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July 6, 2005Carolina in the News
Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina
people and programs cited recently in the media:National Coverage
Summer Reading for B-Schoolers
Business Week
Whether they're on the beach or on the subway, MBA students are filling the off-season with books. ...Bernard might be laying off the globalization texts, but the professors at the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill can't get enough of them -- even during the off-season.
The Art of Deanship (Opinion-editorial)
The Chronicle of Higher Education
One of the beautiful things about higher education is that deans, provosts, and even presidents are seldom the products of schools of management. ...In the mid-1980s, I came across an interview with Bill Friday at the time of his retirement from the presidency of the University of North Carolina.
Study says diet sodas may tip scales to obesity
The San Antonio Express-News
Just when you thought the news about losing weight couldn't get any worse, try this: A review of 26 years of patient data found that people who drink diet soft drinks were more likely to become overweight. ... "One needs to study in a complex, sequential way how earlier diet drink intake affects subsequent weight changes, but these scholars have not done that," said Barry Popkin, head of nutrition epidemiology at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.
Sides prepare for a pricey high court campaign
The Boston Globe
Many are calling it the "presidential election of 2005," a fund-raising effort to wage a White House-style campaign for and against President Bush's pending Supreme Court nominee. ...With both Republicans and Democrats already strategizing for political gain, Bill Leuchtenberg, a retired professor at the University of North Carolina who testified against Judge Robert Bork's Supreme Court nomination in 1987, predicted that the coming fight will be the ugliest in history.
UNC Tip Sheet: http://www.unc.edu/news/newstips/2005/oconnor070105.htmEli Lilly will end its sale of 4 insulins
The Indianapolis Star
Eli Lilly and Co. will put out the word today that it is discontinuing U.S. sales of four insulin products, including its remaining animal-based insulins. ..."In the medical literature there really is very little support for that notion," said Dr. John Buse, director of diabetes care at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine.
State & Local Coverage
Study finds grades, parents curb sex for girls
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
Many people might assume that adolescent girls who are religious, make public virginity pledges, feel closely connected to family and school and/or attend parochial school are less likely than others to contract sexually transmitted diseases. ..."We don't know what mechanisms are at work to explain this," said Carol Ford, associate professor in the departments of pediatrics and medicine in UNC's School of Medicine and lead author of the study.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/jun05/sti062905.htmNew surgical "robot" helpful in children’s surgery
News 14 (Time Warner, Raleigh)
It is only common sense that the smaller a patient gets, the more delicate and precise a surgeon must be to perform an operation. ...At the University of North Carolina Hospitals, the da Vinci surgical robot system is currently most commonly used for radical prostate surgery in adult males with prostate cancer.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/jun05/davinci062705.htmSchools looking for ways to lure more minorities
Triangle Business Journal (Raleigh)
Like his fellow computer science graduates at the University of North Carolina, Steven Dike attended graduation decked out in a Carolina blue cap and gown.
Consumers rate businesses
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Need a good plumber? ...Nicholas Lurie, an assistant professor of marketing at UNC-Chapel Hill who has researched online communities, says deaseil.com is unique because businesses are able to respond to the consumers.
Ackland to close for maintenance
The Chapel Hill News
The Ackland Art Museum at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will close for six weeks this summer for maintenance.
There is no link available for this story.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/jul05/close05070105.htmMemorial planned for former Campus Y director
The Chapel Hill News
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Campus Y staff, students and alumni are planning a memorial program to honor Anne E. Queen, who served the Campus Y as assistant director and director for nearly 20 years.
There is no link available for this story.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/jul05/queenmemorial070105.htmHauntingly familiar
The Chapel Hill News
Arts patrons who make the newly renovated Memorial Hall a regular haunt might sense a familiar spirit from show to show. ...Emil Kang, UNC's new executive director of the arts, has few details about Evan. Nevertheless, he says the spirit moves him as he walks through the 74-year-old performance hall with the new 21st-century interior.
Carolina Inn's paranormal to be probed
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
William Jacocks gets around pretty well for a dead guy. At least that's the premise attracting a group of ghost hunters to the historic Carolina Inn, located on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus.
'Ghost Hunting' on tap at the Inn
The Chapel Hill News
The Carolina Inn and Haunted Times magazine present "Ghost Hunter's University" Saturday at the Carolina Inn.
Issues & Trends
Cutting textbook costs (Letter to the editor)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Your June 27 editorial "Book smarts" said that "It's long since time that University of North Carolina officials tried to control the ridiculously high cost of textbooks."
N.C. House elects nine to UNC Board of Governors
The Asheville Citizen-Times
A N.C. House resolution elected nine people to University of North Carolina’s Board of Governors on Thursday, including David Young, of Buncombe County.
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