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Carolina Alumni Review
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Feature Stories

The Geek Poet Strikes Back

What's one of Carolina's great -- and most mischievous -- minds to do after he's created a monster? Try to kill it.

Family Album

The Carolina Inn holds great significance in the stories of UNC's past. In the inn's latest renovation, the walls have been papered with that history.
Dan Sears '74

Change Agents

Their idealism converted to sustained acts of world-bettering, eight alumni talk about the roads taken -- and avoided.
Photo Beth-Ann Kutchma


May/June 2012


Carolina Alumni Review Cover

More On the Web

More onlineWalk through The Carolina Inn, courtesy of WUNC-TV, to get your own glimpse of UNC's history lining the inn's walls at alumni.unc.edu/go/innpictures

More onlineReview student intern Emily Palmer encountered playwright Athol Fugard while taking the SAT, and she made a note to check him out. They take away your notes after the SAT. But at UNC he reappeared in front of her. Read Emily's blog about Fugard. More of her entries are online.

More onlineHelene Cooper '10, White House correspondent for The New York Times, gave the UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication's Nelson Benton Lecture on March 20. She spoke with Dean Susan King about her time at Carolina; The Daily Tar Heel and the emotions from seeing her first byline in the DTH; and about her current position as White House correspondent. Cooper, originally from Liberia, also discussed her initial interest in journalism and its ability to connect her to the world and her home country.


From the Hill


UNC Launches Initiative on Water and Global Health

Carolina Gets Postseason Ban, Loss of 15 Football Scholarships

Drug Helps Purge Hidden HIV Virus, Study Shows

Morgan Writer Program Goes Out With a Bang

Medicine Retains No. 2 Spot in Graduate School Rankings

For the latest news about Carolina, check From the Hill Online

Sightings


Dogwoods and azaleas were in full bloom by late March, with the Bradford pears and cherry trees already starting to drop their petals.

Timelines


Faces in Time: In observance of the Review's 100th year, we are looking back at the magazine's coverage of UNC's history. The Review's editors labeled them "The Faces of '68."

Endeavors


Caffeine: Could be your genes craving that buzz.

Around Town
Endeavors

Goodbye Franklin Street Pizza & Pasta, hello Tomato Jake's.
Letters

Remembering the campus dogs; treating students as adults, not children.

GAA Today


As they're about to start the climb up the career ladder, members of the class of 2012 got one last chance as undergraduates to climb the Morehead-Patterson Bell Tower in April. Photo by Sarah Arneson '96
More online More photos are available here.


Alumni Summer College: A chance to be a student again (without the exams).

Job goals and ambitions can become obscured by the stuff that accumulates around all of us. Look for ways to reclaim your space -- and your life -- by clearing out the career clutter.


Alumni Today

Correspondent Helene Cooper '10, who covers the White House for The New York Times, visits campus to talk about her life and the job that takes her around the world.

Sue Falsone '00 (MS), new head trainer for the Los Angeles Dodgers, aims to break the cycle of injuries.


For Pat Morgan '62, sharing the love of books has been a decades-long mission.


Ever used a cell phone to take a digital photo? Marc Levoy '89 (PhD), this year's doctoral hooding ceremony speaker, was part of that, shedding new light on animation and digital photography.

Oscar win brings buzz for actor-screenwriter Jim Rash '94, recognized for co-writing the George Clooney film The Descendants.



Class Notes
More onlineRead the latest news about classmates and friends with the GAA's online Class Notes.
http://alumni.unc.edu/article.aspx?sid=3611


Class Quotes
How important are college sports? Budget cuts have led to the elimination of some sports at some colleges. We asked alumni to rate the importance of athletics to universities and the college experience. Read what they said and share your thoughts at alumni.unc.edu/go/legacyadmissions and on the GAA's Facebook page at alumni.unc.edu/facebook.

Yours at Carolina
Doug Dibbert '70 reflects on alumni loyalty, relationships and experiences and how the GAA builds and engages alumni connections to Carolina.

Painting the Town Pink, Orange, Blue, Green... Back cover


This, of course, is another of those "while you alumni were at work Friday afternoon" moments in the lives the future leaders of our society. The Hindu festival Holi heralds the coming of spring -- called the "festival of colors" -- and this is what you get when you mix powdered paint, water and dancing: Carolina's fourth annual Holi Moli. Go to alumni.unc.edu/go/holi_moli to read an eyewitness account by Review intern Emily Palmer in the GAA's student blog section and see what students look like when it's over. Photo by Edward Lee

 

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