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April 28, 2005
Carolina in the News
Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina
people and programs cited recently in the media:National Coverage
American Academy of Arts and Sciences Announces 213 New Members
The Chronicle of Higher Education
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences has announced the election of 196 new fellows and 17 new foreign honorary members....Desimone, Joseph; William R. Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Griffith, Jack; Kenan Distinguished Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Subscription required.Bank of America Holders Elect 17 Directors
Dow Jones Newswires
Bank of America Corp. (BAC) shareholders on Wednesday elected 17 directors but rejected shareholder proposals on providing more choices for director nominees and new disclosures on political contributions.....New directors elected to one-year terms were Robert L. Tillman, retired chairman and chief executive of Lowe's Cos. (LOW), and W. Steven Jones, former CEO of Suncorp-Metway Ltd., an Australian financial-services company, and current dean of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Kenan-Flagler Business School.
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Related local link: http://triangle.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2005/04/25/daily23.htmlHomicides More Likely at Workplaces That Allow Guns
HealthDay News
Murders are three times more likely to occur in workplaces that permit employees to carry weapons than in workplaces that prohibit all weapons, new research finds. And that risk doubles when the weapons are guns, says a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill study.
UNC news release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/apr05/loomis042105.htmlState & Local Coverage
Navigating visual impairment maze
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
A blind child made his way through a simple maze Wednesday at UNC and smiled brightly when he reached the end.
New anti-smoking campaign warns clerks to look for red border on IDs
The Winston-Salem Journal
State officials will target counties with the highest teen smoking rates - including Cabarrus, McDowell, Mitchell and Watauga - in a new campaign to help stop sales of tobacco to minors.....The campaign will focus first on 42 counties with the highest rates of sales to minors. Kurt Ribisl of the UNC School of Public Health said that the campaign identified "hot spots" for tobacco sales to teens based on a check of the percentage of stores that sold to minors.
Sports announcer honored at UNC
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Carolina fans celebrated the Tar Heels' National Championship earlier this month. Now they can honor the man who has brought them the play-by-play since 1971....An anonymous fan's lead gift of $100,000 has inspired friends and admirers of the Voice of the Tar Heels to establish a Woody Durham Distinguished Professorship at UNC-Chapel Hill.
UNC news release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/apr05/durham042705.htmlA higher minimum wage
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Former Sen. John Edwards says he will participate in a national campaign to raise the minimum wage in states across the country....Edwards highlighted the poverty issue during his presidential and vice presidential campaigns last year. He is also directing the Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
TTA on track with artists
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
If regional rail stations for the Triangle open as planned in 2008, expect to see more than just concrete platforms and parking lots. Transit officials are also planning to spend $600,000 on art designed as part of the stations' functions....Sculptor Jim Gallucci of Greensboro was chosen to design 12 gateways to the train stations for a total of $150,000. Gallucci's work is installed across the Triangle and state; his gates adorn entrances at Exploris museum in downtown Raleigh and the baseball field at UNC-Chapel Hill.
Issues & Trends
Budget Resolution Apparently Will Have Little New Money for Student Aid and Will Seek Cuts in Loan Programs
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Republican Congressional leaders late Wednesday were on the verge of reaching agreement on a final budget resolution for the 2006 fiscal year that appears to include little new money for federal student aid. In addition, the budget resolution calls on Congress to cut spending on the federal student-loan programs.
Subscription required.Colleges: Costs deter undocumented students
The Winston-Salem Journal
Students entering Forsyth Technical Community College next semester could for the first time include undocumented immigrants working toward degrees, but some high-school guidance counselors and even college officials say that the school shouldn't brace for a wave of new enrollments.
Bills would bar access to data
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The state legislature is considering denying taxpayers access to records about a variety of government activities.....Clodfelter said he filed the bills at the behest of the University of North Carolina system, the N.C. League of Municipalities, the N.C. Association of County Commissioners and other groups.
Concert series may still happen
The Chapel Hill Herald
The summer downtown concert series may happen this year, but there still is a lot of work to be done....Board member Nancy Suttenfield, a vice chancellor at UNC, argued the corporation needed to conserve most of its funding for its "core mission" of boosting the downtown district.
Planner to be hired for events series
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The Chapel Hill Downtown Economic Development Corp. decided Wednesday to spend up to $6,000 to hire a planner to coordinate the group's summer events series....The corporation board is planning eight weekly events, rotating between movies and concerts, on McCorkle Place on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus. A ninth event would be held at the Hargraves Recreation Center near downtown's West End. Part of the planner's job will be to seek sponsors for the summer series.
Town won't sell building
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The Chapel Hill Museum won't have to move so the town can sell the building it now occupies, council members decided at a Wednesday work session.....The area in front of the post office, at the intersection of Franklin and Henderson streets and directly across from the UNC-Chapel Hill campus, also is the frequent site of demonstrations.
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