Carolina Performing Arts tickets on sale
Single-event tickets for all performances in the 2007-08 Carolina Performing Arts season are now on sale. Highlights will include the St. Petersburg Philharmonic, Yo-Yo Ma, Nritygram Dance Ensemble of India, STOMP and many more. All performances are in Memorial Hall on the UNC campus.
The season will open Sept. 13 with a concert by Al Green and special guest Lizz Wright and end on May 6 with classical pianist Mitsuko Uchida. Also included in the season are concerts by the UNC music department and the North Carolina Jazz Repertory Orchestra.
For tickets and information, visit www.carolinaperformingarts.org, call 843-3333 or visit the Memorial Hall Box Office on Cameron Avenue, open from noon to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays during the summer. Tickets are $10 for Carolina students.
Autism research
A dissertation examining how early literacy skills develop in children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) has earned Elizabeth Lanter the James J. Gallagher Dissertation Award from FPG Child Development Institute at UNC. Lanter is a doctoral student in the division of Speech & Hearing Sciences in UNC’s School of Medicine.
Despite an explosion in the emphasis on literacy skills among general and special education students in the nation’s public schools, there has been very little attention to early literacy among children with ASD. Research suggests that children with ASD display different early language and literacy-related behaviors prior to independent reading than children with typical development.
This research will provide educators an increased understanding of the early literacy profiles in children with ASD and may help them more successfully collaborate with parents with regard to early literacy skill development.
Lanter will use the $2,500 award to assist her study, including providing books for participants.
The Gallagher Award honors Dr. Jim Gallagher, who was director of FPG from 1970 to 1987 and continues his research at the institute.
Moeser receives leadership award
The North Carolina Health Careers Access Program (NC-HCAP) has awarded its 2007 Cecil G. Sheps Leadership Award to UNC Chancellor James Moeser. The award, presented at NC-HCAP’s Science Enrichment Preparation program graduation ceremony on July 12, recognizes Moeser’s commitment in the area of diversity.
Crews honored
Dr. Fulton Crews, director of the UNC Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies and a professor of pharmacology and psychiatry in the UNC School of Medicine, has received the 2007 Distinguished Investigator Award for Scientific Excellence given annually by the Research Society on Alcoholism. In winning the award, Crews received $30,000 to further his research.
The annual award is given to individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to alcohol research.