Carolina Women's Newsletter December 2011

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Hannah Gage (photo: Brownie Harris)

FEATURED WOMAN

Heather Hendricks

President Obama taps Barbara Rimer to lead National Cancer Panel
Heather Hendricks wins the Old North State Dental Society Scholarship
Merikay Tillman '88 selected to be featured in book about success
National Teachers Council honors Erika Lindemann
SILS professor Sandra Hughes-Hassell awarded national leadership grant
Health disparities expert Wizdom Powell Hammond selected to be a White House Fellow
Diane Pozefsky inducted into Women in Technology Hall of Fame

Nelson Schwab III

Nelson Schwab III makes $1 million gift to endow ‘Say Yes’ fund in the College of Arts and Sciences
UNC, Duke, N.C. State launch Japanese Studies Center
UNC awards $2.8 million in merit scholarships
Cornerstone Scholarship Campaign under way

Barbara Fredrickson

UNC ties for 10th in student Fulbright recipients
Chancellor Holden Thorp appointed to first national higher education attainment commission
Bubba Cunningham named new director of athletics
Positivity scholar Barbara Fredrickson to speak at December Commencement
Teach For America ranks UNC fourth among the top contributors of graduates to its program
UNC senior named People Magazine Hero for 2011

Alison Stuebe

UNC scientists find a shortcut to synthetic heparin
Alison Stuebe leads UNC study that finds breastfeeding tied to lower risk of high blood pressure
UNC study adds further guidance on when to start antiretroviral therapy for HIV
Carolina researchers tapped to develop national data infrastructure