Susan Sparks
FEATURED WOMAN
- Susan Sparks ’84 combines spirituality,
humor
Jessica Breland
CAROLINA WOMEN IN THE NEWS
- Jacquelyn Dowd Hall elected to
American Academy of Arts & Sciences
- Sallie Shuping-Russell ’77,
two others receive distinguished service medals from GAA
- Jan Boxill elected faculty chair
- Jessica Breland ’11 receives
Honda Inspiration Award
- Jill Fitzgerald ends Hall of Fame
career
- Lynn Buchheit Janney ’70
writes, publishes book about knitting
- PlayMakers’ Hannah Grannemann
elected to national post
N.C. Gov. Bev Perdue
GIVING NEWS
- Foundation commits $3.6 million to
create Blackstone Entrepreneurs Network in Research
Triangle
- Two gifts benefit student-athletes,
Kenan Stadium renovation
- Class of 1938 awards five UNC
students travel fellowships
- National College Advising Corps
receives $1.5 million social innovation fund grant
- Local governments to benefit from
$1.6 million grant to fund UNC initiatives
Mary Sue Coleman
UNIVERSITY NEWS
- UNC awards six honorary degrees at
Spring commencement
- Carolina Campus Community Garden
celebrates one-year anniversary
- Multiple graduate programs ranked by
U.S. News & World Report
- National leaders in innovation hold
first NACIE public forum at UNC
RESEARCH NEWS
- Barbara Entwisle named vice
chancellor for research
- UNC breast cancer program recognized
as national model
- UNC study: common transplant drug
inhibits breast cancer growth
- UNC spinoff wins Gates Foundation
backing for vaccine, nanomedicine work