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May 23, 2006
Carolina in the News
Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina people and programs cited recently in the media:
International Coverage
Verbal abuse of kids causes adult ills
United Press International
Florida State University researchers say people verbally abused as children grow up to be self-critical adults prone to depression and anxiety. ... Sachs-Ericsson co-authored the study, published in the Journal of Affective Disorders, with FSU psychology Professor Thomas Joiner and researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.National Coverage
Top 10 universities in microtechnology and nanotechnology
Small Times Magazine
The University of North Carolina is among the nation's top 10 universities in the disciplines of microtechnology and nanotechnology according to rankings from Small Times magazine. The magazine, which is for experts and executives in microtechnology and nanotechnology, looked at research, education, facilities, industrial outreach and commercialization in the rankings of schools.The Rules of Attribution (Opinion-editorial column)
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Why do smart students commit plagiarism? ... Deborah R. Gerhardt is director of copyright and scholarly communications at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and director of the Intellectual Property Initiative at the University of North Carolina Law School.Adapt or Die
American Journalism Review
For years, newspapers have treated innovation like a trip to the dentist — a torture to be endured, not encouraged. ... Philip Meyer, the Knight Chair in Journalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and author of "The Vanishing Newspaper: Saving Journalism in the Information Age," is dismayed that newspapers are increasing workloads instead of increasing staff and ignoring what he sees as an opportunity to invest in their futures.Regional Coverage
'Outcast' Sports Can Be Good For Kids
WCCO-TV (CBS, Minneapolis, Minn.)
New research suggests that if your kids play a sport, they will be less likely to drink, smoke, do drugs or have sex than other, non-athletic kids. ... According to research from the University of North Carolina, teens who exercise -- including skateboarders -- are less likely to drink, fight or have sex than kids who sit around watching TV.Leeds Point lab to buoy N.J. clean water efforts
The Press of Atlantic City (N.J.)
The graph showed how much of New Jersey's costal and bay waters are clean enough to produce edible shellfish. ... The new facility uses new technology, developed with the University of North Carolina, to determine if viral contaminants in the water are coming from humans or other animals.Forgive The Bragging, But This Column's Really Sick
The Hartford (Conn.) Courant
Hey, that's sick [sic] Remember when kids in the 1960s used "bad" to mean "good," e.g. "Hey, man, that dashiki is baaaaad"? ... Connie Eble, editor of journal "Campus Slang," published by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, first noted students' using "sick" as a compliment in the fall of 1987.John Edwards in KC
Kansas City Star
Former senator and vice presidential candidate John Edwards will be the featured speaker Wednesday at Legal Aid of Western Missouri’s annual Justice for All luncheon. ... Edwards became director of the Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.State & Local Coverage
UNC lands $22.6M grant to study drug for deadly sleeping sickness
The Triangle Business Journal
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has reaped a $22.6 million grant to support a critical phase III trial of a drug aimed at fighting a deadly African sleeping sickness spread by flies. Donated by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, a charity organization with a $29 billion endowment, the grant funds will enable an international research consortium led by UNC faculty to complete the phase III trial of the oral drug DB289 in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan and Angola.
UNC News Services Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/may06/gatesgiftDB289052206.htmUNC receives drug trial grant
The Chapel Hill Herald
UNC Chapel Hill has received a $22.6 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support a clinical trial of a new oral drug for treating African sleeping sickness.Gates makes donation to UNC
WCHL-AM (Chapel Hill)
Bill and Melinda Gates announced they will donate 22.6 million dollars to UNC to fund a drug trial aimed at curing African sleeping sickness. ... UNC Pharmacy Professor Doctor Richard Tidwell, the leader of the drug consortium, will travel to the Congo, Sudan, and Angola to test the drug first-hand.UNC to dedicate chiller plant
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
UNC-Chapel Hill will dedicate the new Gary R. Tomkins Chilled Water Operations Center today on Mason Farm Road, behind the Dogwood Parking Deck. ... The center is part of a $20 million Thermal Storage Facility and Chiller Plant that Tomkins helped design."The New Age of HIV/AIDS"
UNC-TV
"The New Age of HIV/AIDS" will air today at 9 p.m. This one-hour program takes a broad look at the epidemic in our state. It will be rebroadcast Thursday, June 1 at 10 p.m. ... Dr. Peter Leone, Dr. Susan A. Fiscus and Dr. Lisa Hightow from the UNC Division of Infectious Diseases and School of Public Health will all appear on the program.Journalism institute set
The Chapel Hill Herald
The N.C. Scholastic Media Association will host its annual journalism institute from June 19-22 at UNC. Registrations must be postmarked by Thursday and high school students and their teachers are invited to participate.
UNC News Services: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/may06/schools051806.htmEx-aide to Jim Black charged
The Charlotte Observer
State prosecutors have charged Meredith Norris, former political director to House Speaker Jim Black, and two others with violating state lobbying laws. ... "This is not a howitzer that's going to blast him out of office, but it's another unhappy headline for him," said Ferrel Guillory, who heads the Southern politics program at UNC Chapel Hill.Blacks fret over immigrant gains
The Charlotte Observer
As Latino leaders step up demands for immigrant rights, they are finding limited support among the nation's 38 million blacks. ... A UNC Chapel Hill study this year found that Hispanics were a $9 billion boon to the N.C. economy.Board delays vote on landfill
The Winston-Salem Journal
It will be at least another month before residents of northeast Forsyth County find out who wins the fight over a proposal to build a big landfill in their community. ... Davida Martin, the county attorney. said she spoke with a professor at the The School of Government at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill yesterday who recommended that the commissioners not attempt a vote by phone.Raleigh to review growth, water
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
As Falls Lake dropped near historic lows last fall, it was pretty easy for some to draw a link between the city's growth and its water shortage. ... "When Falls reservoir was built, demand by the city of Raleigh was substantially less than the available supply," said David Moreau, professor of water resources planning at UNC-Chapel Hill.Getting 'where they need to go'
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Immigrants from Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia have for years had a sizable presence in the front seats of U.S. taxis. But today, it is Latino immigrants. ... the companies are also an indicator of the evolution of the North Carolina immigrant experience, said Ferrel Guillory, author of "The Changing South," an annual report produced by the Chapel Hill consulting firm MDC Inc.Issues & Trends
'Biopolis' fails to get mention in Easley's plan
The Triangle Business Journal
Gov. Mike Easley's coolness toward billionaire David Murdock's idea for a "biopolis" in Kannapolis has not gone unnoticed in the Capital City. ... The state money is being routed through the UNC System budget.Town won't kill all festivals
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The Chapel Hill Town Council on Monday night dismissed proposals to end some of Franklin Street's famed celebrations, including Halloween. ... members agreed that staff proposals to impose a curfew to prevent the Halloween gathering or to move most UNC-Chapel Hill victory celebrations to campus went too far.Town Council won't ban other celebrations
The Chapel Hill Herald
Assuming that Carolina beats Duke in basketball in the future or beats everybody for another national title, don't look for the town to try to stop Heels fans from invading Franklin Street to celebrate.
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http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=triangle&id=4196865Where the bosses live
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
To compare houses of leaders of various North Carolina universities, go to this report.
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