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Feb. 9, 2006Carolina in the News
Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina
people and programs cited recently in the media:International Coverage
Drug combo 'prevents AIDS infection'
The Sydney Morning Herald
An injection of two drugs normally used to treat HIV patients completely protected monkeys from becoming infected with the AIDS virus, US researchers have reported. While it is too early to tell whether people can pop a pill and escape infection, the study provides the strongest evidence yet that it might be possible, the researchers said. ...Dr Myron Cohen of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill said the study suggested that people who know they are at high risk of infection might be able someday to protect themselves by taking a pill. "Adolescent women in South Africa go from having a 10 per cent risk of HIV infection to a 30 per cent risk in a matter of two years," said Cohen, who was not involved in the study.
Regional Coverage
Michigan's future could be up in the air
The Northville Record (Mich.)
Dreaming of good jobs and new big-time economic development in Michigan? Here's a vision for you: Imagine it is 2016, and an entirely new community, Airport City, has turned into Michigan's most rapidly growing town. ...John Kasarda, head of the Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise at the University of North Carolina, is a world expert on how airports spark economic development. His verdict: the potential of the area between Detroit Metro and Willow Run "is the greatest in the world."
State & Local Coverage
Chancellor names new UNC provost
The Herald-Sun (Durham)/The Chapel Hill Herald
In a departure from his previously stated hiring plan, UNC Chancellor James Moeser named Bernadette Gray-Little, currently dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, as university provost Wednesday. Gray-Little will become provost, UNC's second-highest ranking administrator, on July 1. She will succeed Robert Shelton, who will leave Carolina in the summer to become president of the University of Arizona, a position he took less than two weeks ago.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/feb06/gray-little020806.htmDean becomes provost at UNC
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Bernadette Gray-Little, a UNC-Chapel Hill dean and longtime faculty member, will be the university's next executive vice chancellor and provost. UNC Chancellor James Moeser made the announcement Wednesday at a faculty meeting. Gray-Little, dean of UNCs College of Arts and Sciences, will succeed Robert Shelton, who recently was named president of the University of Arizona. Her appointment begins July 1.
Related Link: http://www.newsobserver.com/158/story/397877.htmlUNC names provost
The Triangle Business Journal
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has named its current dean of the College of Arts and Sciences as the university's next executive vice chancellor and provost. UNC Chancellor James Moeser announced the appointment of Bernadette Gray-Little to the vacant position at a special meeting of the university's general faculty on Wednesday.
Coach lends efforts to UNC initiative
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Tar Heel basketball coach Roy Williams and his wife Wanda will serve as honorary co-chairmen of an effort to create a $10 million endowment for the Carolina Covenant, the initiative to make a UNC-Chapel Hill education possible for low-income students. The Williamses' leadership role in the Carolina Covenant Campaign was announced just before tip off at Tuesday's Carolina-Duke men's basketball game.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/feb06/covenantcochairs020806.htmRoy Williams named co-chair of $10M UNC endowment drive
The Triangle Business Journal
Tar Heels basketball Coach Roy Williams and his wife, Wanda, are co-chairing an effort at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to create a $10 million endowment to help reduce tuition debt for low-income students. The endowment will go toward the Carolina Covenant, an initiative launched in 2004 to help students from low-income families graduate from the university debt-free.
UNC's 'First School' may take youngest students
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Early grades at Seawell Elementary could be eliminated to feed students to a new type of school run by a UNC-Chapel Hill institute. At a planning conference next week, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro school board will look at removing the elementary school's pre-kindergarten through second-grade classes. ... But Tony Waldrop, UNC's vice chancellor for research and development, said, "Our strong desire is to do it with the Chapel Hill school system or some other local school system."
Still more clarity needed on Carolina North (Editorial)
The Chapel Hill Herald
The correspondence between the mayor of the town and the chancellor of the university concerning Carolina North has been a good starting point. But it's time for it to go beyond carefully limited responses. The latest iteration of letter writing came from Chancellor James Moeser, who was responding to a letter from Mayor Kevin Foy who was responding to a response from the chancellor, who ... well, you get the idea. And it's good they're talking ... or at least writing. And it's good that some of the questions concerning the university's plans for the Horace Williams tract are being cleared up.
A better health care plan (Opinion-editorial column)
The Charlotte Observer
Thanks to Karen Garloch and the Observer for covering efforts to make major improvements in health care in North Carolina ("Push on for statewide health care," Jan. 31). A single plan that covers all North Carolinians would save North Carolina, its residents and businesses $8 billion to $12 billion annually with better health outcomes for workers and children. Such a plan would also make North Carolina more attractive to business. A UNC-Chapel Hill School of Journalism survey shows 80 percent of North Carolinians believe the state legislature should ensure all North Carolinians have healthcare coverage.
A ride for Dave, and everyone (Opinion-editorial column)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
There are people like Dave Brumitt, but not many. He was a fellow who could engage in a conversation on almost any subject, be interested and not just act interested. ...The money raised from Frostbite is specifically directed toward research on esophageal cancer and more specifically, toward the efforts of Dr. Nicholas Shaheen of UNC-Chapel Hill, who treats patients with the disease, and Dr. Luke Chen, a physician and researcher who holds appointments at UNC and at N.C. Central University. Talented fellows they are, and determined, too. They're studying how aspirin may act as a protection against contracting this kind of cancer.
Tasteful dips keep dippers happy (Commentary)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
What's a chip without dip? We like dips, spreads and sauces because they taste great and add color, moisture and texture to our foods. Trouble is the calories can add up, and so can the fat - both saturated and trans. If you're looking for healthier alternatives, you have plenty of choices. The common denominator in most is that they're made primarily from plant sources - fruits, vegetables and vegetable oils - and they contain little, if any, butter, cream or cheese.
Note: No link available.Issues & Trends
Panel Explores Standard Tests for Colleges
The New York Times
A higher education commission named by the Bush administration is examining whether standardized testing should be expanded into universities and colleges to prove that students are learning and to allow easier comparisons on quality. Charles Miller, a business executive who is the commission's chairman, wrote in a memorandum recently to the 18 other members that he saw a developing consensus over the need for more accountability in higher education.
Capping college costs (Editorial)
The Charlotte Observer
If you have a kid (or a grown-up) in your household poised for college, you'll be interested in this: Today, a committee of the UNC Board of Governors will consider guidelines that will influence how much that education will cost you. ...The policy also creates a different set of rules for the state's two research-extensive universities, UNC Chapel Hill and N.C. State. It allows the Board of Governors, if they choose, to hand-pick the peer institutions used to calculate tuition at those campuses. That's wrong, too. The state's policy should work for the system as a whole.
Groundbreaking on 1st biotech campus building will be Feb. 23
The Charlotte Observer
Groundbreaking for the first building to go up at the $1 billion North Carolina Research Campus in Kannapolis has been set for Feb. 23. The event will be for the Core Lab building, the centerpiece of the biotech hub being developed by billionaire David Murdock, owner of Dole Food Co. and Castle & Cooke Inc. developers. The 311,000-square-foot lab should open in spring 2007.It will include speciality equipment in a core lab for basic analysis and a fermentation facility for single-run tests of products. It will also house a Dole Research Lab, along with temporary homes for N.C. State and UNC Chapel Hill until their campus buildings go up.
Turner picked for research lab building
The Charlotte Business Journal
Turner Construction Co. has landed the contract to build the core laboratory building at the N.C. Research Campus in Kannapolis. The 311,000-square-foot building will be the first structure at a 350-acre biotech campus that's slated to grow to an investment of $1 billion. Financed by billionaire David Murdock, the building will house research facilities for the University of North Carolina system and businesses that Murdock hopes to attract to the site.
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