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April 25, 2006Carolina in the News
Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina people and programs cited recently in the media:
International Coverage
Controversial Judas Manuscript Discovered
Voice of America
Easter is the Christian holiday commemorating the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. But a recent archaeological find has put the story of Christ's Passion [Christ's suffering during the Crucifixion] in a different light. ... Bart Ehrman is Chairman of the Religion Department at the University of North Carolina. He says, "The New Testament portrays Judas as engaging in a nefarious act in turning over Jesus to the authorities. This gospel [Gospel of Judas] portrays the act as far from nefarious, but the greatest thing Judas could do for Jesus."VCUQ holds presentation by expert on ‘Hand Made Digital’
The Peninsula (Doha, Qatar)
The Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Qatar hosted a lecture entitled Hand Made Digital, the second in a series of three lunch-time lectures on the theme of Process and Intuition. The presentation was given by Professor Francesca Talenti, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.Walk this way, but be careful
National Post (Ontario)
Urban planners are paying too little attention to the potential hazards of walking, jogging and cycling in busy, pollution-choked cities, says a paper presented yesterday at the annual meeting of the Urban Affairs Association. ... UNC graduate student Audrey de Nazelle’s paper was presented at the meeting.
Note: Subscription is required.National Coverage
Pumping Up, the Land Crab Way
The New York Times
To shed its shell for a new one, a crab needs a swelled head. And a swelled torso, legs and claws, for that matter. Expanding the body makes the old exoskeleton crack, so the crab can worm its way out of it. But then the crab needs to keep expanding so the new soft shell it secretes is bigger than the old one. Molting is all about growth, after all. ... Jennifer R. A. Taylor, a doctoral student at the University of North Carolina, and her adviser, William M. Kier, have discovered that one land crab, at least, uses air. But it doesn't just pump itself up like a ball; it combines air pressure with water pressure.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/apr06/skeleton042006.htmComputer keyboards at hospitals often harbor potential pathogens
Reuters Health (New York)
In a study conducted at a major teaching hospital, potentially pathogenic bacteria were cultured from more than 50% of computer keyboards tested, according to a report in the April issue of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. ... "It is known that keyboards have become reservoirs for pathogens due to increase use of computers in patient care areas," lead author Dr. William A. Rutala, from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, told Reuters Health. He and his colleagues assessed the degree of contamination, and determined the efficacy of various disinfectants and their cosmetic and functional effects on the keyboards, he explained.
Related link:http://www.peoplespharmacy.org/archives/radio_shows/585_health_news_update.asp
UNC Health Care news release: http://www.unchealthcare.org/site/newsroom/news/2006/Apr/keyboardsSupporting Cast
Entrepreneur magazine
Four years ago, Jason Entner was first in line to snap up Apple Computer's original iPod. He loved its size and sound, and it became his traveling companion at trade shows, where he promoted his fledgling home-accessories design firm. But Entner felt something was missing. His iPod needed a case, and there wasn't anything on the market. So he started designing his own cases. "It was something to house my iPod, as well as [an] extremely deficient [niche] in the market," says Entner, 33. ... "People want to buy a product because everyone else is buying [it], but they want to differentiate it from everyone else's," says Arvind Malhotra, associate professor of entrepreneurship at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill's Kenan-Flagler School of Business.American Academy of Arts and Sciences Announces 195 New Members
The Chronicle of Higher Education
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences announced on Monday the election of 175 new fellows and 20 new foreign honorary members. The 195 men and women, who are prominent figures in scholarship, business, the arts, and public affairs, will be inducted into the 226-year-old academy at a ceremony on October 7 in Cambridge, Mass. ...They include Dr. Christopher R. Browning, Frank Porter Graham professor of history at UNC, and Dr. Edward Dickinson Salmon, James Larkin and Iona Mae Ballou Distinguished Professor of Cell Biology at UNC.The Good, the Bad, and the Future in Campus Design
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Campus architecture and planning cut across a wide range of issues, including cost, changing technologies, aesthetics, environmental impacts, and politics, to name just a few. We asked four commentators who deal with such issues from different vantage points to respond to several questions. ... Carolyn W. Elfland is associate vice chancellor for campus services at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.Global Management Students Fostering Corporate Social Responsibility
The Coporate Responsibility Newswire Service
Teams in the competition were asked to come up with a sustainable solution to the question of how the public and private sectors can work together to further the United Nation’s Millennium Development Goals relating to health care. The University of North Carolina took first place.As film arrives, ‘Da Vinci Code’ debate renews
The Associated Press (National)
A line from Dan Brown's "The Da Vinci Code" tells you why it's easily the most disputed religious novel of all time: "Almost everything our fathers taught us about Christ is false." ... Bart Ehrman, religion chair at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, likens the phenomenon to the excitement in the 19th century when deluded masses thought Jesus would return in 1844.Regional Coverage
Longtime residents fear loss of affordable homes
The Greenville News (Greenville, S.C.)
The last mobile home park in the city of Greenville is shutting down, leaving residents like 77-year-old Kathryn Heninger seeking a place to live. "It was nice and quiet," Heninger said of Pine Oak Mobile Home Park off Wade Hampton Boulevard, where she paid $120 a month to rent one of the 35 lots. ... Developers nationwide are attracted to the affordable land under mobile home parks, said Mai Nguyen, assistant professor in the city and regional planning department at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.Adults drinking up the calories
The Pioneer Press (St. Paul, Minn.)
American adults drink one fifth of their daily calories — twice what the World Health Organization recommends. Barry Popkin, professor of nutrition at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, is spearheading a reform effort by health and obesity experts: Their "Healthy Beverage Guidelines," in March's American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, say two servings of nonfat or 1 percent milk daily are OK, plus one glass of 100 percent fruit or vegetable juice or a sports drink.State & Local Coverage
Boot Camp for New Dads
ABC11 News (Raleigh-Durham-Fayetteville)
It's nearly impossible for expectant parents to prepare for everything that's going to happen when baby arrives, but a program at UNC Hospitals designed specifically for dads-to-be, is helping to take some of the mystery out of fatherhood. UNC Hospitals is holding a boot camp, and its mission: To turn out good fathers.
Related links: http://www.newsobserver.com/264/story/431907.html
http://wunc.org/news/Local Student Claims Stephen Gates Scholarship
WXII12.com (Winston-Salem)
A Walnut Cove native has won a scholarship named after a UNC sports broadcaster who died in a 2003 accident. Casey Sturgill, a junior at UNC-Chapel Hill, was named the recipient of the Stephen Kennedy Gates Scholarship at the School of Journalism and Mass Communication.Towns tackle global warming
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Instead of throwing a parade, Chapel Hill and Carrboro leaders spent Earth Day chipping away at one of the planet's biggest environmental dilemmas: global warming. ... A study by UNC-Chapel Hill professor Doug Crawford-Brown found that the average Chapel Hillian helps produce about 13 metric tons of carbon dioxide per year, mainly by driving and using electricity. That's about the same as 13 hot-air balloons full of the gas.UNC admissions: Bar lowered for men (Letter to the Editor)
The Charlotte Observer
"Can you tell which?" (April 22) misses the most obvious factor of all in admissions to UNC Chapel Hill: gender.
Releated link: http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/14421271.htmIssues & Trends
Six UNC campuses signing on to Murdock's vision
Triangle Business Journal
University of North Carolina System officials now say six UNC campuses are set to play a role in a bioscience research complex being developed by Dole Food magnate David Murdock in Kannapolis - a project that would cost the state roughly $110 million in its first five years. ,,,, Russ Lea, the UNC System's vice president of research, says university officials, including new President Erskine Bowles, believe there will be "strong support" among lawmakers for the proposed partnership with Murdock and Dole.Duke not among best commuter workplaces
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
Some of the Triangle's biggest employers, including UNC and IBM, are among the Best Workplaces for Commuters, a distinction awarded by the Environmental Protection Agency to employers who provide employee benefits to encourage mass transit.Mueller: FBI probes classified data leaks
The Associated Press (National)
The FBI is conducting investigations similar to the one that resulted in last week's firing of a senior CIA analyst who acknowledged leaking classified information, director Robert Mueller said Monday. ... Mueller also said last month's attack at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where an SUV was driven through a popular campus gathering spot, illustrates the need for vigilance against terrorism.
Related link: http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/local/14421266.html
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