, 2006)
Carolina North Leadership Advisory Committee to meet next week (Aug. 17, 2006)
Primary care billing data can help track emerging infections, UNC pilot study finds (Aug. 16, 2006)
UNC professor receives $6.2 million grant to study achievement gap in minority boys (Aug. 16, 2006)
Mozart, jazz, percussion concerto among fall music events at UNC (Aug. 15, 2006)
Computer automated e-counseling improves weight loss success (Aug. 15, 2006)
CBS News correspondent first in Jewish studies lecture series (Aug. 14, 2006)
Women who break through glass ceiling can narrow wage gap for those below (Aug. 14, 2006)
UNC reading of Terkel's 'Circle' to feature Oscar nominee Strathairn (Aug. 11, 2006)
Study reveals how cells destroy faulty proteins in cystic fibrosis (Aug. 11, 2006)
Nurses should play larger role in helping smokers quit (Aug. 10, 2006)
Local students complete enrichment program aimed at boosting their success in the sciences (Aug. 10, 2006)
Different gene-expression predictors of breast cancer agree, UNC study shows (Aug. 9, 2006)
Electrical contractor dies in accident at Kenan Stadium (Aug. 9, 2006)
Russian baby boomers of 'Sputnik Generation' tell their stories in UNC historian's new book (Aug. 4, 2006)
Art consultant donates photographs to library named for her grandfather (Aug. 3, 2006)
Study finds fiber found in blood clots possesses extraordinary properties (Aug. 3, 2006)
UNC's FPG Child Development Institute awarded $2.5 million federal grant (Aug. 3, 2006)
UNC study shows ingredient commonly found in shampoos may inhibit brain development (Aug. 3, 2006)
UNC mammography scientist Pisano honored by Ladies' Home Journal (Aug. 2, 2006)
New method of using nanotube x-rays creates CT images faster than traditional scanners (Aug. 2, 2006)
UNC-Chapel Hill appoints new director for FPG Child Development Institute (Aug. 1, 2006)