http://global.unc.edu/ Read full stories by visiting the Newscenter at global.unc.edu UNC Global News UNC Global Website global@unc.edu Adaora Adimora, M.D., professor of medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine and clinical professor of epidemiology in the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, has been selected by “The Root” magazine as one of the top 100 African-American leaders. UNC News Services November 10, 2009 UNC Global Newscenter Entrepreneur Ping Fu will share her personal journey from a Chinese prison to a Research Triangle Park technology company at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Nov. 19. UNC News Services November 9, 2009 UNC Global Newscenter Faculty members from the School of Government have helped members of Fort Braggs 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, accomplish their mission in Iraq. UNC School of Government November 2009 UNC Global Newscenter Hugh “Chip” McAllister, M.D., an alumnus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, has made a three-part gift to establish the UNC McAllister Heart Institute. UNC Health Care News November 4, 2009 UNC Global Newscenter 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. UNC News Services October 28, 2009 UNC Global Newscenter Linda Howe of Wake Forest University will discuss the Cuban bookmaking cooperative Ediciones Vigía on Nov. 18 in the Wilson Special Collections Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. UNC News Services November 9, 2009 UNC Global Newscenter 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. UNC News Services October 26, 2009 UNC Global Newscenter Four students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University are about to receive a rare opportunity in higher education. UNC News Services October 27, 2009 UNC Global Newscenter The UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication grasps the importance of an international education for young journalists. UNC Global News October 30, 2009 UNC Global Newscenter 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. UNC News Services October 28, 2009 UNC Global Newscenter 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. UNC Global News November 2009 UNC Global Newscenter 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 Global News November 2009 UNC Global Newscenter 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. UNC News Services October 26, 2009 UNC Global Newscenter 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. UNC News Services October 26, 2009 UNC Global Newscenter 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. Carolina Entrepreneurship Initiative News October 21, 2009 UNC Global Newscenter Myron S. Cohen, MD, Director of the Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases UNC Global News October 2009 UNC Global Newscenter 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. UNC School of Medicine News October 14, 2009 UNC Global Newscenter 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. Carolina Slate Online, School of Education E-newsletter October 14, 2009 UNC Global Newscenter Unbeknownst to most people, there is more to the Galapagos Islands than big turtles and Charles Darwin. UNC Global News October 13, 2009 UNC Global Newscenter 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 Chinas 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 Global News October 13, 2009 UNC Global Newscenter 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. UNC News Services October 13, 2009 UNC Global Newscenter 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. UNC College of Arts & Sciences News October 13, 2009 UNC Global Newscenter A semester in Southeast Asia transformed my understanding of that region of the world. UNC Global News October 2009 UNC Global Newscenter 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. UNC News Services October 8, 2009 UNC Global Newscenter 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. Kenan Hawkins Institute for Private Enterprise October 5, 2009 UNC Global Newscenter 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. Carolina Arts & Sciences Fall 2009 UNC Global Newscenter 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. UNC News Services October 5, 2009 UNC Global Newscenter