February 1999 Archives

February 1999

Louisburg mayor elected president of Institute of Government Foundation board (Feb. 26, 1999)
Jim and Isabel Harrell endow professorship in family dentistry (Feb. 26, 1999)
Group collecting Yoplait caps as fund-raiser for cancer research (Feb. 26, 1999)
Conference to boost learning, dialogue on English literature (Feb. 26, 1999)
Children’s photos portray five religious traditions (Feb. 26, 1999)
Forecaster predicts U.S. economy’s strong performance will continue (Feb. 23, 1999)
Stallings Oil owner endows professorship in dentistry (Feb. 23, 1999)
School of Public Health honors retiring leader during record-setting minority health conference (Feb. 22, 1999)
High school teachers invited to learn value of oral history (Feb. 18, 1999)
Internet project aimed at easing exchange of text-heavy research documents (Feb. 18, 1999)
Expert says state’s economy will continue to shine in 1999 (Feb. 18, 1999)
Surgeon publishes second book on the role mentors play in medical practice (Feb. 18, 1999)
Researchers to examine mechanisms in human cancer at Lineberger symposium March 4 and 5 (Feb. 18, 1999)
Fulbright Scholar grants awarded to UNC-CH faculty (Feb. 18, 1999)
Mason Farm Biological Reserve remains nestled away in the heart of the Triangle (Feb. 18, 1999)
UNC-CH faculty hope to cut tooth decay in state’s youngest children (Feb. 18, 1999)
Gray-Little named senior associate dean for undergraduate education (Feb. 17, 1999)
Native-American students to dance, wear traditional clothes at powwow Feb. 27 (Feb. 17, 1999)
Preventing reading disabilities topic of education expert’s talk (Feb. 17, 1999)
Date auction to teach students about cultures, benefit patients at N.C. Children’s Hospital (Feb. 17, 1999)
Kuralt Collection to be unveiled Feb. 25 at UNC-CH library (Feb. 17, 1999)
North Carolina’s early settlers to be topic of speech in Edenton (Feb. 17, 1999)
UNC-CH women’s studies expert to discuss women of King Henry VIII’s court (Feb. 17, 1999)
Study finds olestra chips don’t generate gastrointestinal woes (Feb. 15, 1999)
North Carolina’s early settlers topic of speech in Raleigh Sunday (Feb. 11, 1999)
UNC Program on Health Outcomes’ lecture series brings leaders in health care policy research to Chapel Hill (Feb. 11, 1999)
Polish singers to perform, visit Chapel Hill homes (Feb. 11, 1999)
School of Public Health professor honored for outstanding research at White House ceremony (Feb. 11, 1999)
UNC surgeons correct ‘funnel chest’ using operation new to N.C. (Feb. 11, 1999)
Scientists find adding natural hormone boosts brain function in hypothyroidism (Feb. 10, 1999)
Physicians find donated blood safe, but aging population to face shortage (Feb. 10, 1999)
Carolina Poll finds few residents favor commercial logging in national forests (Feb. 10, 1999)
Botanical Garden to form group against harmful exotic plant species (Feb. 10, 1999)
UNC-CH business professor to discuss work ethic in Lexington Feb. 23 (Feb. 10, 1999)
National Endowment for the Humanities awards fellowships to three faculty members (Feb. 9, 1999)
WUNC-FM to switch local hosts for NPR drive-time programs (Feb. 9, 1999)
Group teaches members to embrace differences, encourage minorities to seek social work careers (Feb. 8, 1999)
1999 Carolina Jazz Festival dedicated to life, music and career of Duke Ellington (Feb. 8, 1999)
Performances highlight oral histories, how terminal illnesses change people (Feb. 5, 1999)
Minority Health Conference at UNC-CH examines how to raise resilient children (Feb. 5, 1999)
U.S. natural disaster planning bit of disaster itself, study finds (Feb. 5, 1999)
Chancellor accepts labor code panel’s report (Feb. 5, 1999)
Most North Carolinians use discount cards while shopping, women more than men, Carolina Poll finds (Feb. 4, 1999)
Students to look at how Big Dipper, other stars, helped in slaves’ fight for freedom (Feb. 3, 1999)
Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center translates assessment tools into Spanish (Feb. 3, 1999)
Founder and CEO of Bloomberg LP to offer his perspective on business (Feb. 2, 1999)
Former assistant to Dean Smith to discuss UNC-CH athletics (Feb. 2, 1999)
N.C. Botanical Garden director to discuss state’s wildflowers (Feb. 2, 1999)
Dance lessons, lectures to benefit scholarship (Feb. 2, 1999)
Pulitzer winner Halberstam to speak on new book about Michael Jordan (Feb. 1, 1999)
School of Social Work’s annual Hunger Banquet Feb. 9 to demonstrate inequalities of world’s food resources (Feb. 1, 1999)
Morehead Planetarium, CHAOS to offer evening viewing sessions Feb. 18 and 23 (Feb. 1, 1999)
Carolina Poll shows people would support utility rate hike to encourage energy efficiency (Feb. 1, 1999)
UNC-CH ligament-tendon structure discovery may lead to better treatment, scientists explain (Feb. 1, 1999)