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| UNC GLOBAL NEWSLETTER | June 30, 2009 |
EXPLORE OUR WORLD AT UNC GLOBAL - Read the latest Global News and Events across campus and across the world. Enjoy feature stories by UNC students. Visit global.unc.edu. Watch for the July/August issue of the UNC Global Newsletter, which will include many more events for the fall. | |
LATEST NEWS | |
 | USAID Awards $8.5 million to UNC Water and Sanitation Project in Southeast Asia |
June 29, 2009 UNC News Services A program started at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has received an award of up to $8.5 million over five years from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). | |
 | 'Hapa' Now Means Pride in Ancestry |
June 26, 2009 UNC News Services “Hapa,” derived from the Hawaiian word for “half,” used to be considered a derogatory word. | |
 | Students Travel to Kenya to Redesign Microfinance Training Program |
June 2009 UNC Kenan-Flagler Online Newsletter UNC Kenan-Flagler students traveled to Kenya to assess and redesign the training program for a Kenyan microfinance organization. | |
 | UNC Study: Latino Teens Happier, Healthier If Families Embrace Biculturalism |
June 24, 2009 UNC News Services Over the years, research has shown that Latino youth face numerous risk factors when integrating into American culture, including increased rates of alcohol and substance use and higher rates of dropping out of school. | |
 | UNC Historian Emeritus Wins Top Military Literature Prize |
June 23, 2009 UNC College of Arts and Sciences News Gerhard L. Weinberg, the William Rand Kenan Jr. Professor Emeritus of History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has won a lifetime achievement award in military writing. | |
 | Executives Graduate From UNC's Global OneMBA Program |
June 19, 2009 UNC News Services The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Kenan-Flagler Business School has graduated its sixth class of OneMBA®, the global executive MBA program. | |
 | Global Health Update |
Myron S. Cohen, MD, Director of the Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases A UNC delegation visits Nicaragua and lays the groundwork for future programs. | |
 | Joining Forces to Create Citizens of the World |
June 18, 2009 UNC Global News It has been a little over a month since the class of 2009 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill donned their Carolina blue graduation robes and prepared themselves to leave the cozy confines of campus life. | |
 | Research Uncovers Clues to Virus-Cancer Link |
June 17, 2009 UNC News Services In a series of recently-published articles, a research team from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center has uncovered clues to the development of cancers in AIDS patients. | |
 | UNC Junior Wins Fellowship From State Department |
June 17, 2009 UNC News Services Yaniv Barzilai of Charlotte, a rising junior at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has received a Thomas R. Pickering Undergraduate Foreign Affairs Fellowship from the U.S. Department of State. | |
 | My Market |
Spring 2009 Carolina Passport Magazine Walking down the dirt road with my used soda bottles in hand, I cross over a rickety two-by-four bridge and enter into the market. | |
 | Teachable Moments |
June 12, 2009 UNC College of Arts and Sciences News British literary scholar Christopher Armitage has never been shy about dramatizing an important lesson. | |
 | Carolina Navigators: Bringing the Globe Home to the Community |
June 9, 2009 UNC Global News Students in many schools in N.C. may never have the opportunity to travel to another country. Carolina Navigators, a program designed to educate the community about global issues, gives K-12 students a look across the globe into worlds they may never see. | |
 | 25 UNC Students to Study in Southeast Asia |
June 8, 2009 UNC News Services Twenty-five rising sophomores at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have been awarded full scholarships for study abroad in Southeast Asia this summer. | |
 | Bolshoi Ballet Arrives for Carolina Performing Arts Performances |
June 8, 2008 UNC News Services Carolina Performing Arts, founded in 2005 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, welcomes the world-renowned Bolshoi Ballet to Memorial Hall June 10-14. | |
 | Who Is China? |
Spring 2009 Carolina Passport Magazine The cultural differences between the United States and China are large and abundant, but the one I find most striking is that the span of China’s history has not endowed her people with a firm sense of identity. | |
 | New Drug Taken Once Daily Shows Promise for Type 2 Diabetes |
June 8, 2009 UNC School of Medicine News A study led by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine researchers has shown that the investigational new drug liraglutide taken once daily may be safer and more effective than currently available medications for people with type 2 diabetes. | |
 | UNC to Be Part of Lenovo-funded Global Education Research Consortium |
June 2, 2009 UNC News Services The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will be part of a new Global Education Research program being created by Lenovo to analyze and measure the impact of technology on students’ educational experiences from first grade through higher education. | |
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