March 14, 2003

Carolina in the News

Current National Coverage

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

Genetic 'red flags' for colorectal cancer 
United Press International
New findings reported Thursday show a simple blood test for genetic red flags 
could identify people at risk of colorectal cancer, the second-leading cancer 
killer in the United States. ... Clinical epidemiologist David Ransohoff at the 
University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill added: "The development of a non
-invasive test for cancer has been the holy grail of cancer detection research 
for three decades."
http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20030313-011010-1874r
(Note: Other coverage known to date includes The Milwaukee Journal 
Sentinel, http://www.jsonline.com/alive/news/mar03/125312.asp, and The
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.)

Regional Coverage

Workshop explores Southern culture 
The Times Picayune (New Orleans, LA)
Growing up on a Mississippi Delta farm, William Ferris examined the South's 
distinctive ways, relishing and making amateur recordings of blues music. ... 
Touching on the "power of memory," Ferris, now working with the Center for 
the Study of the American South at the University of North Carolina at 
Chapel Hill, said it is important to document recollections of elderly people 
who have a storehouse of knowledge about an earlier way of living
http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/index.ssf?/base/news-0/104762850926500.xml

State and Local Coverage

A look at firms' behavior
Charlotte Observer
The 22 companies and institutions organizing The Forum for Corporate 
Conscience, which begins today in Charlotte, have accumulated many 
accolades. Five are on Fortune magazine's list of most admired companies. 
UNC Chapel Hill, meanwhile, is ranked among the country's top 30 
universities.
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/5389022.html

Peeling the Orange
The Herald-Sun
... No ghosts were uncovered -- nor did investigators expect to find any -- at 
the Horace Williams House on Saturday night. ... The entire estate of Gladys 
Coates, who died here last fall at age 100, will go to the university that she 
and her husband, Albert, loved and served.
http://www.herald-sun.com/orange/10-331004.html

Smart Start helps increase quality care at local centers 
Laurinburg Exchange
The Scotland County Partnership for Children and Families provides ongoing 
technical assistance activities and projects for the community. ... According to
researchers at the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute (FPG) 
at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina preschoolers 
participating in high-quality child-care programs are ahead of their peers who 
attend low-quality programs. Dr. Donna Bryant, head of the Smart State 
Evaluation Team at FPG said the study has three main findings.
http://www.laurinburgexchange.com/cgi-local/top?section=localnews&story=031403smartstart
(Note: A UNC news release about this study is available at 
http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/mar03/little030403.html)

Undercutting the power of moral argument (Opinion-Editorial Column)
The Herald-Sun 
The day after Sept. 11, the French newspaper Le Monde proclaimed, "Nous 
sommes tous Americains" - "We are all Americans." ... 
http://www.herald-sun.com/archives/URNDetail.cfm?URN=0415536815
(Note: Charles E. Daye is Henry P. Brandis Professor of Law at the UNC 
School of Law. The Herald-Sun requires free registration to access archives. )

Audience sure to be touched by ‘Vanya’ 
The Herald-Sun
Joan Darling led the way past the "Don’t step on the dirt and mud" sign, up the 
wooden planks on top of a dirt embankment to the stage where she enters a 
home in the Russian countryside every night. ... . Darling plays Marina in 
PlayMakers’ current production of Anton Chekhov’s "Uncle Vanya." ...
http://www.herald-sun.com/orange/10-330986.html

Orange to get health-needs checkup 
The Herald-Sun
Several agencies and social-service providers in Orange County are joining 
forces to conduct a "community assessment" of residents’ health needs and to 
uncover any disparities in care across the county. ... This year, more than 50 
county groups and agencies -- among them UNC Hospitals... -- are working 
with the group. 
http://www.herald-sun.com/orange/10-330979.html

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