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Feb. 16, 2007
Carolina in the News
Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina people and programs cited recently in the media:
National Coverage
Morehead Foundation Receives $100-Million Donation
for Scholarship Program at Chapel Hill
The Chronicle of Higher Education
A $100-million donation to the John Motley Morehead Foundation will expand by 50 percent its Morehead Scholars Program, for students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, foundation officials announced on Thursday.
Related link: http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2007/02/16/qt
Morehead Foundation Release: http://www.themorehead.org/servlets/RouterServlet?handler=News&start=0&act=publicview&id=326$100M gift expands Morehead Scholarships at UNC Chapel Hill
The Associated Press (National)
Mary Cain never attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and lives in Texas most of the time. ...There are more than 2,600 Morehead alumni and 172 current Morehead Scholars. As one of the first merit scholarship programs in the nation, the Morehead has helped the university become a top choice for the nation's best students, Chancellor James Moeser said.Report gets state-specific over health issue
The Associated Press (National)
West Virginia and Kentucky -- states known for high levels of obesity, diabetes and smoking -- have the highest proportion of people with heart disease in the nation, U.S. health officials said Thursday. ...The results line up well with previous, state-specific reports about heart disease death rates, obesity and other risk factors, said Wayne Rosamond, an epidemiology professor at the University of North Carolina who chairs a statistics committee for the American Heart Association.U.S. May Shun A Fatah-Hamas Coalition
CBS News
The United States has informed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas that it will shun a future Hamas-Fatah coalition government because it will not explicitly recognize Israel, Abbas aides said Thursday. ...Archaeologist Shimon Gibson of the University of North Carolina said the Muslim fears are rooted in the warren of nearly 50 tunnels, chambers and cisterns that run underneath the holy compound, some of them not far from the Mughrabi Gate.Best Cities For Jobs
Forbes
...Raleigh, N.C., topped our list this year. The city has low unemployment, strong income and job growth, and high incomes--yet it still maintains a relatively low cost of living. Raleigh is part of the "research triangle," including Durham and Chapel Hill. Three major universities--Duke, the University of North Carolina, and North Carolina State University--make their homes in the area.New Study: Spending on Newsroom Pays Off
Editor & Publisher
The old saw about spending money to make money still holds true in terms of newsroom spending, according to a new study released on Wednesday which questions the wisdom of cutting jobs to save costs. ..."I am delighted to see them post proof that quality precedes profit," Philip Meyer, a professor at the University of North Carolina and author of the book "The Vanishing Newspaper," said of the study.Regional Coverage
Aerotropolis takes off
The Baltimore Sun
One day soon at the state's largest airport, people may watch planes taking off from their bedroom window, head downstairs to shop at the town center or to get some work done at the office. ...Aerotropolis, a term coined by University of North Carolina professor John Kasarda, is the vision of building large cities around airports, which are emerging as centers of commerce and entertainment.Playing musical chairs with the country's election process, or why elections last forever (Opinion column)
Lake Sun Leader (Camdenton, Mo.)
The current presidential lineup starts with the Iowa and Nevada caucuses, followed by the New Hampshire primary. ..."So many states are moving up to early February that it's not quite like a national primary, but it's close," said Thad Beyle, a political scientist at the University of North Carolina.Proposals focus on safety of teen drivers
Harris News Service
The biggest danger with teen drivers isn't that they're irresponsible, it's that they're inexperienced. ...However, Robert D. Foss, director of the Center for the Study of Young Drivers at the University of North Carolina's highway safety research center, told lawmakers that a graduated licensing system and its restrictions would better prepare young drivers for the complex task of driving.College-bound seniors watching the mail
The Bucyrus Telegraph Forum (Ohio)
If you are a college-bound senior, you may have developed a recent interest in the daily mail. ...Recently the University of North Carolina found out just how easy -- and how disastrous -- it could be to hit "send."State and Local Coverage
$100 million to fund scholarships
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
A Texas chemical magnate's fortune could soon be sending UNC-Chapel Hill's top scholars on summer trips to China or India. ...The Morehead scholarship program benefits high school seniors with strong academic and leadership skills across the United States, Canada and Great Britain. It was the first merit-based university scholarship program in the United States.
Related link: http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/local/16710998.htm
Morehead Foundation Release: http://www.themorehead.org/servlets/RouterServlet?handler=News&start=0&act=publicview&id=326Morehead program gets $100M boost
The Herald-Sun
UNC Chapel Hill has received a $100 million gift from the Gordon and Mary Cain Foundation to expand its Morehead Scholars Program, a prestigious undergraduate scholarship program, university officials announced Wednesday. ...Many universities have started similar programs and have sought UNC's advice in doing so. Since the program began at Carolina, 23 of the university's 26 Rhodes scholars have been Morehead scholars.
Related link: http://triangle.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2007/02/12/daily39.html?surround=lfnMobile lab provides hands-on experience
Rocky Mount Telegram
For a lot of schoolchildren, a bus represents little more than a way to get to and from school. ...That's more or less the point of the DESTINY Traveling Science Learning Program from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, which brings its science lab on wheels to hundreds of classrooms each year.
UNC Media Advisory: http://www.unc.edu/news/media/2007/destiny020907.htmlTurntablism/ DJ King Britt
"The State of Things," WUNC-FM
UNC-Chapel Hill Assistant Music Professor Mark Katz did his dissertation research on the influence of recording technology on classical music. That research led him down an unexpected path …into the world of nightclubs, DJ battles and Scratch academies. He joins host Frank Stasio to share the origins of turntablism as an art form. Plus, renowned DJ and producer King Britt tells us about his reinterpretation of the work of Sister Gertrude Morgan, which he will perform in Memorial Hall at UNC-Chapel Hill tonight.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/feb07/kingbritt020907.htm
Note: "The State of Things" is the statewide public affairs program airing live at noon weekdays and rebroadcast at 9 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays and 6 a.m. on Saturdays.New Orleans, in groove & spirit
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
King Britt (and yes, that is his real name) has traveled the world, spinning records in locales as exotic as Miami, Moscow, Helsinki, Berlin. Any funky, foxy spot, he probably has been there a dozen times. After all, he is a self-proclaimed "International Man of Leisure."A B.A. in bwah-ha-ha
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Armed with a shining Grammy for Best Comedy Album, caustic crusader Lewis Black is aiming his ire at a new target: the academic world. ...The Maryland-born comedian, who received a Grammy on Sunday for "The Carnegie Hall Performance," returns today to his alma mater, UNC-Chapel Hill, to host the Carolina Comedy Festival.ArtsCenter, PlayMakers collaborate
The Chapel Hill News
Young local actors will have a rare opportunity to work with theater professionals in staging a production this summer, thanks to a partnership between The ArtsCenter and PlayMakers Repertory Company. ...PlayMakers will provide lights, sound design, set and costumes, and rehearsals and performances will take place at the company's main stage, the Paul Green Theatre in the Center for Dramatic Art on the UNC campus.Inn often waives taxes
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Town Council member Mark Kleinschmidt sat stunned this week after learning that nearly half the guests at UNC-Chapel Hill's Carolina Inn pay no nightly occupancy taxes because the hotel considers their stays university-related.Black took payoffs
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Former House Speaker Jim Black admitted Thursday that during clandestine meetings in restaurants and restrooms he took at least $29,000 from three chiropractors who wanted him to push legislation favorable to their profession. ...Richard Myers, a former federal prosecutor who teaches law at UNC-Chapel Hill, said the cooperation agreement Black signed is standard, but Black's stature and experience suggest investigators will use him to find other wrongdoing.Tax breaks came easy for Google
The Charlotte Observer
Caldwell County officials volunteered to double their offer of tax incentives to land Google's $600 million computer center, state records show. ...But David Lawrence, a tax incentive expert at the UNC School of Government in Chapel Hill, said incentive packages in North Carolina typically are spread over fewer years.Preparing for disaster
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
Ten American Red Cross volunteers walked across the gym floor at C.W. Stanford Middle School, opened the back door and opened the small van stocked with the various items they would need to convert the large room into an emergency shelter. ...Lead trainer Scott Madry, a research associate professor of anthropology at UNC, said the simulation would be useful to familiarize newer volunteers with shelter operations.Vogue takes on weight
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
You might want to save that next issue of Vogue. "Dreamgirls" star Jennifer Hudson is on the cover. ..."I'm hoping they are taking a health stance," says Cynthia Bulik, a UNC professor of eating disorders and director of the school's Eating Disorders Program. "I hope they are the first ones to stick their necks out and acknowledge this."State pays dearly for these jobs (Editorial)
The Wilson Times
That's what the state, along with local governments, is paying to Google, the hugely successful Internet search engine, to build a "server farm" in Caldwell County near Lenoir. ...An overhaul of state incentives is overdue. Incentives have failed to help the most-distressed counties, and a 2003 University of North Carolina study found the state's primary incentives program actually produced only 4 percent of the jobs it claimed.Village Agrees to Seek Grant to Help Jackson Hamlet
Southern Pines Pilot
Residents of Jackson Hamlet turned out in force at a public hearing Tuesday to support the village of Pinehurst's second application for a grant to extend county sewer lines to the small community. ...She also thanked Village Planner Bruce Gould, as well as the Center for Civil Rights at the University of North Carolina that focused attention on the community's plight.Habitat home to be put up in 'blitz build'
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Students from the UNC-Chapel Hill Habitat for Humanity, members of the Chapel of the Cross Episcopal Church, St. Paul's AME, the UNC Department of City and Regional Planning, the Psi Chapter of Sigma Nu and students from East Chapel Hill High School will gather this morning to "blitz build" a Habitat home at 410 Tulip Tree Road in Hillsborough.Issues and Trends
70 College Presidents Sign Commitment to Limit Carbon Emissions on Their Campuses
The Chronicle of Higher Education
A growing number of college and university presidents are signing on to a pact under which they agree to cut their institutions' carbon emissions to zero over time. Called the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment, the agreement is modeled after a similar pact made by mayors across the country.Norovirus bug blitzes through the state
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
A nasty stomach bug -- caused by a strain of norovirus -- is ripping its way across the state, prompting some hospitals to halt admissions and restrict or ban visitors who might be carrying the highly contagious virus. ...The bug has hit passengers on cruise ships and, in 2004, sickened more than 300 students at UNC-Chapel Hill and N.C. State University.
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