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March 20, 2003
Current National Coverage
Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina
people and programs cited recently in the media:
Graham's Recovery Expected
The Washington Post
During the 2000 presidential campaign, Richard B. Cheney's heart problems
led some people to question whether he was healthy enough to serve as vice
president. ... Sidney Smith, a professor of medicine at the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill, said the high success rate of such operations
is an example of the progress in treating heart disease.
Full Story
Hospitals pushed to improve nurses' conditions
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The Jewish Healthcare Foundation is encouraging local hospitals to become
"magnet" facilities, a designation that has been given to only about 60 hospitals
across the country in recognition of excellent nursing care. ... "Nurses have to
believe they are in an environment that enables them to provide quality care,"
said Sheila P. Englebardt, a nursing professor at the University of North
Carolina, explaining the culture that exists in magnet hospitals.
Full Story
Regional Coverage
Study looks at infant homicides
Knoxville News-Sentinel
The risk of being murdered is 10 times greater on the day of birth than at any
other time of life, and the killer of a newborn is most likely to be its mother ...
In what is thought to be the nation's first population-based study of infant
homicide, University of North Carolina researchers investigated 34 newborn
homicides in North Carolina since 1985.
Full Story
(Note: A UNC news release on this study is available here)
The State is featuring a series of questions related to Women's History...
The State (SC)
The State is featuring a series of questions related to Women's History each
weekday during the month of March ... Wednesday's question: Who was the
first woman to earn a doctorate from the University of North Carolina and
the first female faculty member at the University of South Carolina?
Full Story
Chemists study pollution origins with bag of fumes
The Sun News (Myrtle Beach, SC)
Atmospheric chemists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
do whatever it takes to whip up bad air. They'll fire up a worn-out Mercedes
sedan or stoke a wood stove to generate the right fumes.
Full Story
(Note: This article originally appeared in The News and Observer.)
State and Local Coverage
UNC decides against placing grounds building on Estes site
The Herald-Sun
Much to the delight of Elkin Hills residents, UNC has decided against building
a new home for the campus grounds department along Estes Drive Extension,
Chancellor James Moeser said on Wednesday.
Full Story
Facilities won't go to Elkin Hills
The Daily Tar Heel
In a move that UNC officials say will bolster town-gown relations and that
area residents hail as a marked victory, Chancellor James Moeser announced
Wednesday that the University will not move its Grounds Department to the
Elkin Hills neighborhood.
Full Story
UNC grounds division moving to alternate site
News and Observer
Chancellor James Moeser, who has been accused of being tone-deaf to the
community around the UNC-Chapel Hill campus, brought sweet music to the
ears of one neighborhood Wednesday.
Full Story
UNC debaters both oppose pre-emption, differ on wisdom of war
The Herald-Sun
Two UNC professors who participated in a Wednesday debate on the
impending war in Iraq agreed that President Bush’s policy of striking pre-
emptively against nations that could threaten the United States is a mistake.
The professors, Richard Kohn and Sarah Shields, told an audience at the
Kenan-Flagler Business School that pre-emption is wrong, and that it could
undermine American security instead of reinforcing it.
Full Story
Winner will hand prize to Davidson
Charlotte Observer
As a student at Davidson College 50 years ago, Holmes Rolston III
discovered a world of wonder at the end of a microscope. As winner of the
world's best-known religion prize, he's ready to repay the favor ... In
Rolston's view, religious values temper the risks when science tampers with
nature, said Randall Styers, who uses Rolston's writings in the religion and
culture classes he teaches at UNC Chapel Hill.
Full Story
National Guard on call since Sept. 11
Asheville Citizen-Times
For members of the North Carolina National Guard, the attack launched
Wednesday night is just part of ongoing military effort started in 2001. ...
The National Guard's duty in this war, compared with past wars, is more
"mainlined," said Richard Kohn, a professor of military history at UNC
Chapel Hill.
Full Story
Blurred snapshots of France (Opinion-Editorial Column)
News and Observer
France-bashing has become the most popular political sport in America.
Full Story
(Note: Lloyd Kramer is a professor of European history at UNC-Chapel
Hill)
Time to tame your sweet tooth (Commentary)
News and Observer
I love sugar. I love sweets. Having grown up in a home where every supper
featured two desserts, I know the challenge of having a sweet tooth. But our
country's expanding appetite for sweets needs closer attention. ...
Full Story
(Note: Suzanne Havala Hobbs is an adjunct assistant professor in the
School of Public Health.)
Issues and Trends Affecting Carolina
Study Challenges Case for Diversity at Colleges
The New York Times
At the heart of almost every argument for affirmative action in university
admissions, including the one made by the University of Michigan in its current
case before the Supreme Court, lies an assertion that racial tolerance and
the educational experience itself improve with a diverse student body.
Full Story
(Note: The New York Times requires free registration to access articles.)
Democrats Attack Bush's Budget Proposals for Vocational and Pell
Grant Programs
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Democrats on a U.S. House of Representatives appropriations subcommittee
attacked the Bush administration's 2004 budget on Wednesday, saying that
vocational- and postsecondary-education programs cannot operate effectively
with the proposed funds.
Full Story
(Note: The Chronicle of Higher Education requires a subscription to access
articles.)
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