December 4, 2003

Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina
people and programs cited recently in the media:

State and Local Coverage

UNC researchers win $10M in grants
Triangle Business Journal
Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's FPG Child Development Institute have been awarded six grants worth nearly $10 million to study fragile X syndrome, the leading cause of inherited mental retardation.
UNC News release

UNC hears from Carolina North neighbors
The Herald-Sun
UNC representatives heard a mix of excitement and serious worries Wednesday about plans for the Carolina North satellite campus, at a forum that drew about 65 people to Smith Middle School.

Carolina North plan gets queries
Durham Herald-Sun
Seizing on an opportunity to comment on UNC's Carolina North proposal, Rachel Willis put a new spin on an age-old question.

UNC-Chapel Hill Reveals Plans For Satellite Campus
WNCN-TV (NBC, Raleigh)
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill plans to build a satellite research campus that officials there hope will rival Research Triangle Park as a research and business center.
(Note: This N.C. Associated Press story, based on print media reports from briefings conducted Tuesday, also appears on websites for WTVD-TV, WRAL-TV and News 14 (Time-Warner cable.)

City schools set sights on 7 sites
The Herald-Sun
City schools officials are eyeing seven spots around southern Orange County as possible locations for new schools, including the massive tract along Airport Road where UNC plans to build its Carolina North satellite campus.

Students warned about copyright
The News & Observer
An increase in complaints from copyright holders is prompting UNC-Chapel Hill to step up warnings about possible perils of illegal computer file-sharing.

Issues and Trends

Teasing Brains Into a Love of Learning
The New York Times
There's lots of excitement when a new young teacher like Ashley Jones comes to a rural school. Here in Beaufort County, in eastern North Carolina, where the cotton fields meet the saltwater marshes of Pamlico Sound, it is hard to find young teachers. Four months into the school year, the high school still cannot fill a math teaching position....She is a seed planted by the North Carolina Teaching Fellows program.

Commentary: Meeting the Asian Challenge How America can boost innovation
Business Week
The U.S. has always worried about falling behind in science and technology. In October, 1957, when the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the first satellite, into orbit, Americans were stunned. With the Soviets' supposedly better-trained and educated  the U.S. both militarily and economically.
Registration required.

Note: If you have any questions about Carolina in the News, please call Russell Campbell at News Services, (919) 962-2091, russell_campbell@unc.edu, or Mike McFarland in University Communications, mike_mcfarland@unc.edu

Note: Web links on this page are time-sensitive, so stories might not be available after the day they first appeared.