GSK Awards to Help Researchers with Male Fertility Regulation, Cancer Treatment

Posted On Saturday, November 9, 2013 By . Under NORTH CAROLINA  Tags: , , ,   
GSK Awards to Help Researchers with Male Fertility Regulation, Cancer Treatment Major implications for men’s health and cancer treatment may come from the work of UNC reproductive biologist Deborah O’Brien, PhD, and biochemist John Sondek, PhD, who have uncovered potential targets for therapies. Thanks to the GlaxoSmithKline Discovery Fast Track competition, they will work separately with GSK scientists to quickly screen ...

UNC celebrates American Indian Heritage Month: concerts, films, lectures, more

Posted On Saturday, November 2, 2013 By . Under NORTH CAROLINA  Tags: , , ,   
Throughout November, Carolina’s American Indian Center is sponsoring a series of events to celebrate American Indian culture and to educate others about it. The lessons are particularly relevant in North Carolina, home to the largest American Indian population east of the Mississippi River. The month-long celebration will include lectures, film viewings, ...

Carolina Cares, Carolina Shares Campaign Underway

Posted On Friday, October 25, 2013 By . Under NORTH CAROLINA  Tags: , , , ,   
Carolina employees proved that Tar Heels Give More last year by raising more than any other campaign for the State Employees Combined Campaign. Organizers hope the Carolina community will donate even more this year and have set a goal of $1 million. UNC employees donated $894,533 last year. In the first ...

UNC Startup Secures $12.5 Million Investment

Posted On Friday, October 18, 2013 By . Under NORTH CAROLINA  Tags: , , ,   
A startup company at UNC-Chapel Hill has received $12.5 million in venture capital funding to help ease the toxic side effects of chemotherapy and radiation in cancer patients. G1 Therapeutics, a company based on discoveries made at the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, will use the funds to launch human drug ...

Chancellor’s Medallion Adds Luster, History to Installation

Posted On Friday, October 11, 2013 By . Under NORTH CAROLINA  Tags: , , ,   
Carolina Chancellor Carol Folt will leave Saturday’s installation ceremony wearing plenty of history – and a bit more shine. The Chancellor’s Medallion, which will be placed around her neck during the University Day Ceremony on Saturday (Oct. 12), has been updated with a silver chain of office that includes thin rectangles ...

UNC Lineberger discovery goes from lab to patient with FDA approval

Posted On Friday, October 4, 2013 By . Under NORTH CAROLINA  Tags: , , , ,   
A laboratory testing kit that estimates the risk of breast cancer relapse in spite of anti-hormone treatment has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This technology is based on a gene signature known as “PAM50” originally discovered at UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center by Chuck Perou, ...

Two New Centers to Lead Research on Tobacco and Public Health

Posted On Wednesday, September 25, 2013 By . Under NORTH CAROLINA  Tags: , , , ,   
Carolina will open two new research centers focused on the study of a wide range of tobacco products and their impact on public health, with approximately $39.4 million awarded to the University over five years from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and that National Institutes of Health. Although cigarette use ...

Medical Tourism is One of the Growing Trends Across the World

Posted On Friday, September 20, 2013 By . Under ARKANSAS, DELAWARE, FEATURED, FLORIDA, GEORGIA, HAWAII, INDIANA, LOUISIANA, MARYLAND, MASSACHUSETTS, MINNESOTA, MISSISSIPPI, MISSOURI, NEBRASKA, NEW JERSEY, NEW MEXICO, NEW YORK, NORTH CAROLINA, NORTH DAKOTA, PUERTO RICO, SOUTH CAROLINA, SOUTH DAKOTA, TENNESSEE, TEXAS, VERMONT, WASHINGTON, WASHINGTON DC, WEST VIRGINIA  Tags: , , , , , , ,   
Medical Tourism is One of the Growing Trends Across the World Medical tourism is one of the growing trends across the world. Due to high increase in the cost of health care facility, individual as well as companies are providing incentives to travel across the countries to get the surgeries they need. While travelling other countries for the medical tourists not ...

Hettleman Prizes: Four Young Faculty Honored

Posted On Tuesday, September 17, 2013 By . Under NORTH CAROLINA  Tags: , , , ,   
Four highly promising faculty members in diverse fields at Carolina have been awarded Phillip and Ruth Hettleman Prizes for Artistic and Scholarly Achievement by Young Faculty. The recipients are Emily Baragwanath, an associate professor of classics, and Wei You, an associate professor of chemistry, both in the College of Arts and ...

Carolina to install Folt as 11th chancellor on University Day

Posted On Tuesday, September 10, 2013 By . Under NORTH CAROLINA  Tags: , , , ,   
UNC-Chapel Hill will install Carol L. Folt as its 11th chancellor on University Day, Oct. 12. Folt will deliver an installation address during the ceremony at 2 p.m. in Polk Place, on the steps of South Building. The public is invited to attend the free ceremony, which will begin with a ...

Win Free Tickets to Blue Man Group Performance

Posted On Monday, September 2, 2013 By . Under NORTH CAROLINA  Tags: , , ,   
Blue Man Group Durham, NC - The Doing Good in the Neighborhood employee giving campaign will be holding a drawing to give away free tickets to a performance by music and visual artists Blue Man Group on Thursday, Sept. 5 at 7:30 p.m. In order to qualify, send a photo of what keeps you ...

Researchers Discover a Possible Cause of Autism

Posted On Monday, September 2, 2013 By . Under NORTH CAROLINA  Tags: , , , ,   
Problems with a key group of enzymes called topoisomerases can have profound effects on the genetic machinery behind brain development and potentially lead to autism spectrum disorder (ASD), according to research announced today in the journal Nature. Scientists at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine have described a ...

University Launches Student-Athlete Academic Initiative Working Group

Posted On Monday, August 26, 2013 By . Under NORTH CAROLINA  Tags: , , , ,   
Provost James W. Dean Jr.The University’s senior leadership is bringing a fresh perspective to fostering academic success for student-athletes during their entire Carolina experience. A campus working group led by new Provost James W. Dean Jr. and Athletics Director Bubba Cunningham is taking a comprehensive approach to assessing and enhancing how the University provides academic ...

Road Construction Progresses on Campus, Around Town

Posted On Sunday, August 18, 2013 By . Under NORTH CAROLINA  Tags: , , , , ,   
While many students were on summer break, road crews worked to make sure several major roadways were fully open to traffic in time for the start of the fall semester. Cameron Avenue After being closed to traffic for more than three months, East Cameron Avenue should fully reopen by Thursday evening, pending ...

North Carolina Area Health Education Center Program names new director

Posted On Saturday, August 10, 2013 By . Under NORTH CAROLINA  Tags: , , ,   
North Carolina Area Health Education For more than four decades, the North Carolina Area Health Education Center (NC AHEC) Program has worked to improve the overall health of the state’s communities. The UNC School of Medicine today announced that Warren Newton, MD, MPH, will continue the NC AHEC legacy as director, effective Sept. 1, 2013. “As ...

Malone to Oversee Equal Opportunity, Access as Interim Director

Posted On Saturday, August 3, 2013 By . Under NORTH CAROLINA  Tags: , , , ,   
Brenda Malone, vice chancellor for human resources, will oversee Carolina’s Equal Opportunity/ADA Office beginning Aug. 1 when the current director, Ann Penn, retires. Chancellor Carol Folt asked Malone to serve as the office’s interim director. The Equal Opportunity/ADA Office administers policies protecting equal opportunity and access to all students, faculty and ...

Researchers, Patients Go one-on-one to Encourage Organ Donation

Posted On Friday, August 2, 2013 By . Under NORTH CAROLINA  Tags: , , , , ,   
Every now and then local television host Everett German gets a request to speak with a stranger in need of a kidney. German calls, answers questions, even visits hospital rooms. He talks about years traveling as an announcer with the College of Charleston basketball team, lugging a 25-pound dialysis machine on ...

Caudill Elected to Chair Board of Trustees; Other Officers, New Members Start

Posted On Saturday, July 27, 2013 By . Under NORTH CAROLINA  Tags: , , , ,   
W. Lowry Caudill of Durham W. Lowry Caudill of Durham, co-founder of Magellan Laboratories Inc., was elected chairman of the UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees. Trustees today (July 25) elected two other current members as new officers for one-year terms on the 13-member board responsible for governing the University. Alston Gardner of Chapel Hill, venture partner in ...
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