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April 5, 2007
Carolina in the News
Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina people and programs cited recently in the media:
International Coverage
Over-fishing of sharks hits ecosystem
The Hindu (India)
The rapid decline of great sharks in the world's oceans is disrupting the marine ecosystem by allowing more lowly fish to thrive, scientists warned recently. ... Charles Peterson, a researcher on the paper and marine biologist at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, said the study highlighted the importance of maintaining populations of the ocean's top predators.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/mar07/petersonshark032807.htmlReparations, they won't go away (Opinion column)
The Jamaica Gleaner News
Why am I not at all surprised? Jamaicans are tremendously animated by injustice and un-freedom - recall their responses to 1960s U.K. racial discrimination and 'skinhead' aggression. ...Legal historian Professor Eric L. Muller of the University of North Carolina School of Law created a rebuttal brief for third generation Japanese against the ruling of Brooklyn Federal Judge Gleeson in Turkmen v. Ashcroft - a case about prolonged wrongful detention and maltreatment in Guantanamo Bay.National Coverage
Education News Parents can Use
U.S. Department of Education, "Education News Parents Can Use" TV series The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a model for making college affordable. It offers tuition, room and board, books and supplies free to any student who qualifies for admission and federal financial aid, and whose family income is within 200% of the poverty line. ...
Note: This monthly television program examines issues facing education, and the Covenant story was included in an episode examining access and affordability. A crew spent a day on campus interviewing Chancellor James Moeser, Associate Provost Shirley Ort, Professor Fred Clark and three Covenant scholars. The show aired March 20th on select PBS stations, government access channels, satellite dish networks and was streamed live on the Department of Education's Website. To see the full broadcast, go to http://www.ed.gov/nclb/overview/intro/reauth/successstories/index.htmlStudy assails computer-aided mammograms
The Washington Post
Computer systems designed to make mammograms more accurate actually produce worse results than human reviewers using only their eyes and experience, according to the largest study to evaluate the increasingly popular high-tech versions of the common test for breast cancer. ..."There's a tendency to say the newest technology has got to be better," said Russell Harris of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. "That's not necessarily the way it works. This appears to be an example of that."Half of Ark. immigrants undocumented
The Associated Press (National)
Manufacturers in Arkansas would have a hard time doing without the immigrants in the state's work force, and those immigrants generate more revenue for state government than the expense of providing services to them, a new study concludes. ..."Most of those companies would probably go out of business or those jobs would be shifted offshore, because that's their competitiveness factor. Those firms are competing in a global marketplace," said Jim Johnson, a professor at the University of North Carolina who contributed to the study on Arkansas' immigrant population.Religion Today
The Associated Press (National)
The Easter season has an odd, new tradition: The period of reflection on the Crucifixion and Resurrection has become a popular time for marketers to roll out works - from the scholarly to the sensational - that challenge Christianity's core beliefs. ..."Now all you have to do is click on the computer screen," said Jodi Magness, a specialist in early Judaism and archaeology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. "That makes it easier for people to read up about things. The public is presented with information that they cannot really evaluate."Extraction Action
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Some students still believe that if they can’t find it on Google, it must not exist. That doesn’t bode well for their online courses, which are usually locked away on a secure server, accessible only with a password and a Blackboard account. Realizing this, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill designed software called bFree, which extracts information from a Blackboard course and puts it on an independent Web page.Regional Coverage
Study: Half of immigrant pop. in Ark. undocumented, fuel economy
Pine Bluff Commerical (Ark.)
About half of Arkansas' growing immigrant population is illegally in the country and part of an economic engine that the state's manufacturers couldn't do without, a study by the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation shows. ..."Most of those companies would probably go out of business or those jobs would be shifted offshore because that's their competitiveness factor. Those firms are competing in a global marketplace," said Jim Johnson, a professor at the University of North Carolina who contributed to the study on Arkansas' immigrant population.
Related link: http://www.wmcstations.com/Global/story.asp?S=6327292Reaction To Immigration Report Mixed
The Morning News (Springdale, Ark.)
Although immigrants are contributing to the economy and development of Northwest Arkansas, Maria Garcia would like to see more Hispanic people going to college. ...According to James Johnson Jr. of The University of North Carolina, one the authors of the study, an immigrant makes the same money or more than a native-born citizen, when the immigrant has the same level of education.Whooping cough found in student
Intelligencer Journal (Lancaster, Penn.)
A rare occurrence of pertussis infection — commonly known as whooping cough — was discovered recently in a Hempfield High School student. ...Pertussis vaccination has reduced the number of cases reported in industrialized countries by more than 95 percent since the 1950s, according to a new study released by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/mar07/pertussis032707.htmlState and Local Coverage
Moses Cone pediatrician named to national positions
The Business Journal of the Greater Triad
The head of the pediatric teaching program at Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital has been named to nationally prominent positions. Dr. Kenneth Roberts, who is also a professor of pediatrics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has been named to the board of directors of the American Board of Pediatrics.UNC workers wonder about more layoffs
The Chapel Hill Herald
UNC's decision to hire a firm to assist laid-off workers at Carolina find new jobs is causing some delegates to the university's Employee Forum to wonder whether more layoffs are being planned. ...David Perry, UNC's senior associate vice chancellor for finance and administration, told the forum that layoffs routinely occur at the university, despite the extra attention they have received recently, but that they happen in a humane way.Disease connections (Letter to the editor)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
World Health Day is Saturday. Is this a big deal in North Carolina? It should be. Our state has a wealth of businesses with offices and employees all over the world. Our university students and faculty travel to and from every continent for research and study. ...Peggy Bentley, The writer is associate dean for global health and Paul G. Rogers ambassador for global health at the School of Public Health, UNC-Chapel Hill.UNC honors pharmacist
The Charlotte Observer
Gastonia pharmacist Wyn Sterling has been named the 2007 Hospital Preceptor of the Year by the School of Pharmacy at UNC Chapel Hill.Preceptors are experienced pharmacists who teach UNC pharmacy students, providing hands-on experience and firsthand knowledge of pharmacy practice.Input sought from pedestrians, cyclists
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
A team from the UNC Highway Safety Research Center will survey pedestrians and bicyclists in April and May at local parks and greenways, shopping centers, on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus and in other public spaces.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/mar07/hwysafetystudy033007.html
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