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July 19, 2006
Carolina in the News
Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina
people and programs cited recently in the media:International Coverage
Airport novel ideas
The Australian (Sydney)
It's 3am and I'm at Inchon airport, South Korea. The place is packed with people arriving from everywhere in the world. After 14 hours in the air I'm trying to find an airline representative for a hotel voucher. ... John Kasarda, director of the Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise at the University of North Carolina, has published widely about the concept of the aerotropolis. He's also involved in turning several airports into aerotropoli, including Brisbane airport.
National Coverage
New Digital Mammography System Approved
HealthDay News
Women who are under age 50, are premenopausal, or have thicker breast tissue seem to benefit more from digital mammography than traditional breast cancer detection methods that use film, according to new research involving over 50,000 women. ... "Dense-breasted women tend to be at especially high risk for breast cancer, and they are among the hardest to screen with conventional film X-rays," study lead author Dr. Etta Pisano, Director of the University of North Carolina Biomedical Research Imaging Center, noted in the Fuji statement.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/sep05/acrin091605.htmMoms can cut calories without hurting milk production (Blog)
The Orlando Sentinel (Fla.)
Weight-loss guide for the breastfeeding mom: Cut back on desserts, sweetened beverages and snack foods. Walk briskly for 45 minutes, four days a week. These simple steps will have no effect on milk production or the baby, according to new research from the University of North Carolina.
Regional Coverage
If I had a day I could give to you (Opinion-editorial column)
The Salem News (Ohio)
If I had a day that I could give to you, it would be a day that you NOT smoke. It would be a day that you would talk to your teens about quitting smoking, both of you together if both of you are smokers. ... The University of North Carolina conducted a study that found four students ages 11 to 15 using credit cards and money orders to attempt buying cigarettes from the Internet.
State & Local Coverage
Carolina Del Norte
"The State of Things," WUNC-FM
Hannah Gill, a research associate at the Center for International Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Paula McClain, co-director of the Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity and Gender in the Social Sciences, were featured on today's (July 19) edition of "The State of Things." While congress considers new immigration policies, local researches are examining what immigrants face once they make it into North Carolina. Gill discusses her project, "Going to Carolina del Norte: Narrating Mexican Migrant Experiences."
Chief Hicks visits museum's TOT Interpretive Center
Cherokee Sentinel (Murphy)
Chief Michell Hicks, Principal Chief of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians, visited the Cherokee County Historical Museum recently to view the newly installed Trail of Tears Interpretive Center panels in the lower level. ... The archaeologist Dr. Brett Riggs with the Research Laboratories of Archaeology at UNC-Chapel Hill researched and developed the exhibit.Student unafraid while in Lebanon
The Wilmington Morning Star
As an aspiring photojournalist, Stephanie Preston is in the right place at the right time. ... Fear is not driving the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill student to try to evacuate. The 20-year-old, whose father lives in Wilmington, just wants to make sure she can get out of the country in time to fulfill an upcoming internship in Shanghai.
Heavily marketed sports snacks a waste of money (Commentary)
The Charlotte Observer
Sometimes it makes sense to dress for the part you want to play. A new workout top, for instance, raises my enthusiasm to hit the gym. A pedometer strapped to your leg may spur you to take the stairs. ... Suzanne Havala Hobbs is a registered dietitian and a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Health Policy at UNC.
Effective treatments for back pain remain elusive (Commentary)
Cherokee Sentinel (Murphy)
Back pain intrudes into the lives of otherwise perfectly healthy people for no particular reason. Regardless of the degree to which it hurts, hobbles, or overwhelms, such acute regional back pain is normal. ... Nortin M. Hadler, MD, is a professor of medicine and microbiology/immunology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine and an attending rheumatologist at UNC Hospitals.
Issues & Trends
Rep. Taylor earmarks for Russia business connection
The Hill (D.C.)
Rep. Charles Taylor (R-N.C.) used earmarks to create an overseas study program for Russian business students coordinated by his friend and business partner, an ex-KGB general’s wife and onetime English teacher. ... “An individual campus may decide to have a student participate, but it’s not something we follow closely,” said Kimrey Rhinehardt, UNC’s assistant vice president of government relations.
Kitchens find workers, too, seeking help
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Maurice Jackson Sr. calls himself "a manual backhoe operator." It's a joke. He makes about $7 an hour shoveling dirt and gravel on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus.
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