May 13, 2005

Carolina in the News

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

International Coverage

X-ray device images from multiple angles
United Press International
U.S. scientists said they invented an X-ray device that can create images of
objects from multiple angles yet remains stationary....The new device could
improve X-ray imaging of airport baggage and computed tomography medical
scans, researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and
Xintek Inc., a start-up company based in Research Triangle Park, N.C.,
reported in Applied Physics Letters.
UNC news release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/may05/zhou051105.html

National Coverage

Earthly Empires
Business Week
There's no shortage of churches in Houston, deep in the heart of the Bible
Belt....With no overarching authority like the Vatican, leaders don't need
to wrestle with a bureaucratic hierarchy that dictates acceptable behavior.
"If you have a vision for ministry, you just do it, which makes it far
easier to respond to market demand," says University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill sociology professor Christian Smith.

K.C. airport could become 'aerotropolis'
The Associated Press (National)
Developing 8,000 acres of vacant land surrounding Kansas City International
Airport could produce between 90,000 and 250,000 new jobs, an economics
professor says in a report released Tuesday....[John] Kasarda, director of
the University of North Carolina's Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise,
discussed the study with the Kansas City Council's Aviation Committee and
Platte County business leaders Tuesday.

Regional Coverage

Mixed race, mixed emotions
The Arizona Republic
Aaron Foster was 3 years old the first time the question came....They also
are more likely to suffer from depression, substance abuse, sleep problems
and various illnesses, according to researchers at the University of North
Carolina in Chapel Hill.
UNC news release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/oct03/udry10302003.html

Tally of Iraq civilian deaths depends on who's counting
Knoxville News Sentinel
The reports come in with numbing regularity. Iraqi police blown up by
suicide bombs. Government officials murdered in the street....Richard Kohn,
a professor of military history at the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill, says that for the Bush administration, "it's more politically
advantageous not to count and not to know."
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Chamber trip to study N.C. area
The Advocate (Baton Rouge)
The Chamber of Greater Baton Rouge's third annual economic-development
workshop is headed for Raleigh-Durham, N.C., which has defined itself during
the past few decades with its university-supported research and development
capabilities....At the center of Raleigh-Durham's success is Research
Triangle Park, the largest private research park in the country and the
area's three major universities -- Duke, The University of North
Carolina-Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University in Raleigh.

State & Local Coverage

UNC aided crafting of tuition legislation
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
Several high-level administrators at UNC Chapel Hill helped craft a special
legislative provision on tuition that has been criticized by top university
system officials and members of the state university system's governing
board...."When a member of the Legislature or the legislative staff asks for
information, it's important for us to be responsive," said Nancy Davis, UNC
Chapel Hill's associate vice chancellor for university relations.

UNC-Chapel Hill lobbied for tuition freedom
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
UNC-Chapel Hill administrators and trustees have worked quietly with Senate
leaders to get more freedom to set tuition and grant in-state status to
out-of-state scholarship students, campus e-mail records show.

UNC-Chapel Hill, ECSU join forces for pharmacy education
Triangle Business Journal
In response to a shortage of pharmacists in North Carolina, the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Elizabeth City State University are
teaming up on a pharmacy education program designed to increase the number
of pharmacy graduates from the University of North Carolina system.
UNC news release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/may05/pharmacy051105.html

Art venues may get beer, wine
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
People who turn out this fall at Memorial Hall to hear
the warm, husky voice of crooner Tony Bennett might want
to give a spirited toast to the performing arts center's
$18 million renovation....In Chapel Hill, where the northwestern
tip of campus is being transformed into an arts commons
anchored by the spruced-up Memorial Hall, the Ackland Art
Museum and other venues, administrators are enthusiastic
about the possibilities the Senate proposal holds.

Credit Suisse is moving in
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
About 75 people will file into a plain-vanilla conference room in Research
Triangle Park on Monday to hear investment bank executives talk
shop...."These centers are the backbone of what investment banks do on a
day-to-day basis," said Anil Shivdasani, a professor of corporate financial
strategy at UNC-Chapel Hill's Kenan-Flagler Business School and a former
investment banker.

Blood substitute trial set to begin
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Exactly one year after Duke University announced plans to test a blood
substitute on critically injured patients unable to give their consent,
university officials have announced a likely start date....In February,
Duke, UNC-Chapel Hill, Wake Forest University, East Carolina University,
Carolinas Medical Center and Pitt Memorial Hospital banded together to lobby
the N.C. Medical Care Commission for a state rules change.

Residents want to keep peak out of quarry deal
The Winston-Salem Journal
Opponents of a lease agreement that would allow a quarry operator to mine
off the top of a town-owned peak in the Brushy Mountains are asking for time
to put together a conservation deal they say would preserve the land and
increase the town's profit....They've asked for an opinion from the
Institute of Government at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

This guy must be joking
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
It can be difficult to tell when Mo Rocca is joking, even if you ask him for
help in figuring it out....Expect nothing to change when Rocca delivers the
inaugural UNC-Chapel Hill senior address tonight on campus. The speech is
free and open to the public.

Issues & Trends

Commencement
"The State of Things" WUNC-FM
North Carolina colleges and universities are graduating seniors... and
students across the state are hearing commencement speeches. Host Melinda
Penkava leads a conversation about the art, and business, of the
commencement speech. While some schools reach --and pay-- for the biggest
names, others select speakers from among faculty or alums. We'll hear past
speeches from North Carolina colleges and universities, and look at the
speaker selection process.
Note: Steve Allred, executive associate provost, was a guest on this
program. This program aired live at noon and will be rebroadcast Saturday
at 6 a.m.

What UNC needs in a president (Opinion-Editorial Column)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The University of North Carolina system is hunting for a new president.
Molly C. Broad, the current president, has announced her resignation and a
committee of 13 distinguished individuals has been given the task of
selecting her successor.

College's Promise (Editorial)
The Winston-Salem Journal
Two stories that have played out in the area underscore the power of the
promise of college - and show just why this state should give all the
financial support to its colleges that it can.

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