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Timberlake print proceeds to benefit medical programs, Educational Foundation

Proceeds from reproductions of a Bob Timberlake print titled "Kuralt at White’s Creek" will benefit medical programs at the North Carolina Children’s Hospital and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Educational Foundation Inc.

An initial offering of limited-edition prints will be made to Timberlake patrons and supporters of the university, with orders being accepted through June 16. Timberlake, a North Carolina artist, had a long friendship with the late Charles Kuralt, journalist and UNC alumnus. The painting captures Kuralt fly-fishing in the North Carolina mountains.

When opened in fall 2001, the new North Carolina Children’s Hospital will be the only free-standing hospital of its kind in the state. The facility also will offer the state’s only accredited hospital school for children in kindergarten through 12^th grade.

The Educational Foundation provides scholarships and funding for student-athletes, university-approved athletic facilities and other university programs. For more information on the Timberlake print, contact Riverwood Hall Printing in Lexington at (888) 307-7868.

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Lecture in Franklin to focus on ancient Indian cultures of the South

Dr. Vin Steponaitis, professor of anthropology at UNC-Chapel Hill, will share his expertise in ancient Indian cultures in an upcoming free public talk at the Macon County Public Library.

Steponaitis will discuss "Ancient Indian Cultures of the American South" at 7 p.m. June 7 at the library, located at 108 Wayah St. in Franklin. The talk is sponsored by the library as a part of the "Thursdays at the Library" series.

Steponaitis is director of UNC’s Research Laboratories of Archaeology, which curates one of the nation’s finest collections of Southeastern archaeological materials (including more than 5 million artifacts). He has served as president of the Society for American Archaeology and has edited the scholarly journal Southeastern Archaeology.

The talk is arranged by the Carolina Speakers program at UNC. The program, which began in 1993, brings more than 90 faculty members to business, civic and community groups across the state. The speakers share their expertise on more than 150 topics, including 46 on North Carolina and the South.

For more information or to schedule a Carolina Speaker, contact Sandy Roberts at (919) 962-1993 or sandy_roberts@unc.edu or visit the Carolina Speakers World Wide Web site at www.unc.edu/depts/uncspeak.

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Folds is first immunologist to receive professional recognition award

Dr. James D. Folds, professor of pathology and microbiology and immunology at the UNC School of Medicine, recently received the 2001 Professional Recognition Award from the American Board of Medical Microbiology and American Board of Laboratory Immunology.

The award honors Folds for 25 years of promoting the clinical immunology and microbiology professions through outstanding scholarship, training, and education efforts and professional service.

Folds, director of the William McClendon Clinical Laboratories, is the first immunologist to receive the annual award.

Note: To download a photo of Folds, click to:

http:// www.unc.edu/news/pics/faculty/folds_james.jpg

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Dr. Culley C. Carson III, John Sloan Rhodes and John Flint Rhodes distinguished professor of urology in the UNC School of Medicine’s department of surgery, was recently elected to the American Surgical Association and the American Association of Genital-Urinary Surgeons.

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Dr. Dale Christensen, professor and chair of the UNC School of Pharmacy’s division of pharmaceutical policy and evaluative sciences, has been named the school’s first Mescal Swaim Ferguson distinguished professor.

The professorship was established with a gift from Mescal Ferguson, long-time patron of the School of Pharmacy and wife of deceased school alumnus Howard Ferguson. It provides recipients with $25,000 annually for research and salary supplementation.

"Howard and Mescal Ferguson would have been delighted their gift was going to support the advancement of innovative pharmacy practice through a partnership between the profession and the university they loved," said Dr. William H. Campbell, dean of the school. "Dr. Christensen is recognized as the most knowledgeable person in the U.S. with regard to innovative pharmacy practice."

Christensen has been with the school since 1998. During the initial years of the professorship, he plans to use the support to foster policy-relevant research directed at examining the impact of pharmaceutical care and cognitive services on patient health outcomes.

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Dr. Gary Pollack, professor and chair of the UNC School of Pharmacy’s division of drug delivery and disposition, has received a grant for more than $900,000 from the National Institutes of Health.

The four-year grant will be used to fund research already in progress at the school on P-Glycoprotein Induction. P-Glycoprotein, or PGP, is a protein that transports molecules across cell membranes. Pollack’s research deals with how pharmaceutical drugs interact with the protein, which often combats the effects of cancer medication in tumor cells.

This is Pollack’s largest grant to date as a principal investigator. He is currently a co-investigator doing research with a $15 million grant awarded to UNC by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

News Services contact: Deb Saine, (919) 962-8415

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English graduate student receives Newcombe doctoral disseration fellowship

Nandra Perry of the UNC English department is one of 35 graduate students selected to receive a Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship to study topics of ethical or religious values.

Each fellow receives a $16,000 stipend to support a final year of research and writing leading to a doctoral degree. The 2001 fellows were chosen from among 407 applications at 102 U.S. graduate schools.

Perry of Chapel Hill is the daughter of Mike and Nanette Perry of Ashland, Ala. She is studying English literature and her proposed dissertation title is "Imitatio Christi: Early Modern Models for Living the Christian Life. The Samford University graduate has received the James R. Gaskin Award for Excellence in Teaching Composition and the Howell-Voitle Award for Excellence in Renaissance Studies while at UNC.

The Newcombe fellowships are administered by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation and funded by the Charlotte W. Newcombe Foundation, both located in Princeton, N.J. Since 1981, nearly 800 fellows have been supported by this program and are now on the faculties of major universities around the world.

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Dr. Ewa Szczepanowska of the department of human physiology at the University of Poznan in Poland is visiting the UNC department of exercise and sport science during May and June.

The American College of Sports Medicine granted Szczepanowska an International Scholar Award -- given annually to only one foreign scientist -- for the visit, which ends June 10th.

Szczepanowska is conducting research in the laboratory of Dr. Anthony Hackney for several weeks and is interested in health problems of physically active women, particularly the development of reproductive dysfunction in female athletes. She and Hackney are studying the influence of strenuous physical activity on ovarian estrogen production.

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