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July 26, 2007
Carolina in the News
Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina people and programs cited recently in the media:
International Coverage
Business schools: Social issues sweep campus
Financial Times (London)
Other top-performing schools in the Aspen rankings include Spain’s Esade, University of North Carolina’s Kenan Flagler Business School, Canada’s Schulich School of Business at the University of York and, in the UK, Nottingham Business School.
The big issue
London Sunday Times
Extra inches could also equate to extra income. Analysing the results of four studies, Timothy Judge, a University of Florida management professor, and Daniel Cable, a business professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel-Hill, found that for each extra inch in height, a person earned about $789 (£384) more in pay.
Brand vs. generic cold medication
Homemakers Magazine (Canada)
Antihistamines, which are commonly found in cold medication, can reduce nasal mucus and alleviate itchy and watery eyes but these cold-relief joys may not be suitable if you need to be alert: "A common side effect with most antihistamines is that they make you sleepy," says Dr. Fred Eckel R.Ph., professor at the University of North Carolina School of Pharmacy. "It doesn't affect everybody, but it affects some people."National Coverage
Obesity Spreads In Social Circles As Trends Do, Study Indicates
The Washington Post
Obesity appears to spread from one person to another like a virus or a fad, researchers reported yesterday in a first-of-its-kind study that helps explain -- and could help fight -- one of the nation's biggest public health problems. ..."People pick friends because they are similar in the way they eat or the way they move," said Barry M. Popkin, who studies obesity at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Before the Revolution
Smithsonian Magazine
Americans can't travel to Cuba, but tourists from other parts of the world—mostly Europe and Canada—visit the island for its beaches, culture, Spanish colonial architecture and vintage American cars. ..."Havana was then what Las Vegas has become," says Louis Perez, a Cuba historian at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
State & Local Coverage
Carolina North plan going to trustees
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
UNC Chapel Hill's full Board of Trustees is expected to see the latest draft concept plan for Carolina North at an 8 a.m. meeting today. ...Trustee Roger Perry, chairman of UNC's buildings and grounds committee that floated the alternative site, said the Innovation Center is intended to be a "special piece of architecture" and a highlight of Carolina North and thus should be one of its most visible structures.
Center may start Carolina North
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Construction on UNC-Chapel Hill's Innovation Center could begin next year, a university official said Wednesday. ..."It's the right type of project as one of the first projects for Carolina North as we envision it," said Bruce Runberg, associate vice chancellor for facilities planning and construction.
UNC sweetens the pot for more professors
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
In its battle to keep talented faculty from jumping to other universities, UNC-Chapel Hill kept 42 of 58 professors who had job offers elsewhere in the past year. ...UNC Chancellor James Moeser said that extra money for offers and counteroffers will be important as the university gears up to replace graying faculty with new hires.
Report: N.C. lags in care for women
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The report card, released Wednesday by the Center for Women's Health Research at UNC-Chapel Hill, looks at changes from 2001 to 2005. ...Social barriers are worsening. More than 16 percent of all North Carolina women have no health insurance; that is true for more than 63 percent of Hispanic women. This is likely due to unemployment and rising health-care costs, said Carol Lorenz, associate director of the center and one of the report card's authors.
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Related Link: http://www.newsobserver.com/2662/story/648882.htmlHousing costs outpace wage growth
The Star-News (Wilmington)
From 2000 to 2005, wages of the average Brunswick County worker increased 2.5 percent a year, while the average value of a home jumped nearly 8 percent, according to a study two UNC-Chapel Hill researchers prepared for the N.C. Association of Community Development Corporations.
Study: police, teachers can't afford to live in booming Brunswick
The Associated Press (N.C.)
Housing costs are going up in Brunswick County, N.C., faster than the salaries of police officers, firefighters, teachers, nurses and other essential workers, according to a study released Wednesday morning at the state Capitol. ...Produced by the Center for Urban and Regional Studies at UNC-Chapel Hill, the study is full of statistics that its researchers said could apply in many places seeing fast growth and rising home prices.
Wednesday, July 25, 2007, at the North Carolina General Assembly
The Associated Press (N.C.)
A University of North Carolina study says the rising cost of housing in some coastal communities means teachers, police officers and other "essential workers" can't afford to live where they work.
Issues & Trends
Rare glimpses into history: Grandpa was just a kid at work
The Charlotte Observer
Bell was among the kids photographed nearly 100 years ago by Lewis Hine, one of the 20th century's most important photographers, who was documenting violations of child labor laws. Now, a UNC Chapel Hill professor is looking for those children's descendents as part of a deeper look into Southern mill culture. ...Robert Allen, a Gastonia native who teaches in the American studies program at UNC Chapel Hill, found the Gastonia images two years ago while researching an unrelated project.
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