March 1999 Archives

March 1999

Jazz orchestra, choirs, vocalists, dancer to perform Ellington’s ‘Sacred Concerts’ (March 31, 1999)
Hayes Plantation Library to call N.C. Collection home (March 31, 1999)
UNC-CH’s MetaLab and Digital Bitcasting forge multi-media research alliance (March 30, 1999)
Greek GPAs set record in fall 1998 (March 30, 1999)
Seven to be inducted in N.C. Journalism, Advertising, Public Relations halls of fame (March 30, 1999)
Researchers find vaginal bacteria imbalance might boost AIDS risk (March 30, 1999)
Researchers: ‘exciting’ discovery might improve cancer treatment (March 29, 1999)
Southern Oral History Program to mark 25 years of gathering stories on April 8 (March 29, 1999)
Communication, problem-solving, partnerships are goals in UNC-CH public safety reorganization (March 26, 1999)
N.C. conference to focus on doing business in Japan (March 26, 1999)
Law school dean wins Bell Award for contributions to UNC-CH (March 26, 1999)
Graduate students receive awards for excellence in teaching (March 25, 1999)
UNC-CH provost in fair condition at UNC Hospitals (March 25, 1999)
WUNC-FM branches out to Rocky Mount, Outer Banks (March 24, 1999)
New drug for recurrent brain tumors in tests at UNC-CH (March 23, 1999)
Tanner Awards given to five UNC-CH faculty members for excellence in undergraduate teaching (March 23, 1999)
UNC-CH School of Pharmacy dean, professor save summer vacation time to climb mountains (March 22, 1999)
Gift to UNC-CH dental school honors hygienist (March 22, 1999)
Anthropology professor wins UNC-CH Friday Award (March 22, 1999)
‘What if the Moon Didn’t Exist?’ to air at Morehead Planetarium Saturday (March 22, 1999)
Dr. James Bryan II to receive lifetime achievement award (March 19, 1999)
NASA’s ‘Renaissance Man’ to encourage students to run career marathon (March 19, 1999)
Authors, readers to meet, Naylor to speak, in first Triangle-Area Black Women's Fair (March 19, 1999)
23 of UNC-CH’s graduate, specialty areas ranked among top 25 in nation by U.S. News and World Report (March 19, 1999)
Neuroscientist takes human brains to elementary school classrooms (March 18, 1999)
Blackburn, Warburton receive Johnston Undergraduate Teaching Awards (March 18, 1999)
Majority of animated films shows alcohol, tobacco use, UNC-CH content study finds (March 18, 1999)
Poor health in pregnancy and after childbirth tied to history of abuse (March 18, 1999)
Estrogen replacement lowers blood pressure of older women who have hypertension (March 17, 1999)
Breast-feeding hormone lowers nursing moms’ blood pressure (March 17, 1999)
Research reveals environmental injustice in N.C. communities with large hog farms (March 17, 1999)
Downtown Chapel Hill businesses raise money for UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center (March 17, 1999)
Students, Columbia scholar to explore questions of race for the next century (March 17, 1999)
Week to bring together students, faculty, staff to celebrate women (March 16, 1998)
Attention deficit disorders topic of lecture March 31 (March 16, 1998)
Management academy to boost training for local, state public health departments (March 15, 1999)
Pianist to perform French music in free, public concert March 18 (March 11, 1999)
Men aged 18-15 invited to tryouts; Triangle midnight basketball resumes (March 10, 1999)
Study finds choline deficiency harms memory center in mammals’ brains (March 10, 1999)
MBA students play the role of venture capitalists in Kenan-Flagler Business School competition (March 9, 1999)
Nobel laureate to speak at UNC-CH about science, ‘the thrill of discovery’ (March 9, 1999)
UNC Center on Minority Aging presents networking workshop March 24 (March 8, 1999)
‘Reflections’ illustrates the diversity of social work service (March 8, 1999)
34 N.C. high school seniors win prestigious Morehead Awards (March 5, 1999)
Breakthrough? study finds dopamine cannot be source of pleasure in brain (March 3, 1999)
Dr. Robert Wirag appointed director of UNC-CH Student Health Service (March 3, 1999)
Random House endows UNC-CH scholarship fund in memory of alumna Wanda Chappell (March 2, 1999)
Fisher bequest creates new scholarship for UNC-CH journalism students (March 2, 1999)
20th annual Black Experience Workshop faces America’s racism problems (March 2, 1999)
Tuba player to perform free, public concert March 19 (March 1, 1999)
Interstate Highway 95 contributes to North Carolina syphilis spread (March 1, 1999)
American Academy of Pediatrics releases new circumcision policy (March 1, 1999)
UNC-CH plastic surgeon performs nerve graft to correct congenital facial paralysis (March 1, 1999)
WUNC-FM to hold spring concert for Composers-in-Context Series (March 1, 1999)
Study links abnormal pain syndrome to nerve cell changes (March 1, 1999)