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| UNC GLOBAL MONTHLY NEWSLETTER | October 30, 2009 |
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LATEST NEWS | |
 | International Education Week 2009 |
Explore your world during International Education Week (November 16-20) through the many programs and events hosted at UNC, including musical performances, lectures, art and photography exhibitions, forums, film screenings and even a international networking night for students. | |
 | Budding Journalists Need International Perspectives |
October 30, 2009 UNC Global News The UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication grasps the importance of an international education for young journalists. | |
 | Carolina Choir to Collaborate with European Orchestra |
October 28, 2009 UNC News Services The 80-student Carolina Choir at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will perform Nov. 11 with one of Europe’s leading orchestras: the Bruckner Orchestra Linz. | |
 | German-born Experimental Artist to Speak Nov. 17 |
October 28, 2009 UNC News Services Oliver Herring, an experimental artist whose works include knitted Mylar, participatory performances, video and Styrofoam photo sculptures, will discuss his work Nov. 17 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. | |
 | Go Global - Get Your Passport! |
Take advantage of this easy one-stop shopping, on-campus opportunity to apply for or renew your U.S. passport! Come to the FedEx Global Education Center on Nov. 17-18 from 10:00am - 3:00pm. | |
 | UNC Study: Disability Rates Similar for Internationally, Domestically Adopted Children |
October 26, 2009 UNC News Services Children adopted from overseas have disability rates similar to those adopted from within the United States, according to new research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. | |
 | Exhibit to Display Indonesian Textiles |
October 26, 2009 UNC News Services Indonesian textiles will be exhibited Nov. 3-15 at the FedEx Global Education Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. A free public exhibit opening at 5:30 p.m. Nov. 3 will feature a talk plus Indonesian food and music. | |
 | "Why Aid is Not Working for Africa"- Public Lecture: Dambisa Moyo, Nov. 11. |
October 26, 2009 UNC News Services Dambisa Moyo, economist and New York Times best-selling author of “Dead Aid: Why Aid is Not Working and How There is a Better Way for Africa,” will speak Nov. 11 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. | |
 | Students from Three Continents Explore Global Entrepreneurship at UNC |
October 21, 2009 Carolina Entrepreneurship Initiative News Undergraduate students from UNC-Chapel Hill, Chinese University of Hong Kong and Copenhagen Business School visited SAS, Quintiles Transnational Corp. and other successful multinationals in the world-famous The Research Triangle Park™ in September to learn firsthand about the challenges and opportunities of operating in the global marketplace. | |
 | Global Health Update |
Myron S. Cohen, MD, Director of the Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases New results from an HIV vaccine trial are “a shot in the arm” to the HIV research community. | |
 | UNC Researcher Awarded Grant for Anti-Diarrhea Vaccine Study in Nicaragua |
October 14, 2009 UNC School of Medicine News A University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researcher has been awarded a four-year, $507,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health’s Fogarty International Center to study the effectiveness of rotavirus vaccines in the Central American nation of Nicaragua. | |
 | First Transatlantic Fellow Arrives from Sweden at UNC-School of Education |
October 14, 2009 Carolina Slate Online, School of Education E-newsletter A $180,000, four-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) has funded the third phase of the Transatlantic Consortium in Early Childhood Intervention, directed in the United States by Professor Rune Simeonsson since 2001. | |
 | UNC Students Capture Untold Story of the Galapagos |
October 13, 2009 UNC Global News Unbeknownst to most people, there is more to the Galapagos Islands than big turtles and Charles Darwin. | |
 | A New Link in the Global Supply Chain |
October 13, 2009 UNC Global News The devil is in the details as the saying goes. But thanks to a thriving partnership between the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and China's top university for science and technology, Tsinghua University, the intricate processes needed to move parts and components around the world today are quickly becoming more manageable. | |
 | UNC Presentation and Reception: ‘Galapagos: a Science and Education Partnership' |
October 13, 2009 UNC News Services A public presentation and reception will be held Oct. 14 (Wednesday) to showcase the Galapagos Initiative program being jointly developed by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Universidad San Francisco de Quito in Ecuador. | |
 | Founder of Ecuador's First Private University Wins Alumni Award |
October 13, 2009 UNC College of Arts & Sciences News Santiago Gangotena, who received his Ph.D. in physics from Carolina in 1977, received a Distinguished Alumnus Award at the University Day celebration on Oct. 12. | |
 | A Semester in Southeast Asia |
October 2009 UNC Global News A semester in Southeast Asia transformed my understanding of that region of the world. | |
 | UNC Study to Examine if Nutritional Supplements Protect HIV-Positive Mothers, Infants in Africa |
October 8, 2009 UNC News Services Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have received a $2.2 million grant to find out if simple nutritional supplements, fortified with micronutrients and essential fats, protect the health of HIV-positive women and their infants after weaning. | |
 | Awarding-Winning Journalists Share Frontline Reports on Threats to Global Food Supply Oct. 15 |
October 5, 2009 Kenan Hawkins Institute for Private Enterprise Three award-winning journalists will discuss mounting threats to the global food supply and the challenges of reporting them on Thursday, Oct. 15, at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. | |
 | Lost and Found: First 'Lost Boy of Sudan' graduates from UNC |
Fall 2009 Carolina Arts & Sciences The first student to attend UNC in 1795 was Hinton James of Wilmington, who, according to campus lore, walked 170 miles from his home to Chapel Hill. Emmanuel Chan, the first of the “Lost Boys of Sudan” to graduate from the University, has a leg up on Hinton. Chan (biology ’09) walked more than 1,000 miles to get there. | |
 | Talbert to Speak on Rome and Creative Cartography |
October 5, 2009 UNC News Services UNC professor Richard Talbert will speak on “Rome and the Power of Creative Cartography, A.D. 300-1500” at 4 p.m. Oct. 18 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. | |
UPCOMING EVENTS - View Online Calendar | |
| October 30th | 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM | FedEx Global Education Center, Nelson Mandela Auditorium Fighting Hunger in a World of Plenty: A Grassroots Approach | |
| November 1st | 4:00 PM | Hanes Art Center, Room 121 Revolutionary Art or a Revolution in Art?: The Legacy of the Cuban Revolution | |
| November 2nd | 3:30 PM | FedEx Global Education Center, room 1005 German vs. American Business Practices and Recruitment Session | |
| November 2nd | 5:30 PM | Hanes Art Center Auditorium A Trans-Atlantic Interchange Involving Frieda Kahlo, Tina Modotti and Hannah Höch | |
| November 3rd | 08:00 AM to 5:00 PM | FedEx Global Education Center, Peacock Atrium Indonesian Textiles - Culture, Traditions and Techniques | |
| November 3rd | 5:30 PM | FedEx Global Education Center, Nelson Mandela Auditorium Discovering Indonesia: Public Lecture and Art Exhibition Opening | |
| November 4th | 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM | FedEx Global Education Center, Nelson Mandela Auditorium South Asia Film Festival: Junoon | |
| November 5th | 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM | FedEx Global Education Center, Nelson Mandela Auditorium International Folk Dance Lessons | |
| November 5th | 7:00 PM | Sonja Haynes Stone Center, Hitchcock Multipurpose Room Chideya to Discuss Representations in New Media | |
| November 8th | 6:00 PM | FedEx Global Education Center, Nelson Mandela Auditorium Democracy and Society: Perspectives on Cuban Hip Hop | |
| November 9th | 5:30 PM | FedEx Global Education Center, Room 1005 Hiroshima: After Aftermath | |
| November 9th | 5:30 PM | FedEx Global Education Center, Nelson Mandela Auditorium Careers and Graduate Schools in Public and International Affairs Information Session | |
| November 9th | 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM | FedEx Global Education Center, Room 3024 Arabic Music and Film Series: Lebanese Music | |
| November 10th | 8:30 PM | Kenan Music Building, Kenan Rehearsal Hall Salsa and Swing Dance: Charanga Carolina with UNC Jazz Band | |
| November 11th | 5:30 PM | Kenan-Flagler Business School, Maurice J. Koury Auditorium Dead Aid: Why is Aid Not Working and How There is a Better Way for Africa | |
| November 11th | 6:00 PM | FedEx Global Education Center, Nelson Mandela Auditorium Between the Industry and Independence in Cuba: Street Filmmakers’ Document an Island in Transition | |
| November 11th | 7:30 PM | Memorial Hall Bruckner Orchestra Linz with Dennis Russell Davies, conductor | |
| November 12th | 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM | FedEx Global Education Center, Nelson Mandela Auditorium International Folk Dance Lessons | |
| November 15th | 6:00 PM | FedEx Global Education Center, Nelson Mandela Auditorium The Films of Sara Gómez | |
| November 16th | 00:00 AM | FedEx Global Education Center, Peacock Atrium Away and Back Again – Community Recycle Art Project | |
| November 16th | 00:00 AM | FedEx Global Education Center Galleries Center for Global Initiatives Photo Contest Exhibit | |
| November 16th | 00:00 AM | FedEx Global Education Center, Peacock Atrium Study Abroad Photography Exhibition | |
| November 16th | 4:00 PM | FedEx Global Education Center, Peacock Atrium Center for Global Initiatives Photo Contest Exhibit Opening and Reception | |
| November 16th | 4:30 PM to 5:30 PM | Wilson Library, Pleasants Family Assembly Room The Widow's Torment: How Religious Liberty Can Increase Stability in the Middle East | |
| November 16th | 5:00 PM | Frank Porter Graham Student Union, Auditorium The Divide | |
| November 16th | 6:00 PM | Hyde Hall 'Echando Pleito': El Club Cubano Inter-Americano and the Emergence of Afro-Cuban Politics and Identity in New York City, 1945 - 1995 | |
| November 17th | 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM | FedEx Global Education Center, Conference Room 4003 Get-a-Passport Drive | |
| November 17th | 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM | FedEx Global Education Center, DeBerry Board Room 3009 FLAS Information Session | |
| November 17th | 5:30 PM | FedEx Global Education Center, Peacock Atrium Networking Night for International Careers | |
| November 17th | 6:00 PM to 7:15 PM | Hooker Research Center, Blue Cross Blue Shield Auditorium Land, Natural Resources, and Sovereignty: Lessons from the Cherokee Nation and the Palestinian West Bank | |
| November 17th | 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM | George Watts Hill Alumni Center, Alumni Hall I The World is Fat: The Fads, Trends, Policies, and Products That Are Fattening the Human Race | |
| November 17th | 7:30 PM | Memorial Hall Bang on a Can All-Stars and Trio Medićval – Steel Hammer | |
| November 18th | 09:00 AM to 5:00 PM | FedEx Global Education Center, Conference Room 4003 Center for Global Initiatives Research Symposium | |
| November 18th | 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM | FedEx Global Education Center, Conference Room 4003 Get-a-Passport Drive | |
| November 18th | 5:00 PM | Wilson Library, Pleasants Family Room Dreams and Creativity: Cuban Artists' Books and Prints: 1985-2009 | |
| November 18th | 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM | FedEx Global Education Center, Nelson Mandela Auditorium South Asia Film Festival: Om Shanti Om | |
| November 18th | 7:30 PM | Memorial Hall Leif Ove Andsnes, piano, and Robin Rhode – Pictures Reframed | |
| November 19th | 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM | FedEx Global Education Center, DeBerry Board Room 3009 FLAS Information Session | |
| November 19th | 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM | FedEx Global Education Center, Conference Room 2008 Class of 1938 Fellowship Information Session | |
| November 19th | 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM | NC Botanical Garden Education Center Chinese Brush Painting: Poinsettias and Chrysanthemums | |
| November 19th | 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM | Wilson Library, Pleasants Family Assembly Room Ediciones Vigia, Handmade Books from Cuba | |
| November 19th | 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM | FedEx Global Education Center, Room 3024 Arabic Music and Film Series: Lebanese Film | |
| November 19th | 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM | Swain Hall, Studio 6 "Solo" performance series: "Border Stories" | |
| November 20th | 8:00 PM | Memorial Hall Soledad Barrio and Noche Flamenca | |
| November 21st | 1:00 PM | Frank Porter Graham Student Union Great Hall International Folk Dance 45th Anniversary | |
| November 22nd | 6:00 PM | FedEx Global Education Center, Nelson Mandela Auditorium Legacy of a Champion: Kid Chocolate and Sport as Nationalist Expression in Cuba | |
| November 23rd | 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM | FedEx Global Education Center, Conference Room 4003 Public Lecture by Professor Hans Hahn | |
| November 23rd | 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM | FedEx Global Education Center, Room 3024 Arabic Music and Film Series: Traditional Syrian Songs | |
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