ca mp us
ne in brief
New Magazine Highlights Research at NCCU The inaugural issue of Quest, a magazine focusing
treatments for diseases and conditions that dispropor-
on research conducted at North Carolina Central Uni-
tionately affect African-Americans. Dr. Antonio Baines
versity, was published in January by the university’s
is expanding human knowledge about the sequence
Division of Research and Economic Development. The
of molecular events that lead to pancreatic cancer. Dr.
magazine is available in online and print formats.
Darlene Taylor is developing more effective treatments
“Research and scholarship have always been a
for uterine fibroids, the most common gynecologic
vital part of the mission at NCCU, and Quest helps
tumor among women of childbearing age. Dr. Jonathan
us share our successes with the broader community,”
Sexton is developing drugs to treat type 2 diabetes.
said Hazell Reed, vice chancellor for research and eco-
Reed noted that NCCU has been attracting steadily
nomic development. “Our professors and researchers
growing support for its research from sponsors such
are securing patents and developing new drugs. They
as the National Science Foundation and the National
are making discoveries and opening new areas of inquiry in the sciences,
Institutes of Health. Sponsored research grants have increased from $9.3
social sciences and liberal arts.”
million in 2007 to more than $25 million in 2011, and from fiscal year 2007
through 2012, the university has received nearly $120 million in sponsored
One key area of research focus at NCCU is health disparities — the
gaps in health status that exist between America’s racial and ethnic mi-
research support.
norities and the population as a whole. Three researchers whose work is
highlighted in the first issue of Quest are engaged in finding causes and
copies are available from the NCCU Office of Public Relations.
Quest magazine can be viewed online, and a limited number of print
(Above) Dr. Darlene Taylor, assistant professor of chemistry at NCCU. (Right) Dr. Jonathan Sexton, an associate professor at NCCU’s Biomanufacturing Research Institute and Technology Enterprise (BRITE).
10
NCCU NOW spring 2013
association of state colleges and universities honors julius chambers The American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) honored North Carolina Central University Chancellor Emeritus Julius L. Chambers with its 2012 Distinguished Alumnus Award at the association’s annual meeting in New Orleans in October 2012. The award is presented to an individual who is an alumnus of a college or university that is a member of AASCU, who has achieved acclaim in his or her Chambers field, and who has made a significant served as contribution to the public, intellectual chancellor of North or cultural life of the nation. Chambers, Carolina a noted civil rights leader and lawyer, Central was chancellor of NCCU from 1993 to University 2001. He graduated from NCCU sumfrom 1993 ma cum laude in 1958. to 2001 Chambers earned his law degree from the University of North Carolina School of Law, graduating at the top of his class and serving as the first African-American editor of the school’s Law Review. He taught at Columbia University School of Law while earning his Master of Law degree in 1964. In 1964, he opened a solo-practice law firm in Charlotte that grew into the first integrated law firm in North Carolina history and became a powerful influence in shaping federal civil rights law. Working with his founding partners, James E. Ferguson II and Adam Stein, and with the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Chambers successfully litigated a succession of major civil rights cases. He and his colleagues helped shape the contours of civil rights law by winning landmark United States Supreme Court rulings in cases such as Swann v. Charlotte Mecklenburg Board of Education (1971), the famous school busing decision, and Griggs v. Duke Power Co. (1971) and Albemarle Paper Co. v. Mood, (1975), two of the Supreme Court's most significant Title VII employment discrimination decisions. He has served as lecturer or adjunct professor at the law schools of Harvard University, University of Virginia, University of Pennsylvania, Columbia University, and the University of Michigan.
3 from student affairs Receive national awards Three members of the Student Affairs and Enrollment Management staff at NCCU have received national awards from the American College Personnel Association.
jason cottrell
Jason Cottrell, associate director of New Student Services, received the Annuit Coeptis Emerging Professional Award. Janelle Simmons, director of New Student Services, received the Outstanding Experienced Professional Award, given to faculty or staff with 11 or more years of experience in the field.
janelle simmons
Jason Dorsette, director of the Centennial Scholars Program and male initiatives, received the Outstanding Men’s Program Award. All three were recognized at the association’s national conference in March in Las Vegas. The American College Personnel Association is a comprehensive student affairs association based in Washington. It has about 7,500 members representing 1,200 private and public institutions.
jason dorsette
The North Carolina Central University Lyceum Committee hosted hip-hop artist, author, actor and activist Common on Thursday, April 4, in the McDougald – McLendon Gym. spring 2013 NCCU NOW
11