January 24, 2003

Carolina in the News

Current International Coverage 

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

Social Studies: Can't fool a lobster 
The Globe and Mail (Canada)
Only a few animals are able to find their way around the planet using the Earth's 
magnetic field as guidance. Sea turtles, homing pigeons, and spawning salmon 
are among the select few, reports The Week magazine. However, the primitive 
lobster can do it too, say scientists from the University of North Carolina. ...
http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/PEstory/TGAM/20030124/FASS24/Headlines/headdex/headdexFeatures_temp/2/2/3/

Agent Orange Can Cause Leukemia, Experts Say 
Reuters (international wire service)
"Agent Orange," the chemical US forces used to strip Vietnamese and Cambodian 
jungles during the Vietnam war, can cause leukemia, US health advisers said on 
Thursday. ... Panel chair Irva Hertz-Picciotto, a professor of epidemiology at 
the University of North Carolina and the University of California Davis, said this 
was what convinced the group to take a second look ...
http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=healthNews&storyID=2101141

Current National Coverage

Updates on Billion-Dollar Campaigns at 21 Universities
The Chronicle of Higher Education
The 21 American universities that are seeking to raise at least $1-billion collected
a total of more than $280-million in gifts and pledges during the last month for 
which they had data available. ... The University of North Carolina at Chapel 
Hill, $895.3-million as of December 21 (increase of $12.75-million in the last 
month); the goal is $1.8-billion by 2007. ...
http://chronicle.com/daily/2003/01/2003012405n.htm
(Note: The Chronicle of Higher Education requires a subscription to access articles.) 

Butler ponders outdoor drama 
The Cincinnati Enquirer
A $2.5 million outdoor theater featuring a Civil War drama might be built on 
Butler County owned land on Ohio 4 in Fairfield Township. ... A $100,000 
grant that Ohio Rep. Greg Jolivette, R-Hamilton, helped obtain pays for a study 
of the proposed theater being conducted by the Institute of Outdoor Drama at 
the University of North Carolina. ...
http://enquirer.com/editions/2003/01/24/loc_outdoordrama24.html

Paper on Memory Research Forgot to Give Credit, Critics Complain
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Even scientists who study memory can have trouble recalling intellectual forebears. 
That may be the moral of a controversy engulfing Harvard University researchers 
over a recent paper investigating how infants remember events. ... The letter 
concludes that "the report in Nature is neither original nor a breakthrough of any 
kind, and so seems out of keeping with Nature's policy and reputation for publishing 
groundbreaking original work that moves science in new directions." The authors 
of the letter were ... Peter A. Ornstein at the University of North Carolina 
at Chapel Hill ... 
http://chronicle.com/daily/2003/01/2003012203n.htm
(Note: The Chronicle of Higher Education requires a subscription to access articles.) 

Current Regional Coverage

Early Decision I applications drop slightly from last year's
The Emory Wheel (student publication at Emory University)
Nearly 800 students applied to Emory early decision, a 10 percent decrease from 
last year. ... Since then, a number of schools including Yale University (Conn.) and 
the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have halted their early-decision 
programs in favor of early action, a non-binding program. ... 
http://www.emorywheel.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2003/01/24/3e3051452ac25

Current State and Local Coverage

Tour of N.C. Aims To Build Rapport
The Daily Tar Heel 
Chancellor James Moeser is embarking on a statewide outreach initiative that will 
take him to each end of North Carolina over the course of this semester ... 
http://www.dailytarheel.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2003/01/24/3e313878f288f

Faculty are turning eyes to commerce
Triangle Business Journal
Seeking to generate greater revenue for themselves and greater economic 
development for their communities, the Triangle's three major research universities 
are pushing to produce more biotech spinoffs from their faculty's life sciences 
discoveries and inventions. In a fresh burst of entrepreneurial energy, Duke 
University, North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina 
at Chapel Hill are all beefing up their technology transfer efforts to go beyond 
their more traditional technology and patent licensing deals and sales. ... 
http://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2003/01/20/focus2.html

It's your fault, not Ronald's (Editorial)
Wilmington Morning Star
If your kid gets fat on Big Macs, fries and half-gallon colas, you can't blame 
McDonald's. In a New York minute, a Manhattan judge dismissed a suit accusing 
the hamburger chain of hiding the calories, cholesterol, fats and salt in its Happy 
Meals. ... A study by researchers at UNC-Chapel Hill has quantified what many 
suspected: American restaurants in general are piling plates higher than is good 
for us ...
http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Site=WM&Date=20030124&Category=EDITORIAL&ArtNo=301240324&Ref=AR&Profile=1016

UNC student leaders question Moeser's decision on Christian group 
The Herald-Sun
Student leaders at UNC have taken issue with Chancellor James Moeser’s decision 
last month to back continued recognition of a student group that requires its leaders
to espouse Christian beliefs. ... 
http://www.herald-sun.com/orange/10-312657.html

The "Mexican Paradox" 
Independent Weekly
Despite poverty and other barriers to health care, Latinas have the healthiest 
babies in North Carolina. Researchers say it's something in their culture. But 
the advantage goes away the longer they live here... "It's very difficult to get 
funding for programs for populations that have healthy babies," says Pamela 
Frasier, an assistant professor of Family Medicine at UNC-Chapel Hill 
who helped create the Immigrant Health Initiative at Chatham Hospital in 
Siler City. ...
http://indyweek.com/durham/current/cover.html

UNC-CH harassment suit goes forward
Winston-Salem Journal
Attorneys in a sexual-harassment lawsuit filed by two former players against the 
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the school's women's soccer coach 
have agreed on deadlines for discovery and mediation. ...
http://www.journalnow.com/wsj/news/MGBQY07NBBD.html

Issues and Trends Affecting Carolina

Texas Admissions Plan Has Not Increased Diversity at Flagship Campuses, Study Finds
The Chronicle of Higher Education
The "top 10 percent" plan used for admission to public universities in Texas has 
failed to restore minority enrollments to their levels when affirmative action was 
permitted, according to a study released Thursday by a team of sociologists. ...
http://chronicle.com/daily/2003/01/2003012401n.htm
(Note: The Chronicle of Higher Education requires a subscription to access articles.) 

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