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June 14, 2005
Carolina in the News
Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina
people and programs cited recently in the media:International Coverage
Righting the civil wrongs of a racist past
Globe and Mail (Canada)
James Cameron can still remember that moment 75 years ago when the noose was slipped around his neck as the angry lynch mob roared its approval...."The Senate has a tawdry history on this issue, and it was the Senate that prevented any anti-lynching legislation from being passed," Fitzhugh Brundage, who teaches at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, said in an interview.
Pediatricians lack confidence in managing obesity, and their own weight might be an important factor
Medical News Today (UK)
If North Carolina reflects what is happening nationally, most pediatricians across the country lack confidence in their ability to treat obesity, which is increasingly recognized as robbing children of physical vigor now and good health in later life, a new study shows...."When we compared their views on preventing obesity with their views on preventing sexually transmitted diseases, pediatricians felt more confident about the STDs," said Perrin, assistant professor of general pediatrics and adolescent medicine (at UNC-Chapel Hill).
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/jun05/perrin4061005.htmNational Coverage
History of Lynchings in America
"Talk of the Nation," National Public Radio
Professor Brundage joined Neal Conan on the NPR program, "Talk of the Nation," from WUNC-FM studios in Chapel Hill to discuss the history of lynching in America in light of the Senate's apology for never passing an anti-lynching bill.
Advice for Postdocs
Inside Higher Ed (major higher education news Web site)
Higher education associations and scholarly societies can release all the reports they want about how colleges are or should be paying more attention to teaching in the tenure process...."I have two words for you: grants and papers," said Matthew Redinbo, an associate professor of chemistry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Teaching and service "have to be there" and can't be ignored, he said, but "it's the first two things that are going to get you tenure."
UMKC is reviewing allegations of plagiarism against professor
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The University of Missouri at Kansas City is reviewing what could be a case of plagiarism by a dean in his university commencement address in December 2003....Sally Greene, an adjunct law professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, uncovered the similarities when doing a Google search, the Chronicle reported.
State & Local Coverage
Ad jingles don't ring bells
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Harry Connick Jr. is doing it again, practicing a musical form whose heyday has come and gone....In their prime, jingles got the job done. They were good at "promoting awareness and familiarity," says Robert Lauterborn, professor of advertising at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Especially when you heard them a gazillion times.
Resurrected novel discusses racial ideas
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
Browsing through old newspapers or magazines often can reveal hidden historical gems....Adam McKible, now an assistant professor of English at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York, found just such a jewel when he ran across the serialized novel "The Letters of Davy Carr: A True Story of Colored Vanity Fair" while doing research for his Ph. D. at the University of North Carolina in the mid-1990s.
Journalism 101: The myth of objectivity (Opinion)
The Chapel Hill News
The choir was practicing in the chapel while a tiny woman with a gold sash around her waist was teaching tai-chi to a man with gray hair and glasses in the fellowship hall....There are 189 newspapers in North Carolina, said Jock Lauterer, a UNC professor and columnist for this paper. Most come out once or twice a week, like The Chapel Hill News. Only eight have circulations of more than 50,000 like The News & Observer. Mark Schultz is the editor of The Chapel Hill News and the Orange/Chatham editor of The News & Observer.
Church project offers hope for Kenyan families
The Chapel Hill News
The African experience for members of Chapel Hill Bible Church became infectious in 2001 after the church embraced the Beacon of Hope project....She and her husband, Jim Thomas, a volunteer pastor of mission at the church as well as an associate professor in the epidemiology department at UNC, traveled with their two children and other members of the church to Kenya three years ago.
Exploring philanthropy
The Philanthropy Journal (Raleigh)
Nine students from the Student Philanthropy Project at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill endeavored to explore the realm of philanthropy, more specifically the grant-making process, and we discovered that the sector was larger and more complex than we had imagined....Emily Hulkower and Mark Simmerson are students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The Student Philanthropy Project is a one-hour class funded through a gift from Helen's Fund of the Fund for Southern Communities and the Carolina Center for Public Service at UNC.
UNC chancellors will put in 2 cents on hiring president
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
Chancellors of the state's 16 public university campuses will soon get a chance to offer their thoughts on the search for their next boss....Each of the 13 members of the search committee, made up entirely of members of the UNC system's Board of Governors, was assigned one or two chancellors to interview.
UNC system plans to hire consultants to aid search for president
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The search committee looking for the UNC system's next president wants some help -- the panel voted Monday to hire a professional headhunter to identify candidates....The panel also is developing a "leadership statement" that describes the qualities sought in the next UNC president, who will succeed retiring President Molly Broad.
Beware, UNC system (Letter to the editor)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
It seems so fair-minded, even kind of boring. Yet another independent study by the American Council of Trustees and Alumni, and commissioned by the John W. Pope Center for Higher Education....Think the UNC Board of Governors isn't very representative now?
Lawmakers differ on issue of student vote
The Fayetteville Observer
Two Fayetteville lawmakers are working on opposites sides of a bill that would give students a vote on the University of North Carolina's Board of Governors....Rand has kept the bill in the committee each time it has come to the Senate. As one of the General Assembly's most prominent UNC graduates, Rand is also chairman of a committee that is looking at reducing the size of the UNC board - the largest public university board in the country.
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