October 2002 Archives

October 2002

Illinois governor to speak on death penalty moratorium, clemency hearings (Oct. 31, 2002)
Gift establishes Christopher Quackenbush Fund to honor 9-11 victim (Oct. 31, 2002)
UNC breast cancer screening program, coordinator recognized in competition (Oct. 31, 2002)
N.C. should tap into growing herb market while also protecting people, experts say (Oct. 31, 2002)
Carolina to export U.S. brand of public relations education to Russia (Oct. 30, 2002)
Thursday’s Murphy lecture to honor first black graduates (Oct. 29, 2002)
School of Public Health gains CDC funding for new birth defects center (Oct. 29, 2002)
Allied Health Professions Week to be celebrated with public speech (Oct. 29, 2002)
Prominent black writer, performer to give workshop, perform at UNC (Oct. 29, 2002)
Study helps explain gene silencing in developing embryo (Oct. 29, 2002)
UNC licenses innovative software to teach children with disabilities to write (Oct. 28, 2002)
Kenan Institute in Washington to host conference on corporate leadership in the community (Oct. 28, 2002)
Church-based obesity prevention program shows how ‘Girls Rule!’ at staying healthy (Oct. 28, 2002)
UNC professor to discuss search for extraterrestrial intelligence (Oct. 28, 2002)
Three campuses receive $1.5 million to create joint health disparities research center (Oct. 25, 2002)
Study: acidic surfaces on atmospheric aerosols greatly increase secondary aerosol formation (Oct. 24, 2002)
Importance of training for journalists to be subject of Nov. 11 talk at UNC (Oct. 24, 2002)
Triad/Triangle film festival to screen work from six Latin American nations Nov. 3-19 (Oct. 24, 2002)
Talk to cover latest in diabetes care (Oct. 23, 2002)
Organic chemist, musician, artist, rolled into one with UNC's Sorrell (Oct. 23, 2002)
Business-supporting assets a key to foreign firms’ investment in state, new study shows (Oct. 23, 2002)
Study: isoflavone-enriched soy proteins fail to increase bone mineral density in young women (Oct. 23, 2002)
Federal grant funds Conte Center for schizophrenia research (Oct. 22, 2002)
New study shows weight loss decreases ACE enzyme that controls blood pressure (Oct. 22, 2002)
UNC professors to discuss medicine, security and the arts (Oct. 22, 2002)
UNC Lineberger doctor becomes president of national oncology society (Oct. 21, 2002)
Supreme Court candidates to discuss issues related to campaign (Oct. 18, 2002)
Video of blacks' milestones at UNC, awards, to highlight alumni reunion (Oct. 18, 2002)
Master of Public Administration Program to host leadership and technology conference (Oct. 18, 2002)
Women's prison inmates to debut prose and poetry at UNC-Chapel Hill (Oct. 18, 2002)
Diaz, Leatherman elected to Institute of Medicine of National Academies (Oct. 17, 2002)
UNC cancer center selects 2002 Lineberger Fellows (Oct. 17, 2002)
Unique course aims to teach methods of improving health through nutrition (Oct. 15, 2002)
UNC study uncovers increasing shortage of pharmacists with growing population (Oct. 15, 2002)
Protein patterns may aid prostate cancer detection (Oct. 15, 2002)
Latest blood cancer research to be presented at symposium (Oct. 15, 2002)
‘Yield to Heels Day’ to showcase pedestrian safety on campus (Oct. 14, 2002)
Former NEH chair Ferris addresses teaching about the South (Oct. 14, 2002)
Jupiter Ball promises evening to remember; proceeds to benefit children’s education fund (Oct. 14, 2002)
Free concert to celebrate N.C.'s Indian history (Oct. 14, 2002)
UNC professor of social work named new dean of school (Oct. 11, 2002)
Meridian Arts Ensemble to take brass music to new and different levels Oct. 27 at UNC (Oct. 11, 2002)
Mimeographed sheets evolved into best-selling fixture in world of American, British literature (Oct. 11, 2002)
UNC announces goal of $1.8 billion for Carolina First campaign (Oct. 11, 2002)
Ehringhaus tapped for special assignment (Oct. 10, 2002)
Institute to expand programming with extra space in new Hyde Hall (Oct. 9, 2002)
UNC among 10 U.S. medical centers tapped to study living donor liver transplants (Oct. 9, 2002)
UNC awards nearly $400,000 in scholarships to students with merit and financial need (Oct. 8, 2002)
School of Dentistry awarded $1.35-million grant to combat North Carolina’s dentist shortage (Oct. 8, 2002)
UNC student receives National Wildlife Federation Campus Ecology Fellowship grant (Oct. 7, 2002)
Portraits by North Carolina artist Ben Long to be exhibited at UNC's Ackland Art Museum (Oct. 3, 2002)
Crimestoppers guarantees $500 reward in recent armed robbery case (Oct. 3, 2002)
Moeser comments on Sullivan’s appointment at UC, San Diego (Oct. 3, 2002)
Women volunteers sought for new study of promising vaccine for widespread HPV (Oct. 3, 2002)
Child abuse found to be global problem, WHO review reveals (Oct. 3, 2002)
UNC launches ‘Every Drop Counts’ campaign to inform campus about local water emergency (Oct. 2, 2002)
Health Sciences Library to celebrate renovations by broadcasting ‘virtual’ ceremony (Oct. 2, 2002)
Researchers find promising new target for anxiety-reducing drugs (Oct. 2, 2002)
Surprise: pharmacists’ care program boosted patients’ satisfaction, but also hospital, ER visits (Oct. 1, 2002)
Mystery lingers over fate of crew shipwrecked in 1921 off Hatteras (Oct. 1, 2002)
‘Haunted planetarium’ to feature extraterrestrial excitement Oct. 28, 30 (Oct. 1, 2002)
Jack stories, Appalachian folk tales topic of talks in Jackson, Hertford (Oct. 1, 2002)
Students reaching toward change focus of conference (Oct. 1, 2002)
WUNC Radio sets a Composer in Context at a live radio show (Oct. 1, 2002)