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August 16, 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
In the Hospital, a Degrading Shift From Person to Patient
The New York Times
Mary Duffy was lying in bed half-asleep on the morning after her breast cancer surgery in February when a group of white-coated strangers filed into her hospital room. ...The hospital where he was treated, at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, has included Mr. Edwards's sign in a training video for its staff.
Note: This story includes photographs from Chapel Hill including one of UNC Hospital doctors treating a patient, with this caption: "The University of North Carolina Medical Center is one of several hospitals taking steps to make patients feel less dehumanized."
Photo url: http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2005/08/15/national/patient.184.1.650.jpgPediatricians are found to be skittish on weight
The Associated Press (National)
For many doctors, it is tough enough to talk to an adult about a weight problem, let alone a child. ..."It may mean that pediatricians are seeing so many overweight people around them that their standards have become skewed," said Dr. Eliana Perrin, one of the authors of the study and an assistant professor of general pediatrics and adolescent medicine at UNC-Chapel Hill.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/jun05/perrin4061005.htm
Note: Dr. Perrin was also featured on today's (Aug. 16) edition of ABC-TV's "Good Morning America."State & Local Coverage
Airport closing OK aids campus
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
State lawmakers have cleared the runway for Carolina North, the UNC-Chapel Hill research campus that now could be up and running by 2010. Lawmakers approved a provision in the state budget allowing UNC officials to close Horace Williams Airport as early as next summer.
Cobb dorm work to shift 389 students across campus
The Chapel Hill Herald
Nearly 400 UNC students will start the fall semester in shiny, spotless new digs -- clear on the other end of campus from where they expected to be living.
Drills this week prepare responders for real terrorism
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
To kick off North Carolina's biggest anti-terrorism drill, Fort Bragg soldiers stormed a bus full of visiting congressional dignitaries held hostage early Monday. ...Live drills that include law enforcement and emergency management agencies provide crucial preparation for a terrorist attack or other emergency, such as a chemical spill, said David Schanzer, director of the Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security, a think tank established by Duke University, UNC-Chapel Hill and RTI International.
'People's Pharmacy' duo to discuss modern medicine, traditional remedies
The Asheville Citizen-Times
"The People's Pharmacy" personalities Joe and Terry Graedon will be speaking in Asheville today to health professionals about interactions between prescription drugs and herbal remedies. ...Joe Graedon is an adjunct assistant professor at the UNC Chapel Hill School of Pharmacy and has taught at Duke University School of Nursing.
Diversity doesn't always lead to conflict (Opinion-editorial column)
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
Modern technology and economics make our world ever smaller, but the diversity of cultures and beliefs remains as great as ever. ...Andrew Reynolds is an associate professor of political science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Issues & Trends
College textbook prices surge at twice the inflation rate
The Wall Street Journal
Once just a weighty tome, the college textbook has evolved into a package including text, colorful supplements and software. But those bells and whistles -- which critics and many students call unnecessary -- are the main reason textbook prices are rising at more than twice the rate of inflation, according to a new government report.
UNC not a budget winner, but we'll take it (Editorial)
The Chapel Hill Herald
Years ago a Duke University finance official remarked to a group of local newspaper editors that he was envious of UNC and the vast storehouse of money being a state-supported institution brought with it. Of course, that was just before a string of state budget challenges that left UNC leaders essentially begging for needed resources.
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