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March 1, 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
Live it up: Life expectancy grows
The Associated Press (National)
Declines in death rates from most major causes - including heart disease and cancer - have pushed Americans' life expectancy to a record 77.6 years. Women are still living longer than men, but the gap is narrowing. ....Research indicates there also is an increase in active life expectancy, said Mary A. Salmon, a sociology professor at the University of North Carolina.
Where Drug's Setback Leaves Patients
The Wall Street Journal
The drug Tysabri's fall from grace has dimmed the hopes of patients with three different debilitating disorders....About 80% of adults are exposed to the virus that causes it; but it generally only causes damage to the brain in patients whose immune systems are compromised -- for example those with AIDS, says Colin D. Hall, professor and vice chairman of neurology at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine in Chapel Hill, N.C.
Subscription required.Pediatric Puzzle
The Wall Street Journal
During Jack Steinberg's six-month checkup last year, his pediatrician detected something amiss in the baby's gaze.....Deborah Hatton, a University of North Carolina scientist who specializes in children with disabilities, says that two separate studies on groups of severely visually impaired children, in 2004 and in 2001, showed that ONH as a cause of blindness rose to 9.7% in 2004 from 7.6% in 2001.
Subscription required.Employees Face New Challenges As Companies Expand Globally
The Wall Street Journal
Your employer's ever-expanding global operations might be great for company revenue. But they are lousy for your sleep schedule....Mabel Miguel teaches students in master-of-business-administration programs and executive-education courses about how to work on a global team as a management professor at the University of North Carolina's Kenan-Flagler business school.
Subscription required.Research suggests ways to avoid ACL injuries
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
A variety of measures may help prevent tears in the anterior cruciate ligament, an especially common injury in women athletes, according to new findings by University of Pittsburgh researchers and others....More erect trunk and hip posture also may contribute to ACL injuries in women athletes, according to researchers from Emory University and the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.
State & Local Coverage
NCSU teams miss mark
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The N.C. State University football and men's basketball teams could lose scholarships in the future if they don't improve academically, according to data released Monday by the NCAA...."I feel great about it," UNC athletics director Dick Baddour said. "I'm very pleased, but not surprised, although there are a few areas we can work on."
Report cards: UNC, Duke OK; N.C. State low, but fine
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
Duke and North Carolina made passing grades across the board in a preliminary academic report released by the NCAA on Monday, while N.C. State fell below the line in men's basketball but won't remain there according to its athletics director.
New kind of report card now (Commentary)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The NCAA, author of a phone-book-size rule book, has completed another masterpiece -- the Academic Progress Rate report....Lissa L. Broome, a law professor at North Carolina who chairs the faculty academic committee, was happy with her school's APR numbers, but she couldn't confidently say how the ratings work despite several briefings from business professor Jack Evans, the faculty athletics representative.
Related link: http://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/ncsu/mens_basketball/story/2169053p-8550122c.htmlReasonable boost in UNC's athletics fee (Letter to the Editor)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
UNC-Chapel Hill has worked hard over the years to keep the student athletic fee among the lowest in the UNC system and in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The proposed fee increase recently adopted by the UNC Board of Trustees will still keep the fee in line with and, in many cases, less than at most other schools in the system and still several hundreds of dollars less than at a school such as the University of Virginia.
Related link: http://www.newsobserver.com/opinion/story/2169025p-8550107c.htmlChristian frat deal falls apart
The Herald-Sun (Durham)/The Chapel Hill Herald
Just 13 days ago, attorneys representing UNC and a Christian fraternity stood in front of a federal judge and pledged to find common ground in a dispute over the fraternity's official status as a student group.
Suit against UNC-CH might go to trial
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Attorneys were unable to reach a settlement Monday in a lawsuit by a religious fraternity against UNC-Chapel Hill.
Attack targets gay UNC student
The Herald-Sun (Durham)/The Chapel Hill Herald
An attack on a gay UNC student late last week is having a ripple effect in the university's gay and lesbian community, which is struggling to come to terms with what local police are deeming a hate crime.
Related link:
http://www.nbc17.com/education/4241126/detail.htmlUNC tech transfer chief named association president
Triangle Business Journal
An administrator at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has been named president of the board of trustees for a technology transfer association.
More Trucks Mean More Wrecks
WTVD-TV (ABC, Raleigh)
North Carolinians are at a greater risk of getting into a wreck with a big rig than people in most other states....Dr. Ron Hughes of the UNC Highway Safety Research Center says understanding why we have so many truck accidents is simple.
Dance marathon raises $184,000
The Herald-Sun (Durham)/The Chapel Hill Herald
UNC's seventh annual Dance Marathon raised $184,000 for the N.C. Children's Hospital.
Issues & Trends
Governor thinks big (Editorial)
News & Record (Greensboro)
Gov. Mike Easley says three principles guided his development of a proposed state budget: education progress, job creation and fiscal discipline....The governor released his spending plan last week. It delivers substantial funding increases for public schools, community colleges and the University of North Carolina. It also seeks hefty tax increases.
Chapel Hill won't delay project
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The largest public project in town history will be built on schedule, Town Council members decided Monday night -- a move that likely will result in a tax increase....The existing town operations center is being evicted from its UNC-owned home off Airport Road at the end of 2006.
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