May 6, 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:

DEET: It Can't Be Beat 
The Washington Post
For all the counting of dead birds, the treating of ponds thick with mosquito larvae 
and the possibility of widespread spraying, the final line of defense against West 
Nile remains the human skin. ..."I think that if you're looking for the insect repellent 
that's going to last the longest, you're not going to find many people who will say 
anything is better than DEET," said Mark Fradin, a dermatologist at the 
University of North Carolina, who led the New England Journal study. 
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17563-2003May5.html

Latest research links concussions, depression
The Baltimore Sun
Retired football players who suffered three or four concussions have twice the risk 
of later developing clinical depression - a risk that rises with even more injuries, 
new research says. ... As a first step in studying that question, Bailes and 
colleagues from the University of North Carolina's Center for the Study of 
Retired Athletes analyzed data from almost 2,500 retired NFL players.
http://www.sunspot.net/news/health/bal-sp.concussions06may06,0,4560195.story?coll=bal%2Dhealth%2Dheadlines
(Note: This national Associated Press story also appeared on Canadian 
Broadcast News, The Sporting News, The Contra Costa Times (Calif.), St. 
Petersburg Times, The Seattle Post Intelligencer, Salt Lake Tribune (Utah), 
The Augusta Chronicle (Ga.) and The Myrtle Beach Sun News.) 

B-Schools: A Failing Grade on Minorities (Commentary)
BusinessWeek 
When Angel Martin signed on last year to get an MBA from the University of 
California at Berkeley's Haas School of Business, she knew she'd be one of only a 
dozen minority students in her class of 250. ... "Not only have the hurdles to entry 
been increasing, but getting that good job and being connected to the fast track is 
tough for most people of color," says James H. Johnson, a professor of 
management at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Kenan-
Flagler Business School, who mentors many minority alums.
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/03_19/b3832065_mz056.htm

HIPAA could hamper medical research
ComputerWorld
New federal privacy guidelines are making it tougher for medical researchers to
access large amounts of patient data -- and some researchers fear that could 
jeopardize studies of drug safety, medical devices and how to better predict and 
prevent disease. ... HIPAA has "increased the perceived risks" for smaller 
institutions to cooperate with researchers, said Dr. David Savitz, chairman of 
the epidemiology department at the University of North Carolina at Chapel 
Hill's School of Public Health. 
http://www.computerworld.com/governmenttopics/government/legislation/story/0,10801,80861,00.html

Academy of Arts and Sciences Announces New Fellows, Honorary Members
The Chronicle of Higher Education
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences has announced the election of 187 
new fellows and 29 foreign honorary members for 2003. ... Philosophy and religious 
studies: ... Thomas English Hill Jr., University of North Carolina at Chapel 
Hill. ... Literature: ... Alan Smith, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 
.... Business, corporate, and philanthropic leadership (private sector): .... C.D. 
Spangler Jr., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 
http://chronicle.com/daily/2003/05/2003050605n.htm
(Note: The Chronicle of Higher Education requires a subscription to access articles. )

New age of disease plagues humanity 
The Times Union (Albany, N.Y.), 
Get used to SARS, West Nile, Hantavirus, Ebola, Nipah, Hendra, AIDS and 
other new nasty infectious diseases. ... "It's a confluence of many factors," said 
Dr. Fred Sparling, a medical and microbiology professor at the University 
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ...
http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=131189&category=NATIONAL&newsdate=5/4/2003
(Note: This article also appeared in The Seattle Times.)

Yale, Harvard MBA No Sure Ticket 
Salt Lake Tribune
Concerned by the bleak job outlook for his graduating MBAs, Jeffrey Garten, dean 
of the Yale School of Management, dispatched an appeal to alumni. ... Julie 
Collins, the interim dean of the business school at the University of North 
Carolina at Chapel Hill, said 56 percent of the graduating class has a job offer. 
http://www.sltrib.com/2003/May/05062003/business/54129.asp

State and Local Coverage

Report finds pay gap at Duke, UNC
The Herald-Sun 
The average professor at Duke University earns about $20,000 more than a 
professor at UNC. 
http://www.herald-sun.com/archives/URNDetail.cfm?URN=0418973336
(Note: The Herald-Sun requires free registration to access archives. )

Baddour has devoted 30 years to UNC (Letter to the Editor)
Fayetteville Observer
Listening to "reputable columnists" and radio shock jocks trying to manage a five
-figure income, criticize the athletic director at the University of North Carolina 
is like listening to Earl Scheib critique the Mona Lisa. It has been my distinct 
honor and great privilege to watch Dick Baddour work his way through college, 
survive boot camp to become a colonel, and execute the office of athletic director 
at UNC with remarkable success under brutal circumstances. 
http://www.fayettevillenc.com/story.php?Template=opinion&Story=5628784
(Note: The Fayetteville Observer publishes all letters to the editor on the same 
web page. To view this letter, go to the above url and scroll down the page to 
the second letter.)

Latinos make voices heard at forum 
The Herald-Sun
About 60 area Latinos met Saturday at Lincoln Center to do something rare: 
speak in a public forum. ... The forum developed out of a project by five graduate 
students at the UNC School of Public Health. Erica Childs, Kristen 
Stoimenoff, Nina Yamanis, Shaina Gross and Stephanie Etienne interviewed
Latinos about their community’s needs. 
http://www.herald-sun.com/orange/10-348809.html

Swim tests can be useful (Letter to the Editor)
The Chapel Hill Herald
I read with interest your piece about UNC and the decision to abandon its 
swimming requirement for students to graduate.
http://www.herald-sun.com/opinion/chhletters/index.html#349342

Issues and Trends Affecting Carolina

M.B.A.s of '03 Are Facing An Array of Closed Doors
The Wall Street Journal
To attend Boston University's School of Management two years ago, Leena Dang
left a sales job at Merck & Co., where she had worked four years. ... It is a tight 
spot she shares with other newly minted M.B.A.s, whose employment 
expectations when they enrolled a couple of years ago were nurtured by employers' 
demand for members of the class of 2001
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB105217097169715100,00.html?mod=todays%5Fus%5Fmarketplace%5Fhs
(Note: The Wall Street Journal requires a subscription to access articles.)

Asian Students Banned for Berkeley Session
The New York Times
The University of California at Berkeley, has taken the unusual step of turning 
away about 500 summer students from China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore
because of the large number of SARS cases reported in those areas. 
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/06/education/06BERK.html
(Note: The New York Times requires free registration to access articles.)

State's fiscal gap swells 
News and Observer
Fresh from plugging a projected $2 billion hole in next year's state budget, the 
General Assembly will learn today that dismal April income-tax collections could 
create an additional $400 million shortfall. Several state lawmakers said Monday 
evening that the worsening financial situation could send this year's unusually 
swift budget proceedings into partisan paralysis.
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/nc/story/2516723p-2338282c.html

Improving fiscal picture a budget boon (Editorial)
The Chapel Hill Herald
Budget season has two months to run, but it’s already looking like the residents 
of Chapel Hill, Carrboro and Hillsborough won’t have to reach deeper into their 
wallets this year to pay town taxes. 
http://www.herald-sun.com/opinion/chhedits/57-349337.html

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