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Campus and Community
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Wednesday, May 07, 2008 |
New members of the faculty at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will spend the week after Commencement on the road, getting to know the state and its people a little better. For five days, May 12-16, the 36 participants in the 11th Tar Heel Bus Tour will travel more than 1,100 miles, crossing the state from Morehead City in the east to Cherokee in the west. At numerous stops along the way, they will find out more about their students’ hometowns and meet people involved in programs and projects with a Carolina connection.
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Health and Medicine
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Friday, May 02, 2008 |
 As the presidential election nears, and the democratic primary hits full speed, health care – it’s growing costs and looming problems – weighs on the minds of voters. Jonathan Oberlander, Ph.D., associate professor of Social Medicine in UNC’s School of Medicine and associate professor of health policy and administration in the School of Public Health, breaks down the candidates’ health care plans and explains how health care effects our economy. |
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Campus and Community
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Thursday, May 01, 2008 |
A Nobel Prize-winning chemist, a highly accredited genome scientist, one of Canada’s most powerful women, one of the United States’ most celebrated performing artists, and a North Carolina state senator will receive honorary degrees May 11 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s spring commencement.
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