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July 11, 2005
Carolina in the News
Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina
people and programs cited recently in the media:National Coverage
Have a Seat, Your Honor (Presidents Wish It Were That Easy)
The New York Times
When Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase died in 1873, President Ulysses S. Grant did not want to waste time naming a successor. ...The Waite appointment is a case study in one of the many ways not to appoint a justice and an object lesson for President Bush as he seeks to fill the seat of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and, perhaps soon, that of Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, says Michael J. Gerhardt, a professor of law at the University of North Carolina.
UNC Tip Sheet: http://www.unc.edu/news/newstips/2005/oconnor070105.htmIt's the Deity, Dude
The Washington Post
Any parent with a conscience who is raising a teenager will read these two books and immediately fall to her knees at the altar before God, Yahweh, Jesus, Muhammad -- nearly any recognizable deity will do -- and hope her children follow suit. ...Christian Smith, a widely respected sociologist at the University of North Carolina, conducted the study as the first comprehensive survey of the spiritual life of American teenagers.New Robot Helps Perform Surgeries
The Chronicle of Higher Education
This surgical assistant can function well without sleep, and it doesn't complain about the pay. Surgeons at the University of North Carolina Hospitals are raving about a robot named da Vinci. It helps remove cancerous prostates, perform hysterectomies for cervical cancers, and bypass blocked coronary arteries, among other surgeries.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/jun05/davinci062705.htm
Note: The Chronicle requires a subscription for access to articles. Email Michelle at mgreene@dev.unc.edu for a copy of the article.Highway safety bill targets drivers who take eyes off the road
The Associated Press (National)
Pay attention Garden State drivers, this involves you. ...The American Automobile Association and researchers at the University of North Carolina in 2003 tracked 70 drivers to learn what made them take their eyes off the road.
Do pretty people earn more?
CNN.com
Studies show attractive students get more attention and higher evaluations from their teachers, good-looking patients get more personalized care from their doctors, and handsome criminals receive lighter sentences than less attractive convicts. ...A study released last year by two professors at the University of Florida and University of North Carolina found that tall people earn considerably more money throughout their careers than their shorter co-workers, with each inch adding about $789 a year in pay.
Regional Coverage
Inventions garner millions for universities
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Faculty inventions generated $11.6 million in licensing fees and royalties for the region's three research universities during fiscal 2004 and enabled the schools to launch 19 start-up companies. ..."All universities are competing for a pie which is not getting bigger," said Mark Crowell, associate vice chancellor for economic development and technology transfer at the University of North Carolina.
Districts expand Spanish study, despite dwindling budgets
The Grand Rapids Press (Michigan)
More Holland area elementary schools will say "hola" to Spanish next fall, despite flat public education funding, which is forcing cuts in other programs. ...Holland educators led by Nery Garcia -- then an English as a Second Language teacher and now principal of East Middle School -- developed this curriculum together more than a decade ago with Audrey Heining-Boynton, professor of education and romance languages at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
State & Local Coverage
UNC has many of novelist's original works
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
The first thing that catches your eye is Shelby Foote's handwriting. It is a rich, swirly black calligraphy that at once catches and confuses the eye. After all, it isn't often that you see handwriting this refined, flowery or extensive. But in UNC's Southern Historical Collection, you'll find dozens of pages of Foote's handwritten fiction, stories that eventually became popular novels.
UNC Tip Sheet: http://www.unc.edu/news/newstips/2005/potter0605062905.htmBombs hit home in N.C.
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Mike Salim of Cary heard the news of the London terrorist bombings on the radio while driving Thursday afternoon. ..."I asked my husband, 'What is going on?' " said Boka Hadzija, a pharmacy professor at UNC-Chapel Hill who saw the news on WRAL-TV at 6 a.m. Her daughter and husband live in London. "He said, 'It's a big mess.' "
Related Link: http://www.newsobserver.com/news/crime_safety/story/2578361p-9013294c.htmlNorma Berryhill, 103
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Norma Berryhill, often called the "first lady" of the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Medicine, died Friday in Chapel Hill. She was 103.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/jul05/mrsberryhill070805.htmBerryhill, 'first lady' of medical school, dies at 103
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
Norma Connell Berryhill, who with her husband, Walter Reece Berryhill, is credited with the founding and development of UNC's School of Medicine, died Friday at Carolina Meadows.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/jul05/mrsberryhill070805.htm
Resplendent Memorial Hall spurs sales
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Buzz about the newly refurbished Memorial Hall on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus is picking up steam as its inaugural season approaches.
A quiet place to grow
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Tommy Wilcox was AWOL. ...The center was an experiment financed by the state under the auspices of the University of North Carolina's TEACCH division in nearby Chapel Hill.
Children swim laps to raise money for cancer center
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
Jacob Vosburgh, 9, probably doesn't grasp the specifics of cancer research. ...Fifty laps will mean $50 for UNC's Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, the beneficiary of Swim for Life fundraiser, held for the 27th straight year at UNC's Koury Natatorium Sunday.
Stiff book prices squeeze wallets, frustrate professors
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
UNC professor Hugon Karwowski is so exasperated with the state of textbook pricing these days that he no longer assigns a particular book for the 70 or so students in his introductory physics class.
UNC worries court ruling may sock them with millions it can't pay
The Chapel Hill Herald/Herald-Sun (Durham)
A recent N.C. Supreme Court decision has UNC officials worried that they may get stuck with a multi-million dollar bill they can't pay.
UNC ponders affordable housing plan
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
UNC officials have begun looking into the possibility of building affordable housing for the university's faculty and staff on a 63-acre parcel that was once supposed to become part of the Winmore development.
City of Fear taught him to be unafraid
The Charlotte Observer
The City of Fear, people call Camden, N.J. ...Bland Simpson, Albright's creative writing teacher at UNC Chapel Hill, calls "Blessed Returns" "a candid, poignant and altogether winning memoir."
Painful parallels explored
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Iraq and Vietnam. ...Michael Hunt, a history professor at UNC-Chapel Hill and author of "Lyndon Johnson's War: America's Cold War Crusade in Vietnam, 1945-1968," put it this way: "For young people in college, it means what they've seen in films: 'We were defeated. Our military was humiliated. Our country was set into turmoil, and that's what we're getting into again.' "
Tar Heels weigh in on global warming
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
North Carolinians concerned about links between global warming and burning gas, oil and coal paid heed this week when President Bush acknowledged that the problem was real. ...A legitimate debate exists over whether it is wiser to force polluters to reduce emissions or to invest in new technologies that could reduce the amount of carbon that industry and automobiles pump into the atmosphere, said Mort Webster, a risk and decision analyst at UNC-Chapel Hill.
School's focus: Foreign studies
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
Riverside High School graduate Sam Need hoped to learn about Asian and African cultures in high school, but soon became frustrated by the lack of course offerings in those fields. ...Officials with the Center for International Understanding, a public service program based out of UNC Chapel Hill that has sent more than 7,500 North Carolina residents to 47 different countries to learn about the world, also praised the idea of the new high school.
Stevens-Johnson Syndrome
WTVD-TV (ABC, Durham)
The little girl was diagnosed with Stevens-Johnson Syndrome. It's an extreme reaction to a wide range of medicine. In this case, doctors think it was Children's Motrin. It caused her skin to literally start shedding, and it struck without warning. ...Dr. Bruce Cairns, (associate professor at the University of North Carolina) believes the trigger was Children's Motrin and that she suffered a severe reaction seen in six out of a million people each year.
Investing in your überchild
The Charlotte Observer
The half-dozen 3- and 4-year olds in Vanessa Terán's class are growing restless, as she tries to demonstrate how they can draw eyes and mouths on the "horses" made of sticks and socks. ..."If you give them a wide range of exposure to things and you're talking and exploring, it might not matter that much that they don't have a music teacher," said Donna Bryant, associate director of the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute at UNC Chapel Hill.Braces: Not just kid stuff anymore
The Chapel Hill News
After bringing up two kids in braces, Carol Arnold, a speech therapist for the local public schools, finally decided it was her time. ...“Americans are very conscious of their appearance,” said Garland Hershey, professor of orthodontics at the UNC School of Dentistry.
City, county look at business lures
The Charlotte Observer
City and county officials are poised to overhaul a business incentives program that has so far yielded only three deals in its eight-year history. ...Jonathan Morgan, assistant professor of economic development with UNC Chapel Hill's School of Government, said it is hard to gauge how much new investment is produced by incentive grants.
Pittsburgh, Chapel Hill activists join worldwide anti-car network
The Associated Press (N.C.)
Then the United States refused to ratify an international treaty that would impose limits on emissions of carbon dioxide and other gases, four twenty something Pittsburghers decided to take action. ...Foy said Chapel Hill, neighboring Carrboro and the University of North Carolina invested in that idea.
Issues & TrendsD.C. Aces: Students learn civics firsthand
The Winston-Salem Journal
It used to be that summer vacation meant a break from studying and class presentations. ...The program, open to students on all 16 UNC campuses, allows them to work with the nation's leading civic organizations and elected officials to get an up-close view of the federal government. Kemal Atkins, the director of academic and student affairs at UNC, said that the semesterlong seminar is offered year round.
Salary hike likely for UNC president (Opinion-editorial)
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
Everyone's talking about the so-called housing bubble, but you have to wonder if there's a salary bubble. One would think so, considering the over-inflated paychecks of professional athletes, coaches and corporate executives.
Related Letter to the editor: http://www.newsobserver.com/opinion/letters/story/2578452p-9013197c.html
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