June 17, 2005

Carolina in the News

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

National Coverage

Is parent obligated to work to help support kids?
CNN.com
Jane Chen was a well-paid Wisconsin anesthesiologist. But at the age of 43, she decided to stay home with her three school-age children....Joanna Grossman, a FindLaw columnist, is an associate professor of law at Hofstra University, currently visiting at the University of North Carolina School of Law.

Death by lynch mob was a tragic fact in area
The Daily Press (Newport News, Va.)
The mob yanked Reuben Cole from his jail cell in July 1887, hanged him from a tree near the Surry County Courthouse, then blamed him for his own murder. "The violence did not have to happen to shape lives," said W. Fitzhugh Brundage, (a history professor at the University of North Carolina who has written several books on lynching.)

State & Local Coverage

Liquidia plans expansion
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Liquidia Technologies, a fledgling technology company that has attracted its first investors and first customer, is leaving its nest on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill....The company is the second Triangle start-up based on technology developed by Joseph M. DeSimone, a professor of chemistry and chemical engineering at UNC-Chapel Hill and N.C. State University.

Ex-UNC scientist accused again
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
A former UNC scientist who once pled guilty to child abuse now stands accused -- for the second time -- of fabricating research data....Tony Waldrop, UNC's vice chancellor for research and economic development, released a brief statement reading: "The case referenced in the Science retraction affirms that the scientific process works. Data are checked and rechecked so that the correct result will emerge."

Issues & Trends

Parking areas nod goes to Fla. firm
The Chapel Hill Herald
The Town Council has made it official -- town officials will negotiate with Ram Development Co. of Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., to possibly redevelop downtown parking lot 5 and the Wallace parking deck...."The thing everyone has their eye on is Carolina North," he (Mayor Foy) said. "The more opportunities we have to accomplish something like with O/I-4, the more I think it builds up confidence for both parties that Carolina North can also be a successful effort."

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