News Briefs

One is an expert on Jewish history. The other, on buffalos. Both are listed on the UNC Friends of the Library 2004-2005 calendar of free, public events.

Kicking off the group’s fall program is Dan Rosengarten, curator of the Jewish Heritage Collection at the College of Charleston. He will speak on "A Call for Candlesticks: What We Can Learn from Stories and Things" Monday (Sept. 13) at 5:30 p.m. in the Hanes Art Center. The event, co-sponsored by the Carolina Center for Jewish Studies, will begin with a reception at 5 p.m.

Additionally, Wilson Library will supplement its exhibit "North Carolina: Where the Buffalo Once Roamed" with a talk by nature writer and UNC alumnus Edward Nickens. The exhibit examines the impact of early settlers on species extinction in North Carolina.

Nickens’ talk, will be at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday (Sept. 14) in Wilson’s Pleasants Family Assembly Room, preceded by a reception at 5 p.m. in the North Carolina Collection Gallery. The event is co-sponsored by the North Carolina Collection.

The Friends of the Library group promotes awareness of and interest in the library and encourages donations. For more on upcoming events sponsored by Friends of the Library, visit http://www.lib.unc.edu/fol/ or call Liza Terll at 962-4207.

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Lori Robinson, a rape survivor and freelance journalist, will discuss her new book "I Will Survive: The African-American Guide to Healing from Sexual Assault and Abuse" at 7 p.m. Wednesday (Sept. 15) at UNC.

Although written with a focus on black women – whom Robinson’s research indicates are raped at a higher rate than whites and are less likely to report it – the book could help members of any race or gender who are dealing with sexual assault or abuse, said a review by the Michigan Library Association.

The free public talk will be in the Hitchcock Multipurpose Room of the Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History, 150 South Road.

"We are very excited to have Lori come to speak on our campus," said Chimi Boyd, assistant director of the Carolina Women's Center. "She will bring a new perspective on the important issues of sexual assault and abuse."

Robinson’s work has appeared in The Washington Post, Essence and other publications. Her book gives advice about physical health, evidence collection, emotional healing and such options as counseling, acupuncture, biofeedback and spiritual approaches, the review said.

"She does a thorough job illustrating the steps sexual assault victims should take, the pitfalls they could encounter along the way, and provides practical advice as survivors take their first step toward recovery," the review continued.

A reception and book signing will follow the program, sponsored by the women’s center, the Stone Center and the UNC Office of the Dean of Students. For more information, call Boyd at 843-2423.

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The UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication will present "A Tribute to Margaret A. Blanchard" at 3 p.m. Sept. 24 in Carroll Hall Auditorium. Dr. Blanchard, a longtime professor in the school, died May 25 after a long illness.

Speakers will include Dr. Richard Cole, school dean; Dr. Ruth Walden, associate dean for graduate studies; Blanchard’s brother, Stephen Blanchard, of Ticonderoga, N.Y.; the Rev. D. Ray Warren of Orange United Methodist Church; and some of Blanchard’s former graduate students.

A reception will follow, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the school’s Freedom Forum Conference Center. For an obituary, visit http://www.jomc.unc.edu/newsandevents/blanchard.html.

The school has established a Margaret A. Blanchard Fund for Ph.D. Dissertation Support. Checks may be sent to the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Campus Box 3365, UNC, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3365. Checks may be made out to the Blanchard Fund or to the school (with "Blanchard Fund" on the memo line).

For more information about the tribute, call 962-1204.

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Veteran real estate developer Tom Harvey has been named executive director of the Center for Real Estate Development at UNC’s Kenan-Flagler Business School.

Harvey will work with newly appointed faculty director David Hartzell to expand the center’s collaboration with industry partners. The collaboration is intended to benefit both the industry and the teaching and research of real estate development at Kenan-Flagler.

"Developers orchestrate the real estate industry by leading and coordinating the efforts of other professionals," Harvey said. "The conditions they face are dramatically different than they were 20 years ago — more public scrutiny, more regulation and greater expectations from the public on how to build spaces and communities that support the ways we live, work and play."

The center is part of Kenan-Flagler’s Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise, which connects the teaching and research mission of the business school with industry partners worldwide.

Harvey has more than 30 years of experience in real estate development. He recently was president of the $1 billion Florida subsidiary of Pulte Homes, the nation’s largest home builder. There he launched Pulte’s South American operations in Chile and Argentina.

Earlier, as a partner for Trammel Crow, he developed one of the largest urban mixed-use projects in the United States, the 177-acre Harbour Island in Tampa, Fla. Previously, he worked for Sea Pines Co., the developer of Hilton Head Island, and owned his own real estate development company.

A Kinston native, Harvey earned a bachelor’s degree in economics in 1970 and a master’s in business administration in 1972 – both from UNC. For more information, contact the center at 919-843-3291 or Tom_Harvey@unc.edu.

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Contact: L.J. Toler, 962-8589