University of North Carolina Chapel Hill News

Continuing its expansion into value-added insurance claim recovery services and specialty risk consulting, Dempsey Partners LLC today announced that J. Hunter Williams, J. Christopher Dineen, and Todd Gillman joined the firm as Managing Directors.

The researchers developed a computational method that compares how similar the structures of all known drugs are to the naturally occurring binding partners -- known as ligands -- of disease targets within the cell.

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. today announces the opening of Four Points by Sheraton Raleigh Durham Airport, the brand's fifth hotel in North Carolina and its third in the Raleigh-Durham metropolitan area.

Scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine and the University of California, San Francisco have developed and experimentally tested a technique to predict new target diseases for existing drugs.

Hugh a oeChipa McAllister, M.D., an alumnus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, has made a three-part gift to establish the UNC McAllister Heart Institute.

PLEASANTON, Calif., BUSINESS WIRE -- Elluminate, Inc., the leading provider of web, audio, video , and social networking solutions that support 21st century teaching, learning, and collaboration, announced today continued growth in adoption, usage, revenue, and customers.

A computer program predicts thousands of previously unknown drug-target associations.

North Carolina Sen. Don Davis, D-Pitt, speaks to Elizabeth City State University students at the Fine Arts Center on campus, Friday.

The former Durham District Court judge who called on lawmakers for anti-gang legislation during a hearing for one of two men charged in the slayings of two college students is speaking out again.

Watson Pharmaceuticals today announced that R. Todd Joyce has been named Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective immediately.

Researchers at the University of Washington and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have taken an important step in converting methane gas to a liquid, potentially making it more useful as a fuel and as a source for making other chemicals.

28 12:10 pm Tweet This! http://mync.com/site/43726/ What: NC-54/I-40 Corridor Study Public Workshop #1 Who: Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization , City of Durham, Durham County, and the Town of Chapel Hill When: Wednesday, November 18, 2009, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Where: William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing ...

28 10:27 am Tweet This! http://mync.com/site/43717/ Gwen Johnson of Mangum Elementary School has been recognized as Durham Public Schools' Principal of the Year.

Oct. 26, 2009 -- Patients with inflammatory bowel disease or IBD may be at an increased risk for getting skin cancer , according to a study presented at the American College of Gastroenterology's annual meeting in San Diego.

'Tis the season to cash in on poor performance. Sometimes buying shares of a firm coming out of Chapter 11 can lead to cheer.

Findings from a new retrospective cohort study presented at the American College of Gastroenterology's 74th Annual Scientific meeting in San Diego indicate that patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease , especially those receiving the thiopurine class of medications to treat IBD, may be at risk for developing non-melanoma skin cancer .

Susan Shipman, director of the Coastal Resources Division, is retiring from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources after 30 years of service.

On Tuesday, Matt Drudge ran a headline about the weakening U.S. dollar on his website, Drudgereport.com. In and of itself, that would be unremarkable, except that it was the 18th time Drudge had posted a link to a story about the weak dollar this month.

The 26th annual Hospice/ACC benefit luncheon will take place Tuesday, Oct. 27 in the fellowship hall of First Presbyterian Church in Lenoir at noon.

A study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has identified a key player in a molecular process essential for DNA replication within cells.