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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Global News & Events, February 22, 2017
Nursing Dean Discovers a New Home in Chapel Hill

After more than 13 years at the University of Miami, Nena Peragallo Montano said the choice to leave her longtime home was a difficult one. But as she spoke to the welcoming audience at the Carolina Club on Feb. 9, she expressed enthusiasm and gratitude to call the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill her new home as the dean of the School of Nursing.
What's New
UNC Medical Student Recounts Experience as Scholar, Political Refugee from Zimbabwe
UNC Hosts Mexican Consul General Gómez Arnau
Pro Bono Winter Trip: Students Gain Experience, Cherokee Residents Receive Legal Assistance

UNC Ties for 6th for Fulbright U.S. Student Awards among Public Research Universities

Maen Rashid Areikat of the PLO Delegation to the United States to Speak at UNC March 6
 
Popkin Selected to Deliver 2017 Foard Lecture
 
Maternity Waiting Homes Bring Help to Women in Malawi
 
       
Events


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Feb. 22  Carmen Diana Deere, ‘Twenty-First Century Latin American Agrarian Reforms’

Feb. 24  Asia Week 2017: UNC System Asia Scholar Network Conference

Feb. 25  Asia Week 2017: Asian Culture Festival

Feb. 27  Kargl and Pestel, ‘The Vienna Philharmonic Between National Socialism and Austria’

Feb. 28  Southeast Asian Languages Workshop

Mar. 1  Study Abroad Walk-In Wednesday: Credit Transfer Info

Mar. 1  Devran Öcal, ‘Alternative States and Territories of Turkish-Muslim Diaspora in Germany’

Mar. 2  Tarik Amar, ‘Hail, Shtirlits!: The Making and Meanings of a Soviet Spy Hero Fantasy'

Mar. 6  International Coffee Hour

Mar. 6  Maen Rashid Areikat, ‘The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict and the New US Administration’

Mar. 7  Discussion with Mark Sorensen

Mar. 7  Southeast Asian Languages Workshop

Mar. 8  Study Abroad Walk-In Wednesday: Credit Transfer Info

Until Feb. 25  ‘Exploring the Origin, Enlightening the Heart,’ A Painting Exhibition by Yu Yan

Until July 21 2017 Carolina Global Photography Exhibition


UNC


Feb. 22  ‘Under the Same Sun’ (US, 2013)

Feb. 23  ‘Defiant Requiem’ (US, 2012)

Feb. 24  Попойка: Russian Conversation Hour

Feb. 27  Yoga in the Galleries

Feb. 27  Global Projects Showcase Lunch

Feb. 27  Tai Chi in the Galleries

Feb. 27  Kaffeestunde: German Conversation Hour

Feb. 27  Vienna Philharmonic in Concert

Feb. 27  German Language Lunch

Feb. 28  Kawiarenka: Polish Conversation Hour

Mar. 1  Niklaus Steiner, ‘The History and Contexts of Today’s Migrants to Europe’

Mar. 2  Ajoka Theatre, ‘Dara’

Mar. 3  Попойка: Russian Conversation Hour

Mar. 4  30th Annual Carolina Indian Circle Pow-Wow

Mar. 4-5  Jewish Food in the Global South

Mar. 4-5  Duke-UNC Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Graduate Student Workshop

Mar. 6  French Language Lunch

Mar. 6  Yoga in the Galleries

Mar. 6  Tai Chi in the Galleries

Mar. 6  Kaffeestunde: German Conversation Hour

Mar. 6  Center for Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies Film Series: ‘White God’

Mar. 7  Kawiarenka: Polish Conversation Hour

Mar. 8  Rahsaan Maxwell, ‘The Integration of Muslims in Europe: How Important is Religion?’

Until April 24  Philemona Williamson, ‘La Sombra y el Espiritu V' Exhibition

Until May 14  ‘Flora and Fauna’ Exhibition

Until May 14  ‘World on Fire in Flames of Blood: Narratives of the Russian Revolution,’ Exhibition

 
Deadlines

 
Feb. 23  Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship

Feb. 24  Institute for the Study of the Americas Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship

Feb. 28  International Studies Fellowship

Mar. 3  Brussels Study Tour Grants

Mar. 5  Carolina Global Food Program Second Annual Competitive Scholarship
 

"Ten of my students spent two days in Washington, D.C., engaging with Israeli and Palestinian diplomats, advocacy groups, congressional staff and policy makers. They left with a better understanding of the mechanisms behind lobbying on foreign policy issues and the importance of developing strong professional networks."

- Shai Tamari, Associate Director, Carolina Center for the Study of the Middle East and Muslim Civilizations
In the Media


Mr. President, Don’t Break America’s Promise to ‘Dreamers’ | The Washington Post

There Is No American ‘Deep State’ | The Atlantic
 
Where in the World Can We Find Hope? | The New York Times
 
ESL Teacher: ‘Only Way to Go Is Forward’ on Immigration Issues | WRAL

International Students Put in Extra Effort to Make UNC Home | The Daily Tar Heel
 
First East Coast South Asian A Cappella Competition Held in Memorial Hall | The Daily Tar Heel
 
Russia Scholars Hope for End to Their Field’s Bear Market | The Chronicle of Higher Education
 
Nativity and Ethnicity May Influence Quality of Breast Cancer Care | Reuters
 
Austrian Group Visits WCU to Learn about UP Program | Asheville Citizen Times
 
In War on Terror, Look Closer to Home | The Charlotte Observer
 
‘America First’ Will Set Back US and NC Economies | The News & Observer
 
Photography Exhibit to Feature Laotian Culture in Morganton | Morganton News Herald
 
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