July 2, 2004

Carolina in the News

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

International Coverage

Steroids May Improve Tendon Repair After Surgery
Reuters International
Anabolic steroids are against the rules for professional athletes, but preliminary research suggests that steroids may help repair a shoulder injury that affects many professional and weekend athletes....In lab experiments using bioengineered tendons, researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill found that tendons treated with an anabolic steroid were stronger than untreated tendons.
UNC news release

National Coverage

Inflation Sentinels Beat the Crowd
The Wall Street Journal
It's time for inflation worrywarts to stand up and be noticed....The worst forecasts came from Brian S. Wesbury, of Griffin Kubik Stephens; Robert DiClemente of Citigroup; James Smith of the University of North Carolina and Susan Sterne of Economic Analysis Associates.

Young Football Players Avoiding Heatstroke
HealthDayNews
For the second year in a row, there were no heatstroke-related deaths among young U.S. football players in 2003, says a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill study.
UNC news release

Program honors exemplary school
The Grand Rapids Press
A local elementary school received top honors recently from a national organization that encourages educators to recognize differences in their students' learning skills and help them achieve success....She said Schools Attuned is based on more than 30 years of work by Dr. Mel Levine, director of the Clinical Center for the Study of Development and Learning at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

State & Local Coverage

Civil Rights Act celebrates anniversary
The Charlotte Observer
The Civil Rights Act of 1964, signed into law 40 years ago today, sowed the seeds for the Sun Belt South...."It liberated the South to make money," says Ferrell Guillory, director of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Program on Southern Politics, Media and Public Life.

Rare memoir offers account of slave's life
The News & Observer
The last time Jeffrey Brace saw his parents was in western Africa as he headed to the river for a swim with friends...."This book is really a find," said William Andrews, a professor of African-American literature at UNC-Chapel Hill, who has written and edited books on slave narratives and gathered the accounts online.

Duke keeps 6th place hospital ranking
The Herald-Sun
Duke University Medical Center for the fifth straight year has maintained its rank as sixth-best U.S. hospital, according to the July 12 "Nation's Best Hospitals" issue of U.S. News & World Report, due on newsstands Monday.,,,Duke is the only North Carolina institution to ever be included in the honor roll, although UNC Hospitals had seven medical specialties with top-50 scores, including a 14th-best rating for its digestive disorders services.
UNC news release

Summer excursions: free
The News & Observer
Whoever said you don't get something for nothing has never been to Chapel Hill....Start your day at Coker Arboretum at UNC-Chapel Hill. The five-acre garden was created in 1903 and is home to more than 500 species of plants, trees and shrubs.

County native's Hollywood dreams are coming true
The Daily Courier, Rutherford County
When Jason Keever acquired an appetite for making movies as a sophomore at the University of North Carolina, never in his wildest dreams did he imagine working for one of Hollywood's greatest directors -- Academy Award-winner Steven Spielberg.

Issues & Trends

Budget negotiators agree to 3rd-grade class limits
The News & Observer
House and Senate budget negotiators have agreed to provide enough money to reduce third-grade class sizes to 18 students, House members said Thursday.

UNC system works on safety plan
The News & Observer
The recent killings of two UNC-Wilmington students could lead to big changes in the way UNC campuses screen applicants to keep out potentially violent students.

Making campuses safe, accessible
The Chapel Hill Herald
As they began their work Thursday, the members of a university system task force on campus safety realized a key challenge lay ahead.

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