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Feb. 8, 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
Back to school for the admirals
The Economist (United Kingdom)
“The higher you get, most of us think we're perfect,” says Jim Shanley, a former Bank of America executive, as he hands out a form for assessing personality flaws. His scribbling students at the University of North Carolina's Kenan-Flagler Business school are not aspiring chief executives or MBAs, but three-star admirals. On this week-long programme, the first of its kind, they are learning a range of skills such as encouraging innovation, making better decisions about fleet finances and communicating more clearly.
Note: No link available.Why Valentine's Day is hearty
The Sun (United Kingdom)
Heart disease is Britain’s biggest killer – and for every three-minute love song played on St Valentine’s Day, someone will have a cardiac arrest. ...Doctors at the University of North Carolina, in America, found cuddles can lower blood pressure and boost levels of the relaxing feelgood hormone oxytocin.National Coverage
Safety concerns arise over heart surgery drug
The Associated Press (National)
A drug widely used to prevent excessive bleeding during heart surgery appears to raise the risk of dying in the five years afterward by nearly 50 percent, an international study found. ...Dr. Brett Sheridan, a heart surgeon with the University of North Carolina Health Care System who was not involved in the study, said several years ago he quit giving aprotinin almost entirely because he had seen more kidney damage in patients who got the drug.Slim pickings (Opinion-editorial column)
ABC News
As a policy, I don't like to criticize until I understand. So with my colleagues from the three leading eating disorders organizations, I attended Fashion Week in New York early this month to try to get an inside glimpse of the fashion industry and how it works. ...Cynthia M. Bulik is director of the Eating Disorders Program at the University of North Carolina Hospitals, vice president of the Eating Disorders Coalition, and the past-president of the Academy for Eating Disorders.Prosecutor Protector
Slate Magazine
What should happen to Mike Nifong? Nothing good, according to just about everyone who has weighed in on the fate of the North Carolina district attorney. ...As University of North Carolina professor Joseph Kennedy put it, "If these allegations are true and if they don't justify disbarment, then I'm not sure what does."Regional Coverage
CDC, dental group warn of too much fluoride for babies
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Health officials are recommending that parents who feed formula to their babies consider using bottled water — rather than tap — when mixing it to prevent a dental condition that causes subtle white marks on developing teeth. ..."One of the more effective ways to reduce the already low fluoride levels the youngest children are getting is looking at the reconstitution of powdered or concentrated liquid formulas," said John Stamm, a spokesman for the American Dental Association and professor of dental ecology at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.Pensions don't cover pain of former NFL players (Column)
Chambersburg Public Opinion (Pa.)
Imagine getting hit by a car. Then imagine getting hit by a car three or four times a week for at least 20 weeks. ...In an article in the Chicago Times, Kevin Guskiewicz, research director for the Center for the Study of Retired Athletes at the University of North Carolina said, "A 100-G impact is analogous to a car crashing into a brick wall at 25 mph with test dummies hitting the windshield with 100 Gs of force."State and Local Coverage
Another hit on students (Editorial)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
There seems to be a disconnect these days between trustees at UNC-Chapel Hill and the students they're supposed to look after. By approving a $250 tuition increase for in-state students ($1,250 for those from out-of-state), the trustees want to hike tuition and fees even further past the sad benchmark they've already passed, a doubling of in-state tuition and fees since 1999.Council agrees on some budget needs
The Chapel Hill Herald
The Town Council started to zero in on some of its priorities for the new town budget on Wednesday that will take effect in July. ...Developing a new zoning district for the Carolina North property on which UNC hopes to build its new research campus. The town and UNC intend to work on that effort together. That will likely include hiring a consultant, and while the two parties haven't formally set the process, Stancil estimated it could cost about $100,000.Hospitals may merge
The Charlotte Observer
Officials of Charlotte-based Carolinas HealthCare System and NorthEast Medical Center in Concord have signed an agreement "to pursue combining the two organizations," the hospitals announced Thursday. ...Carolinas HealthCare officials have also recently begun exploring a collaboration with UNC Chapel Hill School of Medicine to start a branch campus for third- and fourth-year medical students in Charlotte. The system's flagship hospital, Carolinas Medical Center, has been providing clinical education for third- and fourth-year UNC medical students since the 1960s and also provides three- and four-year residency programs in multiple specialties.No tuition for kids of UNC workers gets boost
The Chapel Hill Herald
UNC faculty and staff who have worked at Carolina for at least 10 years could get their children's undergraduate tuition waived at any UNC system school or any North Carolina community college under a resolution the university's Employee Forum passed Wednesday.Schizophrenia patients showing art at UNC
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The UNC-Chapel Hill Department of Psychiatry will host an unveiling of art created by patients in its Schizophrenia Treatment and Evaluation Program program at 5:30 p.m. today.Put a bit of chocolate in your diet (Commentary)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Don't fall for the hype. Chocolate is not a health food. Once again, headlines are proclaiming studies financed by the multibillion-dollar chocolate industry that have found suggestions of possible benefits from specially produced cocoa bars. ...Suzanne Havala Hobbs is a registered dietitian and a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Health Policy at UNC.Rx: Love as needed
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Tonight, dear. I have a headache. ..."We believe that daily warm physical contact like hugs and cuddling between loved ones is good for biological as well as emotional health," says Kathleen Light, a professor in UNC's Department of Psychiatry who works in the school's Stress and Health Research Program.Some oppose extension for schools chief
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Nothing says "nice job" like being asked to stick around. ...It is not unusual for superintendents to ask for an extension before their contracts are set to expire, said Stan Schainker, a professor of educational leadership at UNC-Chapel Hill and a former superintendent.City reschedules SP meetings
The Courier Times (Roxboro)
The threat of wintry weather late last week delayed a trio of meetings aimed at revisiting the City of Roxboro’s strategic plan, which is now one year old. ...Lydian Altman-Sauer and Margaret Henderson, who facilitated the city’s strategic plan for the University of North Carolina School of Government’s Public Intersection Project, will be present for the March meetings as well.Issues and Trends
Proposed increases at UNC Charlotte
The Charlotte Observer
Today, the UNC Board of Governors will begin considering tuition and fee increase proposals from the state's public universities for the 2007-08 school year. The plans first will be reviewed by the committee on budget and finance, then considered by the full board Friday.
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