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August 2009

Lead Story PhotoGREETINGS FROM THE NEW DEAN
I’m thrilled and honored to be the new dean of UNC’s College of Arts and Sciences, the oldest and largest school at the heart of this historic campus. As the leaves begin to turn and classes get underway, we have plenty of great news to share about the learning, discovery and innovation taking place across the College.
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TEN YEARS OF INNOVATIVE EDUCATION
A first-year seminar with a biodiversity expert transformed Michael Foote’s academic experience at Carolina. And a summer research fellowship at the end of Diana Gergel’s sophomore year forever changed her life.

THEY CRACKED THE AIDS VIRUS CODE
The structure of an entire HIV genome has been decoded for the first time ever by UNC chemist Kevin Weeks and colleagues in the College of Arts and Sciences and the School of Medicine. The results have widespread implications for understanding the strategies that viruses, like the one that causes AIDS, use to infect humans.
TENOR ANTHONY DEAN GRIFFEY TEACHES AT UNC
The celebrated tenor from High Point, N.C., is an artist-in-residence in the department of music this year.
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