He is a member of Troop 39, sponsored by Chapel Hill United Methodist Church. His Eagle project consisted of designing and supervising the construction of three new recycling units for Chapel Hill High School. He began scouting in 1998 as a Tiger Scout in Pack 152 in Rochester, N.Y. and continued his scouting after moving to Carrboro.

Two UNC faculty members have been elected to the Institute of Medicine, considered one of the nation's highest honors for those in the fields of health and medicine.

Etta Pisano, vice dean for academic affairs in the UNC School of Medicine, and Barbara K. Rimer, dean of the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, are among the 65 new members announced by the institute.

Pisano has served as vice dean for academic affairs in the School of Medicine since 2006, She is also Kenan Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Engineering, director of the UNC Biomedical Research Imaging Center and a member of the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. Her research focuses on improving breast imaging and its role in cancer diagnosis. She was principal investigator of the Digital Mammographic Imaging Screening Trial, a large multicenter trial that evaluated the diagnostic accuracy of digital versus film mammography.

Rimer, a behavioral scientist, was appointed dean of the public health school in 2005. She is the Alumni Distinguished Professor in the school's department of health behavior and health education. Rimer served in several academic and government positions before coming to the school, including at the Lineberger Center, Duke University School of Medicine and the National Cancer Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health. Rimer is the first woman and first behavioral scientist to serve as the school's dean.

Dianne Lynn Chidester, assistant professor of anthropology and sociology at Greenville Technical College received the 2008 Anthropology Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. This award is presented annually to an individual who graduated from UNC-G with a major in anthropology. The award recognizes the individual for leadership through citizenship, career accomplishments and commitment to community and nation in our ever changing world. She was nominated by students and colleagues at GTC.

She received a bachelor's degree in anthropology from UNC-G in 1994 and a master's degree in anthropology from the University of South Carolina-Columbia in 1996. She attended Alamance Community College and lived for many years in Chapel Hill.

Ben Neas of Chapel Hill has gained membership to the Marching Virginians at Virginia Tech. To qualify for the marching band students must audition one week before the beginning of classes each fall.

Neas is a senior majoring in aerospace and ocean engineering in the College of Engineering.

Mitch Darling, David Padilla, Staffan Skult and George Spears of East Chapel Hill High School placed second in the High School Division of the Go Vote 08 PSA Contest, sponsored by the nonpartisan N.C. Center for Voter Education. The contest called for 30-second video entries promoting the importance of voting in this year's election. Divisions were available for high school students, college students and non-students.

Arianna Megaro, Aaron Strom and Bennett Wilder of East Chapel Hill placed third.

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