June 16, 2004

Carolina in the News

Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina
people and programs cited recently in the media:

State & Local Coverage

Chapel Hill OKs UNC-CH plans
The News & Observer
Officials at UNC-Chapel Hill have gotten the go-ahead from town officials this week to modify the main-campus development plan, but not without raising concerns about pedestrian bridges proposed to cross a main road near the Bell Tower.

UNC program's airport home won't close until new one built
The Chapel Hill Herald
At 7:15 a.m. one recent Thursday, physician John Cotton dropped off his son at the bus stop near their Chapel Hill home and headed to work....Cotton's weekly trips to Wilmington are one small feature of UNC's Area Health Education Centers program.

AHEC flights save time for UNC brass
The Chapel Hill Herald
The university system Molly Broad presides over is a far-flung empire, stretching from Cullowhee in the western mountains to Elizabeth City near the northeastern Outer Banks.

China and Japan grapple with friendship (Point of View)
The News & Observer
Thousands of Chinese stream past the ticket-scalpers outside Capital Sports Stadium in Beijing. Inside, precisely at 2 p.m., 18 enormous men, dressed in loincloths and weighing between 280 and 400 lbs., enter the arena and mount the center stage, where a sumo ring has been set up. As far as their massive girth allows, they bow to the audience....Steven I. Levine is associate chair of the Curriculum in International and Area Studies at UNC-Chapel Hill.

Principals hear last bell
The News & Observer
Some kids want to grow up to be professional athletes or astronauts or firefighters....Statewide, there could be between 5,185 and 6,052 openings for principals and assistant principals by 2010 because of retirements and enrollment growth, according to a 2001 University of North Carolina study.

Scientists given research awards
The Herald-Sun
Two N.C. scientists have won $240,000 each and recognition as two of only 15 2004 Pew Scholars in the biomedical sciences....Brian Strahl, of the UNC School of Medicine, plans to investigate how the structure of DNA can control gene activity.

Issues & Trends

House demurs on UNC caps
The News & Observer
The University of North Carolina system got a pass Tuesday when the state House backed off a threat to mandate caps on out-of-state students at the 16 campuses.

Warner pulls student cap bill
The Fayetteville Observer
State Rep. Alex Warner has withdrawn legislation that would dictate to most University of North Carolina schools the number of out-of-state students they enroll.

Committees OK medical projects
Winston-Salem Journal
Two N.C. House committees quickly endorsed a plan yesterday to borrow $338 million to build a cancer center in Chapel Hill, a cardiovascular center in Greenville, a bioinformatics center in Charlotte, a wellness center in Asheville and a pharmacy school in Elizabeth City.

Spending plan receives support
The News & Observer
The House Finance Committee agreed this morning that the state should borrow hundreds of millions of dollars to build five research centers on University of North Carolina campuses.

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