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June 17, 2004
Carolina in the News
Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina
people and programs cited recently in the media:
International Coverage
'Fidelity gene' found in voles
BBC News, UK
By altering the small animal's brain hormone chemistry, scientists have made a promiscuous meadow vole faithful - just like its prairie vole cousin. ...Professor Joseph Piven, a psychiatry expert from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, US, agrees the voles might reveal something interesting about autism.
National Coverage
Good Results in Clinical Trial of Growth Drug
The New York Times
Research that the biotechnology giant Genentech began more than a decade ago could be on the verge of a major payoff - but not necessarily for Genentech....The data on IGF-1 for growth is based on a study conducted by Louis Underwood, a medical doctor at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, and Steven Chernausek, a professor of pediatrics at Children's Hospital Medical Center in Cincinnati.
UNC news release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/nov03/underwood110303.html
Concussions worthy of second look
The Baltimore Sun
It was one of those sounds crowds love to hear: when the running back and the linebacker collide, helmet to helmet, power against power....According to Dr. Kevin Guskiewicz, director of the Sports Medicine Research Laboratory at the University of North Carolina and lead author of NATA's position statement on sport-related concussions, as many as 75 percent of concussions go unreported in high school and college football.
UNC news release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/nov03/guskie111803.html
Dean Smith breaks record with 877th win
ESPN
He never really wanted the record, never really cared about the record. But when you're Dean Smith and you teach the game of basketball as well as he does, and when you coach the game as well as he does, and when you have as much character, class, and integrity as he does, and when the players who play for you respect you as much as they do, victories have a way of piling up.
Note: ESPN is counting down the 100 most memorable moments in sports of the past 25 years. Dean Smith was 84th.
State & Local Coverage
UNC changes to campus plan get go-ahead
The Chapel Hill Herald
UNC has gotten the town's OK to expand the Morehead Planetarium, shift a planned parking deck and make several other changes to the university's campus development plan.
Family support gets nod
The News & Observer
Financing for a program that would help the families of National Guard and Reserve soldiers was approved in a bill that passed a key House committee Wednesday...The proposed National Program for Citizen-Soldier Support would be run by UNC-Chapel Hill and would include a consortium of institutions and other universities.
Note: The National Program for Citizen-Soldier Support was mentioned on WUNC news this morning. The announcement was made from US Rep. David Price's office.
Economics likely pushes AHEC to RDU (Editorial)
The Chapel Hill Herald
Funny thing about UNC's Area Health Education Centers: As beneficial the program surely is for the state's citizens, no one around here seems willing to sacrifice for it.
Citizens miss 28.5% of job gain
The News & Observer
When the clothing factory where he worked in Mexico closed late last year, Augustin Rosas came to North Carolina....But James Smith, a finance professor at UNC-Chapel Hill, said immigrant labor probably accounted for much of North Carolina's job growth.
...condition: critical (Editorial)
The News & Observer
If there is a crisis in the nursing profession, then there is a potential crisis for every man, woman and child who may one day need medical care. A task force headed by the respected Dean Emerita Cynthia M. Freund of UNC-Chapel Hill's nursing school finds that trouble is indeed ahead unless the state can find a way to train more nurses, and make the profession of teaching nurses -- and nursing itself -- more attractive.
Lyme Disease On Rise In N.C.
WRAL-TV (CBS, Raleigh)
It is hard to believe something as tiny as a tick can make you so sick. A Fuquay-Varina woman learned that after a camping trip last summer...."We're clearly seeing more cases," said University of North Carolina epidemiologist Dr. David Weber.
A decision in good standing (Point of View)
The News & Observer
On the surface, the U.S. Supreme Court's Newdow (Pledge of Allegiance) decision appears to be a studied effort to avoid a serious constitutional question on a technicality. It is not. Although past cases can be found where technical doctrines were used to avoid a question that should have been decided, Newdow was not one of those cases....Arnold H. Loewy is the Graham Kenan professor of law at the UNC School of Law.
Advice isn't her line
The News & Observer
The good news: Sarah Dessen's book "This Lullaby" has been optioned by New Line Cinema, the same movie studio that distributed last year's "How to Deal" with Mandy Moore....Dessen's fans have phoned her at UNC-Chapel Hill, where she's a lecturer, and are sometimes seen hovering in the hallway outside her office door.
Issues & Trends
UNC projects supported but not done deal
The Charlotte Observer
The N.C. House voted to agree with the Senate on approving at least two major new state university projects Wednesday and leaders in both chambers agree that a third -- a UNC Charlotte research center -- is a good idea.
Universities could see more money
The News & Observer
The state House decided Wednesday to use money from health and tobacco trust funds to pay for five university construction projects, including a new cancer center at UNC-Chapel Hill.
Community college tuition may rise
Greensboro News & Record
For the state's community college students, the legislative news from Raleigh does not look so hot....In 2003, professors in the University of North Carolina system were paid an average of nearly $64,000, which ranked fifth in the Southeast, according to a report from the Southern Regional Education Board.
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