UNC GLOBAL MONTHLY NEWSLETTER September 30, 2009
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UNC GLOBAL MONTHLY NEWSLETTER September 30, 2009 |
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LATEST NEWS |
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Partnership Works to Preserve Living Laboratory of Galapagos |
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September 29, 2009 UNC News Services The Galapagos Islands are undoubtedly among the most famous places on Earth, thanks to Charles Darwin, giant tortoises and the archipelago’s dramatic land- and seascapes. |
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UNC Student Interns Gain Experience in Entrepreneurial Ventures from North Carolina to Beijing |
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September 2009 UNC Entrepreneurship Newsletter Seventy-nine students return this fall from summer internships from The Research Triangle Park™ in North Carolina to Los Angeles to Beijing, where they fulfilled their requirement for the minor in entrepreneurship. |
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Cracking Code for Cheap Solar Power |
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Fall 2009 Endeavors Magazine As soon as the technicians hooked up his solar collectors, Chris Clemens noticed that the panels weren’t collecting enough sunlight to produce the amount of energy he wanted. Two weeks later, a gust of wind blew the collectors out of alignment with the sun. And two weeks after that, electronic components began to rust and then fail completely. |
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Documentary Filmmaker Stoney to Speak Oct. 16 |
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September 29, 2009 UNC News Services Documentary filmmaker George C. Stoney, 93, creator of a film used around the world by UNESCO, will visit the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Oct. 16. |
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UNC Researchers Garner Major NIH Awards for Innovation |
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September 24, 2009 UNC News Services A trio of scientists from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have received prestigious awards from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) aimed at encouraging “high-risk” research and innovation. |
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Krakow |
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Carolina Passport Magazine I made a date with the city the last weekend I was in Poland. After almost four wonderful months, Krakow and I needed a day to ourselves, apart from the flurry of dorm checkouts and goodbyes to friends. |
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Global Health Update |
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Myron S. Cohen, MD, Director of the Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases This month I want to report on a couple of recent events which highlight the growth of and momentum of the “global health movement” on both a local and a national level. |
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Stone Center Visitors to See Morocco Through Art |
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September 23, 2009 UNC News Services “Dislocation/Relocation/Diaspora: The Art of Hamid Kachmar” will be the title of a mixed-media art exhibit on view Oct. 8 through Dec. 4 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. |
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Students, Graduates, to Study, Work Abroad on Fulbrights |
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September 17, 2009 UNC News Services Eleven University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill students and recent graduates have received 2009-2010 Fulbright U.S. Student Program awards to study, teach or conduct research in other countries. |
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New Campus Publication: News from the Institute for Global Health & Infectious Diseases |
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September 2009 The Institute for Global Health & Infectious Diseases will be launching a new e-newsletter the week of September 28, 2009. |
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Former Deputy Secretary of State to Speak on 'Obama and the World' Sept. 24 |
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September 16, 2009 UNC College of Arts & Sciences News Strobe Talbott, president of the Brookings Institution and a former deputy secretary of state, will speak Sept. 24 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. |
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Popkin Discusses New Book, "The World is Fat", Nov. 17 |
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September 9, 2009 UNC College of Arts and Sciences News Barry Popkin, a professor of nutrition and an adjunct professor in the department of economics in the College of Arts and Sciences, will discuss his book, The World is Fat, in a free event Nov. 17. |
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UNC Study Will Test Therapies to Eradicate HIV Infection |
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September 4, 2009 UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health News Researchers from the UNC Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases have received $2.7 million from the National Institutes of Health to develop and test new therapeutic agents that may eradicate human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. |
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Jay Swaminathan's Work With UNICEF Will Help Provide Timely Nourishment |
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September 2009 UNC Kenan-Flagler Online Newsletter For the last 15 years, Jay Swaminathan has researched and consulted with leading multinational firms to help them leverage global opportunities. |
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New NIH Director Makes Global Health a Priority |
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September 4, 2009 UNC Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases News Earlier this summer President Barack Obama nominated Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD, physician and geneticist, and an alumnus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, to be director of the National Institutes of Health. |
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Former Ambassador to South Africa to Speak Sept. 17 |
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September 1, 2009 UNC News Services James A. Joseph, former ambassador to South Africa and the only U.S. ambassador to present his credentials to President Nelson Mandela, will speak Sept. 17 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. |
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UPCOMING EVENTS - View Online Calendar |
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| September 30th | 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM | FedEx Global Education Center, Nelson Mandela Auditorium South Asia Film Festival: Jab Jab Phool Khile |
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| September 30th | 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM | Sonja Haynes Stone Center 13 Months of Sunshine |
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| October 1st | 6:00 PM | The FedEx Global Education Center, Conference Room 4003 "Spaces and Subjects of 'Veiling-Fashion' Turkey" |
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| October 2nd | 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM | Michael Hooker Research Center Atrium School of Public Health Open House |
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| October 2nd | 8:00 PM to 11:30 PM | Hill Hall Auditorium Sufi Qawwali in Concert featuring Imran Aziz Mian and Ensemble |
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| October 4th | 3:30 PM to 4:10 PM | Downtown Chapel Hill, Festifall Main Stage Charanga Performance at Festifall |
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| October 6th | 7:30 PM | Memorial Hall Ravi and Anoushka Shankar |
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| October 7th | 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM | FedEx Global Education Center, Nelson Mandela Auditorium South Asian Film Festival: "Padosan" |
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| October 8th | 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM | Wilson Library, Pleasants Family Assembly Room "Tin Pan Alley," Public Lecture by Mick Moloney |
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| October 8th | 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM | FedEx Global Education Center, Room 3024 Arabic Music and Film Series: Film About Iraq |
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| October 8th | 7:00 PM | Sonja Haynes Stone Center, The Robert and Sallie Brown Gallery and Museum Dislocation/Relocation/Diaspora: The Art of Hamid Kachmar Opening |
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| October 9th | 09:15 AM to 4:30 PM | Rams Head Center Globalization, Families, and the State |
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| October 9th | 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM | Durham Academy, Kenan Auditorium Charanga Performance at Durham Academy, Fiesta Latina |
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| October 11th | 7:30 PM | Memorial Hall Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain and Edgar Meyer |
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| October 12th | 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM | FedEx Global Education Center, Room 3024 Arabic Music and Film Series: Samples from Palestinian Music: Traditional and Political |
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| October 16th | 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM | Memorial Hall Los Pleneros de la 21 |
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| October 18th | 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM | FedEx Global Education Center, Nelson Mandela Auditorium Bengali New Year (Bijoya) Celebration |
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| October 22nd | 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM | Winston House, London, England The Birth of Cool: Contemporary European Aesthetics |
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| October 26th | 5:30 PM | FedEx Global Education Center, Nelson Mandela Auditorium "Afghanistan deteriorating: Need the US stay? How will success be defined?" Public Lecture by Ambassador Ronald Neumann |
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| October 27th | 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM | Sonja Haynes Stone Center Hekima Film Discussion Series : Kwame |
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| October 28th | 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM | FedEx Global Education Center, Nelson Mandela Auditorium South Asia Film Festival: "Amar Akbar Anthony" |
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