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Carolina Arts & Sciences magazine is sent twice a year to our faculty,Carolina Arts & Sciences spring 2008 alumni and friends who have made a gift to UNC's College of Arts & Sciences. If you would like to receive the magazine and our periodic e-news bulletins,  please send your name, address, and email address to: Dee Reid, deereid@unc.edu, or UNC College of Arts & Sciences, Campus Box 3100, Chapel Hill NC 27599-3100.

The spring 2008 issue of Carolina Arts & Sciences includes a special campaign section celebrating how private gifts are transforming faculty, students, programs and facilities in the College, plus our regular feature section.

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Carolina First Campaign Section Contents:

Features

  • The Kenan Legacy: Faculty and students are reaping the educational benefits of gifts from the Kenan family. page 4
  • Faculty Support: Distinguished professors Bill Ferris, Peter Sherwood, Mike Ramsey, Pam Durban and Dinesh Manocha, plus news on fellowships and research support. page 7
  • Global Giving Opens New Doors: Support for students, programs and faculty here and abroad, and a new international hub on campus. page 16
  • Building Science: Cutting-edge facilities attract outstanding faculty and students to Carolina. page 20

More Stories

  • Profile: Mary Anne Dickson '63. page 23
  • Powerful Programs. page 24
  • Star Students. page 30
  • Celebrating Entrepreneurship. page 33
  • Profile: Margaret Harper. page 34
  • A historical snapshot, plus the campaign by the numbers. page 35
  • 66 new distinguished professorships. page 36

Regular Section Contents:

Features

  • The Heat is On: Exploring the relationship between climate change and drought. page 4
  • A New Day: Joe Haj ’88 is writing a fresh script for PlayMakers. page 48
  • Artistic Home: Ray Dooley has been calling PlayMakers home for 19 years. page 50
  • Historic Showdown: Terry Sanford and Sam Ervin square off in an excerpt from a new Ervin biography. page 55 

Departments

  • Profile: PhD alum explores first New World civilization. page 37
  • High Achievers: Transcendental honor, Louise Fletcher receives PlayMaker Award, 4 win state’s highest civilian honor, 2 faculty win Fulbrights, and more. page 38
  • Highlights: New use for old bridges and dams, understanding addiction, bye-bye Venable, marine scientists teach underwater, Ted Turner talks, and more. page 51
  • College Bookshelf: New books from Russell Banks, Robert Morgan, Philip Gura, Daphne Athas, and more. page 55
  • Final Point: Historian Robert Allen examines child labor conditions in the Loray (cotton) Mill in Gastonia, N.C., through old photographs. inside back cover

Past Issues:

Fall 2007
Spring 2007
Fall 2006
Spring 2006



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