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June 11, 2004
Carolina in the News
Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina
people and programs cited recently in the media:
National Coverage
Mammograms Harder to Get, Report Finds
The New York Times
A shortage of providers is threatening women's access to mammograms, a federal health advisory panel said in a report released Thursday...."Mammography saves
lives and we need to figure out a way to get it to more patients, more uniformly," said Dr. Etta Pisano, chief of breast imaging at the University of North Carolina, an
author of the report.
UNC media advisory: http://www.unc.edu/news/media/2004/iom060704.html
Advisers urge greater mammogram access
National Associated Press
Too many American women skip mammograms, which are becoming harder to get because of a growing shortage of providers, say government advisers who are
recommending better access to the breast-cancer scans...."Mammography saves lives and we need to figure out a way to get it to more patients more uniformly," said
Dr. Etta Pisano, chief of breast imaging at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, who co-wrote the report.
Note: This article appeared widely on national websites and newspapers.
Whatever it takes
Profiles in Diversity Journal
As Director of Recruitment and Special Programs for the Office of Minority Affairs, Terri Houston keeps open the door to higher education at one of the nation's
premier public institutions. Hundreds of minority students a year pass through her doors, and her efforts have helped to make the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill one of the country's most active top-tier public universities in the recruitment, retention and graduation of minority students.
State & Local Coverage
UNC Researcher Urges More Women To Have Mammograms
WRAL-TV (CBS, Raleigh)
A new report praises the benefits of mammography in detecting breast cancer. A lack of access to screenings remains a big hurdle. New detection tools are on the
horizon...."Two millimeters is about as small as we can find them," said Dr. Etta Pisano, of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Mecklenburg well-served for mammography
The Charlotte Observer
A new national report warns of a worsening shortage of radiologists and long waits for mammography, but women in Mecklenburg County and surrounding counties
can get breast cancer screening with little delay...."We need to get more women screened," said Dr. Etta Pisano, chief of breast imaging at UNC Chapel Hill, who
co-wrote the report. "The fact that there are so many uninsured women is part of the reason that women are still dying of breast cancer."
More radiologist, technicians urged for breast cancer screening
The Durham Herald-Sun
Training more radiologists and technicians to provide breast screening might be more important than whiz-bang technologies for maintaining the decline in breast
cancer death rates for U.S. women, according to a major national report...."All women should be mammogrammed," said Etta Pisano, chief of breast imaging in the
UNC Department of Radiology, a professor of radiology at the UNC School of Medicine and a co-leader of the school's Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer
Center's breast-cancer program.
Raising the bars at UNC's public radio
Triangle Business Journal
The silky voice of a veteran radio news reporter disguises the tenacity that lies just under Joan Siefert Rose's cool demeanor...."She's shaken things up here, that's for
sure," says Emily Hanford, WUNC news director.
Registration required.
Radio mixes with TV
The News & Observer
WUNC's noon talkfest "The State of Things" can now be heard and seen....The show, hosted by Melinda Penkava, can been seen live at noon on WRAL
NewsChannel, the station's all-news digital channel.
Big summit, tiny crowds
The Charlotte Observer
The orange trolleys ran nearly empty and riverfront restaurants closed early this week, but Georgia officials are hoping the international exposure from the G-8 summit
will prompt tourists and businesses to flock here...."It puts places on the map, no question about it, when you have international leaders come to a community," said
Mike Luger, director of the Office of Economic Development at UNC Chapel Hill.
WSSU requests money in response to its growth
The Winston-Salem Journal
A $5.4 million request from Winston-Salem State University to the General Assembly comes in response to the school's enrollment growth and officials' desire to
expand research capabilities....By 2010, the university plans to have about 1,000 students in master's-level programs. The school is planning to collaborate with the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on a computer-science and pharmacy program.
UNC Hospitals seeks $5.6M expansion
Triangle Business Journal
The University of North Carolina Hospitals at Chapel Hill wants to add 43 licensed general acute care beds as part of $5.6 million expansion project, according to an
application filed with the Certificate of Need Section of the North Carolina Division of Facility Services.
Charles, 'genius' of music innovation, dies
The News & Observer
Ray Charles, an American musical pioneer known simply as "the Genius," died Thursday. He was 73, and the cause of death was acute liver disease...."Ray Charles
was a guy who just would not be bound by any conventional musical style," said John Covach, who teaches rock-history classes at UNC-Chapel Hill.
Note: UNC News Services pitched Covach as an expert.
The old Loray Mill: A relic but not a ruin (Commentary)
The Charlotte Observer
The five-story Loray Mill looks like a state prison and pigeon roost....The subject of how Gastonia can come to grips with the strike after all these years falls to UNC
Chapel Hill associate history professor Jim Leloudis.
Duke blood study gets little reaction
The News & Observer
Fewer than 10 people attended a public meeting Thursday about a proposed Duke University study that, if approved, could turn anyone bleeding heavily in a Durham
County ambulance into a study subject without consent as soon as this summer....Mike Cangelosi, a biomedical engineering student at UNC-Chapel Hill and former Wake County paramedic, said more information about the chemical recipe used to create PolyHeme from donated human blood should be made available so that
people who don't have a financial stake in the matter, but understand chemistry, could consider its safety.
Issues & Trends
After delay, Senate committee quickly passes Easley incentives
NC Associated Press
A proposal giving Gov. Mike Easley $20 million to hand out as business incentives is headed for the full Senate after a budget-writing committee agreed not to link the
bill to a grant program for rural communities....At least one Democrat also questioned the usefulness of incentives, citing a UNC-Chapel Hill business school study
that found good transportation, a skilled labor force and quality schools were the top factors in companies deciding where to relocate.
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