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Monday, February 02, 2009 |
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Media representatives are invited to cover a talk and book signing at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill by Muhammad Yunus of Bangladesh, winner of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize. Yunus founded the practice of microcredit: giving small loans to the poor to help them start or grow businesses and climb out of poverty. |
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Friday, January 30, 2009 |
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William Alexander Percy, the adoptive father of the late novelist Walker Percy, will be the topic of a free public lecture at 4 p.m. Tuesday (Feb. 3) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. |
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Tuesday, January 27, 2009 |
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When Dennis Orthner, Ph.D., professor in the School of Social Work at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, helped launch CareerStart four years ago, he had one primary goal in mind: to keep more students in school. Orthner saw the intervention program, which helps students connect what they are learning in school to future career opportunities, as a way to reach those most at-risk of failing. |
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Monday, January 26, 2009 |
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Sue Rosser, dean of Ivan Allen College, the liberal arts college of the Georgia Institute of Technology, will make two presentations Feb. 9 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, both dealing with science and inclusiveness. |
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Thursday, January 22, 2009 |
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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will launch a fundraising effort for an endowed faculty chair in Islamic studies at a Feb. 12 kick-off event on campus. |
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