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July 2, 2003
Current International Coverage
Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina
people and programs cited recently in the media:
Multimedia cluster paying off
The Bangkok Post (Thailand)
A cluster of multimedia-related companies formed last year has been a much-
needed shot in the arm for the competitiveness of the industry. The companies,
varying from computer graphics and software to animation specialists, were
identified by Kenan Institute Asia (KIAsia), a Thai-US non-profit development
organization headquartered in Bangkok, as candidates to improve their
competitiveness by forming a cluster.
(Note: The Kenan Institute Asia, part of Kenan-Flagler Business School, is
a Thai-registered non-profit development foundation that builds linkages in Asia
for the Kenan Institute, Carolina and other U.S. business, government and
academic partners.)
Current National Coverage
Trade Pact With Pakistan Reflects Politics, Not Economics, Critics Say
The New York Times
When he took office two years ago, Robert B. Zoellick, the nation's top trade
official, envisioned a ladder of trade agreements for countries interested in doing
business with the United States ... "His support in North Carolina, and I'm sure
it's even more so in South Carolina, is so rock solid that he could do anything
to textiles and it would have no impact on it," said David Lowery, a professor
of political science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
(Note: This article also appeared in The International Herald Tribune. The New
York Time requires free registration to access articles. )
Stem Cell Research Aids Disabled Rats
The Hartford Courant
... A more dangerous form of dengue fever has migrated from the Indian subcontinent
to Latin America and to the United States border, according to research published
in the Journal of Infectious Diseases, a publication of the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention. The study by researchers at the University of North Carolina helps
explain why mosquito-borne viruses such as West Nile can suddenly become more
dangerous.
(Note: This study was the subject of a UNC news release.)
National News Note
Nutrition doctoral student Samara Joy Nielsen was scheduled to be interviewed
on CNBC-TV's "Wake Up Call" this morning about a study she helped conduct
with Barry Popkin, professor of nutrition at the schools of public health and
medicine, on portion sizes. This study was also mentioned in the July issue of
Shape magazine.
North Carolina News Note
The July 2003 issue of Business North Carolina magazine features a ranking
of "Premier practitioners" in North Carolina. 51 full-time UNC faculty and 1
adjunct professor were identified as "premier practitioners." In an accompanying
article, UNC Hospitals was prominently mentioned as well as Frank Longo,
chairman of the neuroscience department in the School of Medicine.
State and Local Coverage
Special Durham Herald-Sun series
Following are links to portions of a three-part series published this week examining
the impact of retiring faculty at Carolina, Duke and N.C. Central:
Graying of the Gown: Colleges edgy as profs near retirement
The Herald-Sun
Editor's note: This is the first in a 3-part series looking at the aging of university
faculty members and its effect on higher learning. Peter Coclanis is a young pup
in the UNC history department. At the solidly middle age of 51, Coclanis chairs
a distinguished, experienced department whose average age is 59. Nineteen of
the 46 faculty members are more than 60 years old.
Money quest: Fundraising fills gaps at universities
The Herald-Sun
For officials at schools like UNC Chapel Hill and N.C. Central University in
Durham, replacing retiring faculty members is a dizzying game of academic
roulette. ... In Chapel Hill, Carolina is putting enormous emphasis on private
fundraising to maintain its corps of professors, and Chancellor James Moeser
has set an ambitious goal of raising money for 200 new professorships through
Carolina First, an ongoing capital campaign.
(Note: The Herald-Sun requires free user registration to access archives.)
Professor, 74, has no plans to retire; offers experience
The Herald-Sun
Every so often, Larry Gilbert ponders retirement. ... He has taught biology at
UNC since 1980, wooed to Chapel Hill from Northwestern University on the
strength of a William Rand Kenan Jr. professorship, a prestigious chair that
provides him with a nice paycheck and ultimate job security.
(Note: The Herald-Sun requires free user registration to access archives.)
Graying of the gown: Phased retirement `devastating' in Chapel Hill
The Herald-Sun
This article is part of the second day of a three-day series on the graying of
university faculty. To many in academia, the wave of professor retirements is
still little more than a ripple on the horizon. But to Frank Dominguez, the wave
hit a long time ago and continues to erode the faculty ranks. A UNC Spanish
professor, Dominguez chaired the romance languages department for eight
years before leaving the post earlier this year.
Duke fights aging trend with aggressive recruiting
The Herald-Sun
Duke University has insulated itself from a rapidly aging professoriate by
aggressively recruiting new scholars -- young and old -- to rejuvenate depart-
ments and begin new programs, said Provost Peter Lange.
Solutions sought to nursing instruction crisis
The Herald-Sun
North Carolina's universities and community colleges aren't producing enough
nursing graduates to meet the needs of hospitals, clinics and medical centers
and will fall farther behind during the next five years as faculty shortages hamper
student training, state and national officials say.
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The artist as a young hacker (Question and Answer)
News and Observer
Elliot McGucken, a part-time physics professor at University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill, is just back from an open-source software conference
-- the conference on Open Source Content Management, or OSCOM -- at Harvard.
Rain can wreak havoc on roads, costing lives, time, money
The Shelby Star
It’s no news that Cleveland County has received inordinate amounts of rain this
season, but just how much? ... Each year, vehicle crashes cost more than $9
billion to the state’s economy, and 10 percent of those crashes can be attributed
to weather conditions, according to the Highway Safety Research Center at
UNC-Chapel Hill.
Hand-me-down genes' new look (Question and Answer)
Charlotte Observer
Q. If identical twin women marry identical twin men, will their children be
genetically identical? .... Gustavo Maroni and Mark Peifer, helpful and friendly
biology professors at UNC Chapel Hill, explained it to us ...
Fireworks return for 4th festivities
Chapel Hill News
For Village Band director Jeffery Fuchs, the Fourth of July isn’t just another
holiday — it’s a double holiday. Fuchs, a professor in the UNC School of
Music, and other members of the Village Band always perform twice on
Independence Day, splitting the day between Carrboro and Chapel Hill. ...
After a year off due to budget cuts, Chapel Hill revives its annual fireworks
display at Kenan Stadium.
Issues and Trends Affecting Carolina
College leaders huddle on reform
News and Observer
Fresh from weeks of tense, marathon conference calls among ACC colleagues
about the league's expansion, UNC Chancellor James Moeser convened again
Tuesday with a group of fellow college presidents -- this time to talk about
ways to rein in college sports.
Roses & raspberries
Chapel Hill News
Roses to UNC Chancellor James Moeser for standing firm in opposition to
ACC expansion, despite considerable pressure on him to go along with other
conference chancellors and presidents.
Schools have lost sight of mission (Commentary)
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Knock, knock, I'm still here, the troll coming out from under the bridge to
register his disgruntlement. This time it's the members of the Atlantic Coast
Conference and how they have lost contact with their mission.
The new ACC (Editorial)
Charlotte Observer
Listening to the debate over expanding the Atlantic Coast Conference, you'd
think the arguments came from different universes. They did.
ACC Expansion (Editorial)
Winston-Salem Journal
If change is inevitable, and you either grow or shrink, then the Atlantic Coast
Conference made a pretty good sausage. The squeamish shouldn't watch
sausage being made, and the expansion recipe followed by the ACC was not
a pretty sight, but the end product, all things considered, could have been much
worse.
Price of secrecy (Editorial)
News and Observer
The presidents and chancellors of public universities ought to know better. They
serve the taxpayers, as do their institutions. They report ultimately to the people.
They are not private corporate chief executive officers, free to wheel and deal
behind closed doors as they wish. So when the suggestion first was heard -- that
expansion of the Atlantic Coast Conference might be something to consider --
Chancellors James Moeser of the University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill and Marye Anne Fox of N.C. State University should immediately have
insisted that any such step be explored in public view.
Now, it's official
News and Observer
A white stretch limo pulled up in front of the Grandover Resort on Tuesday night.
Out stepped Virginia Tech athletics director Jim Weaver, beaming away.
ACC enters era of `bad feelings'
The Herald-Sun
The ACC always has prided itself on the good relationships between its member
schools. .... Duke president Nan Keohane doesn't understand how any of her
colleagues could have confused the one vote she and UNC chancellor James
Moeser made to pursue expansion talks with three schools with approval of
expansion.
Budget mostly positive for UNC
The Herald-Sun
On a philosophical level, UNC officials were relatively pleased with the state
budget approved late Monday, in that it funded enrollment growth and a number
of other university priorities.
Co-speakers deciding on session finale
News and Observer
After grueling budget negotiations, state legislators might not have the stamina to
take up other weighty issues before they close their session this month. ... But
Basnight said his chief priority is legislation to establish several high-tech training
and research centers across the state that would create jobs and attract
businesses. Those facilities include ... a $130 million cancer center at UNC-
Chapel Hill ....
A Disaster Avoided (Editorial)
Winston-Salem Journal
At times over the past six weeks, it's been hard to tell which was the bigger mess:
the state budget deliberations in Raleigh or the expansion process for the Atlantic
Coast Conference. ... Neither the public schools, the community colleges nor the
universities took major hits in their funding.
State budget little to cheer about (Editorial)
The Chapel Hill Herald
Another year unfolds, and with it continues the state's budget crisis. It remains to
be seen whether the fiscal 2003-04 spending plan the General Assembly
approved this week will end the crisis. It probably will not. Whether it closes the
books on the state's financial troubles, the budget offers little relief for state
employees at UNC. Workers there will receive a one-time bonus of $550 and
10 more days of vacation.
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