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February 8, 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
U.S. HIV Cases Soaring Among Black Women
The Washington Post
He was, Precious Jackson said, a very fine black man....Reducing HIV infections among black women will involve more than appeals to avoid risky behavior, asking women to remain abstinent and passing out condoms, said Adaora A. Adimora, an associate professor of medicine and an adjunct professor of epidemiology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Bioengineered Tendons
Ivanhoe Newswire
New research is underway that could dramatically improve surgical shoulder repairs...."When Ms. Wester came to me, her tendon was completely destroyed. She'd had three previous surgeries and basically had no rotator cuff left in her shoulder," said Dr. [Spero] Karas, orthopedic surgeon, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC.
Note: Ivanhoe has a syndicated television series and its reports are broadcast in 250 markets reaching 80 million U.S. households.State & Local Coverage
Tuition hike passes constitutional tests (Opinion-Editorial Column)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
North Carolinians are rightly proud of our generations-long commitment to public higher education....Judith Wegner is chair of the faculty and professor of law at UNC-Chapel Hill.
With Edwards, Carolina lands big recruit (Editorial)
The Chapel Hill Herald
Well, it definitely should be a center of opportunity for John Edwards, at least. The former senator and vice presidential candidate should have a bully pulpit indeed when he returns to UNC at the beginning of next week to head a new university Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity.
Antipoverty plan (Letter to the Editor)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
I see that John Edwards will be heading a new center "to study ways to move more Americans from poverty to the middle class" at UNC-Chapel Hill. I have a few suggestions he may wish to use to help people avoid poverty:
Editorial Cartoon
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Dry powder inhaler to fight respiratory diseases on the way
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
The founders of Oriel Therapeutics think they've created a next-generation device for treating respiratory diseases -- an inhaler that uses an electronic signal to deliver medicines to the lungs....The 3-year-old Research Triangle Park company is built around technology developed in UNC School of Pharmacy labs in the 1990s..
Forum's focus is health
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
As some of the state's most influential leaders pledged Monday to cover more of the working poor with Medicaid and improve health care in North Carolina, a splash of cold water came down from Washington...."Talk is cheap," said Jon Oberlander, an associate professor of social medicine at UNC-Chapel Hill.
Don't view research as treatment
The Charlotte Observer
Medical researchers depend on both healthy and sick people to volunteer for studies that slowly change the way medicine is practiced....But Nancy King, a lawyer and medical ethicist at UNC Chapel Hill, cautions that volunteers should not confuse research with treatment.
Risky business
The Star (Shelby)
Gambling in North Carolina is illegal - for the most part...."Certain raffles are legal, certain bingo is legal," said Bob Farb, who teaches at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill School of Government.
Area construction slips in '04
Charlotte Business Journal
Construction appears to be taking a turn for the better in many parts of the country, but local general contractors say they have yet to enjoy the effects of the rebound....But commercial development, and the office market in particular, is a lagging economic indicator, says Jim Smith, chief economist at the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors and professor at UNC Chapel Hill.
Berry to give lecture at UNC
The Chapel Hill Herald
Dr. Mary Frances Berry, the first woman to head the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, will be the featured speaker at UNC's first campuswide lecture for African-American History Month at 7 p.m. Thursday.
Not the full story (Letter to the Editor)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Public Editor Ted Vaden ("The wall between news and editorial," Jan. 30) asserted that editorial policy does not influence news coverage in The N&O....H.G. Jones, Curator Emeritus, North Carolina Collection, UNC-Chapel Hill
More on Darfur (Letter to the Editor)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Regarding the Jan. 27 article "Sudanese jets bomb civilians" and the Feb. 3 People's Forum letter captioned "Take Darfur seriously," reflecting concern over the lack of coverage in the media of the great atrocities occurring in Darfur ...Darla K. Deardorff, Ed.D., Coordinator, Duke-UNC Rotary Center for International Studies in Peace and Conflict Studies
Accommodating all (Letter to the Editor)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Letters to the editor usually take sides. Instead, I want to endorse all the views expressed in the debate about which symbols to include in the Legislative Building's chapel (news story, Feb. 4). Thomas A. Tweed, Zachary Smith Professor of Religious Studies, UNC-Chapel Hill
Other Jeffersons (Letter to the Editor)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Essie Mae Washington-Williams' story is compelling and especially poignant as so many African-Americans share a similar story....Karyn Traut, adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Social Medicine at UNC-Chapel Hill's School of Medicine and was a consultant to the Jefferson-Hemings Scholars' Commission.
Book develops the history of photography in N.C.
News & Record (Greensboro)
Today, photographers tend to sweep into a room in their designer outfits, fingers to lips, sizing up spots for assistants to place the cameras, lights and other gear for making flawless photos....The book includes essays by H.G. Jones, retired curator of the North Carolina Collection at UNC-Chapel Hill, and state archivist Jesse Lankford Jr. of the state Archives and History Division.
Charting worlds of ideas
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Some mothers hang their children's drawings on the refrigerator until the edges curl.....Kozloff will give a slide lecture Monday at UNC-Chapel Hill. Drawings from "Boys' Art" will be on display at UNC this month.
Issues & Trends
Bush Seeks Bigger Pell Grants and Elimination of Some Programs for Low-Income Students
The Chronicle of Higher Education
President Bush called on Congress to raise the maximum Pell Grant by $500, to $4,550, over the next five years, and to eliminate a $4.3-billion shortfall that has plagued the program, as part of his 2006 budget request released on Monday. He also asked lawmakers to raise the amount that students in their first two years of college can borrow from the government's direct- and-guaranteed student-loan programs.
Related links:
NIH Would See Slight Increase, and Number of New Research Grants Would Be Less Than Predicted
Subscription required.Bush's budget would affect N.C.
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
President Bush has sent Congress the leanest federal budget in seven years: $2.57 trillion....For college students, Bush would increase the widely used Pell grant at the expense of the federal share of another source of financial aid, the Perkins loan program.
Friday to step down
Old school tries...(Editorial)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
After 15 years of leading the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics and acting as a persistent proponent of reform, William Friday is stepping down as commission chairman.
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Keeping students on track so that they graduate from high school, equipped with the skills they need to enter the workforce or go on to college, is one of North Carolina's most important challenges. The state has made progress along those lines in recent years. So the slight increase in the dropout rate reported in the last set of numbers shouldn't be a cause for panic.
...the college connection
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
What is that old saw? "It makes so much sense they ought to be doing it everywhere." So Governor Easley is due credit for wanting to expand "Learn and Earn," a program that enables some high school students to get a head start on college.
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