http://global.unc.edu/ UNC Global News UNC Global News UNC Global Website global@unc.edu http://global.unc.edu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=655&Itemid=94 June 25, 2008 UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School Online NewsThe University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Kenan-Flagler Business School graduated its fifth class of OneMBA®, the global executive MBA program, on June 14, 2008. UNC Global NewsCenter 2008-06-30 12:24:34 UNC Global News http://global.unc.edu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=650&Itemid=94 June 25, 2008 UNC News Services For Dr. Joseph M. DeSimone, the interface between seemingly disparate fields and concepts offers the best opportunity for invention and innovation. A well-recognized chemist and polymer expert, DeSimone has uniquely applied his skills to the development of groundbreaking solutions in green manufacturing, and promising applications in gene therapy and drug delivery, as well as medical devices. For his pioneering inventions, lab-to-marketplace entrepreneurship and commitment to mentorship, DeSimone has been awarded this year’s $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize. UNC Global NewsCenter 2008-06-25 20:32:01 UNC Global News http://global.unc.edu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=649&Itemid=94 June 24, 2008 UNC News Services The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has awarded more than $99,000 in privately funded, need- and merit-based scholarships to 40 undergraduates for participation in summer and fall study abroad programs. UNC Global NewsCenter 2008-06-24 21:50:34 UNC Global News http://global.unc.edu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=648&Itemid=94 June 24, 2008 UNC Global News As globalization overcomes international boundaries, Asia’s economic and strategic prominence in the world continues to rise. And if the U.S. is to remain competitive in this global era, enhanced knowledge of this region is essential. UNC Global NewsCenter 2008-06-24 14:33:26 UNC Global News http://global.unc.edu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=652&Itemid=94 June 26, 2008 Carolina Arts and Sciences News UNC-Chapel Hill senior Iryna Maksymiv of Wilmington is on a mission to decrease the number of burn accidents involving children each year in Ukraine, where she spent her childhood. With financial support provided by a fellowship from UNC’s Office for Undergraduate Research, she returned to Ukraine last summer to work on a documentary film for a burn prevention campaign. UNC Global NewsCenter 2008-06-26 19:25:53 UNC Global News http://global.unc.edu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=638&Itemid=94 June 12, 2008 UNC News Services The experiences of skiers with disabilities were showcased recently at the Canadian Sport Film Festival via a documentary by Gorham “Hap” Kindem, a communications studies professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. UNC Global NewsCenter 2008-06-14 03:41:24 UNC Global News http://global.unc.edu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=633&Itemid=94 June 9, 2008 UNC News Services The United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) has signed a contract with researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health to lead an assessment of health risks due to environmental factors in the country, one of the fastest developing nations in the world. UNC Global NewsCenter 2008-06-09 21:24:25 UNC Global News http://global.unc.edu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=623&Itemid=94 May 22, 2008 UNC Global News One day, the educators of N.C. hope that every student will know that those Chinese characters mean “Hello.” UNC Global NewsCenter 2008-05-22 14:03:57 UNC Global News http://global.unc.edu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=637&Itemid=94 June 11, 2008 UNC News Services A pop-out jaguar leaps from the page of a book made in Mexico. A four-inch cardboard altar houses three miniature books of incantations and clay animal figurines. UNC Global NewsCenter 2008-06-12 13:38:15 UNC Global News http://global.unc.edu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=640&Itemid=94 June 17, 2008 UNC Global NewsHundreds of UNC-Chapel Hill students travel out of the country each year in one of the university’s 322 study abroad programs. They travel in search of new experiences that they can’t necessarily get reading a book or listening to a professor. UNC Global NewsCenter 2008-06-17 20:17:39 UNC Global News http://global.unc.edu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=634&Itemid=94 June 10, 2008 UNC News Services Twenty-five rising sophomores at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have been awarded full scholarships for an innovative seven-week study abroad program in Southeast Asia this summer. UNC Global NewsCenter 2008-06-11 13:39:46 UNC Global News http://global.unc.edu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=629&Itemid=94 June 4, 2008 UNC News Services - Photos by Lauren CowartThe School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill today (June 4) launches a large-scale media project that focuses on the implications of a growing Latino population in North Carolina. UNC Global NewsCenter 2008-06-06 02:01:23 UNC Global News http://global.unc.edu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=618&Itemid=94 May 2008 Carolina Arts and Sciences News Undergraduate J.J. Raynor traveled from her home in Charlotte all the way to Thailand last summer to learn about the fragility of freedom in a country that was changed overnight by a military coup on September 19, 2006. She discovered how geographic and cultural divides can threaten democracy. UNC Global NewsCenter 2008-05-20 20:45:02 UNC Global News http://global.unc.edu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=619&Itemid=94 May 20,2008 UNC News Services Dr. Mauricio G. Cohen, an assistant professor in the UNC School of Medicine and director of the UNC Healthy Heart Latino Initiative, has been appointed associate editor of a newly launched Spanish-language Web site called Cardiosource en Español. UNC Global NewsCenter 2008-05-21 14:28:45 UNC Global News