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May 14, 2007
Carolina in the News
Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina people and programs cited recently in the media:
International Coverage
Coral disease link to climate change
Science in Action, BBC (United Kingdom)
Marine biologists from the United States and Australia have established a link between increased sea temperatures and infectious coral disease. As John Bruno from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill explains, the disease in question is a growing problem on the Great Barrier Reef and other reefs in the Indo-Pacific.
Related link: http://abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200705/s1917038.htm
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/may07/coraltemps050107.htmlHealthy interest in education
Financial Times (United Kingdom)
Being a doctor isn't what it used to be. ...The University of North Carolina's Kenan-Flagler Business School runs a relatively new, executive-development programme specifically for doctors. The open-enrolment course mainly focuses on marketing, strategy, finance, and management.ImClone cancer drug trials mixed but encouraging
Reuters
Two trials of ImClone Systems Inc.'s Erbitux, early results of which were announced in November, show encouraging results for the colon cancer drug in patients who stopped responding to other therapies, researchers said on Monday. ..."This class of agents is the key to a new kingdom for us in terms of another approach that we can use in treating this disease," said Dr. Richard Goldberg, chief of hematology, oncology at the University of North Carolina. He was not involved in the trials.National Coverage
Welcome to Start From Scratch, U.S.A.
The New York Times
At least the meteorite survived. “The world’s largest pallasite meteorite,” that is, or so it is claimed. ...David Godschalk, a professor emeritus of urban planning at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, says there is often tension between the “real urge to get back to normal — we don’t want to wait” and the recommendation from experts like himself that “if you take some time, you can make it better.”Live From Washington, Opera for the College Crowd
The New York Times
Students wandering into some college auditoriums on Sept. 23 may receive a few unexpected lessons on subjects like the nature of Bohemian love, consumptive heroines and life in a garret. ...The company named the institutions involved as Bryn Mawr, Princeton, Tulane, University of Massachusetts, West Point, Wellesley, the University of Washington, the University of Virginia, the University of Colorado, Temple, Rice, the University of North Carolina, the University of Arkansas, Union College, Brockton High School in Massachusetts and Lowell High School in San Francisco.Women hedge bets by banking their eggs
The Washington Post
As the number of women delaying motherhood continues to rise, many fertility clinics are starting to offer a new service that allows them to freeze some of their eggs to buy more time on their biological clocks. ..."Currently available evidence does not validate the assumption that if you freeze your eggs now, your chances of a successful pregnancy will be better than your chances using your own fresh eggs at that point," said Marc A. Fritz, a University of North Carolina reproductive endocrinologist.Blood Pressure Rising Around the Globe
The Associated Press (National)
The numbers are a shock: Almost 1 billion people worldwide have high blood pressure, and over half a billion more will harbor this silent killer by 2025. ..."Even in the U.S., the majority of people with high blood pressure are not treated adequately," says Dr. Sidney Smith of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, who advises the World Heart Federation.Pregnancy jeopardizes some scholarships
The Associated Press (National)
Cassandra Harding waited nervously, dreading the moment her athlete's body would betray her. ...Scholarships come up for renewal yearly, and colleges can decline to renew for an athlete unable to perform for medical reasons unrelated to athletics, said Barbara Osborne, a lawyer and assistant professor of sports law research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.Edwards addresses hedge fund
MSNBC.com
After running for president in 2004 on a platform of eliminating the "Two Americas" economic disparity in this country, John Edwards enjoyed some time working for a hedge fund -- but he said he did it for the experience, more so than for the money. ...After a pause, Edwards listed his other activities during this time -- running the poverty center at the University of North Carolina;Regional Coverage
Conservative eyes will be on GOP candidates in South Carolina debate
The Austin American-Statesman (Texas)
The South Carolina Republican primary has been one of the most important stops en route to the GOP's presidential nomination since 1988, and little has changed, making Tuesday's first-in-the-South Republican presidential debate even more crucial. ..."South Carolina is a tad less Old South than it used to be," said Ferrel Guillory, director of the Program on Southern Politics, Media and Public Life at the University of North Carolina's Center for the Study of the American South.Stakes too high to just check erasures, experts say
The San Francisco Chronicle
States should do more to find cheating than just analyzing erasures on students' exams, according to several experts who point to Texas and New Jersey as examples of a more vigorous approach. ..."I'm sure California spends an awful lot of money (on tests), and they have an obligation to ensure they're getting accurate information," said Cizek, who also teaches testing at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.Not ready to retire
The Fresno Bee (Calif.)
Dorothy Evans, 92, isn't a big believer in sitting at home, watching television -- or, for that matter, retirement. ..."The fact is people are healthier, they are living longer and, for some, they just don't want to stop working," said Victor Marshall, director of the University of North Carolina's Institute on Aging.Studies fuel 'mommy wars' over child-rearing practices
Ventura County Star (Calif.)
Most recently, she was dismayed at an NIH study led by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill psychology professor Margaret Burchinal. Burchinal's study showed children who had been in day care before kindergarten were more likely to have behavior problems by the time they reached the sixth grade.Florida university students push for 'green' fees
Orlando Business Journal
Students from the University of Central Florida, New College, Florida Atlantic University and the University of Florida are working to kick-start a funding source to apply environmentally friendly practices on campuses. ...UCF's green fee campaign is expected to be voted on by students during the student government elections in the fall. It follows the national campaign Campus Climate Challenge, under which similar proposals have been made at southeastern colleges, such as the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill and the University of Tennessee.Allen Eiry selected for nationwide study
The Advertiser-Tribune (Tiffin, Ohio)
Last fall, the Allen Eiry Senior Center in Tiffin was selected as one of 500 centers in the United States to participate in a nationwide research study conducted by the University of North Carolina Injury Prevention Research Center and the nonprofit Home Safety Council.State and Local Coverage
UNC grads get words of wisdom
The Herald-Sun (Durham)/The Chapel Hill Herald
Whether they wanted it or not, some 5,481 graduates got words of wisdom along with their degrees at UNC's Sunday commencement. Madeleine K. Albright, former U.S. secretary of state under President Bill Clinton, told the Carolina blue-clad graduates that, in the future, they would need their personal sense of right and wrong to guide them more than ever.
Related link: http://www.heraldsun.com/opinion/chhedits/57-847318.cfm
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/may07/postcommencement051407.htmlMadeleine Albright Addresses UNC Grads
WRAL-TV (CBS, Raleigh)
Madeleine Albright, the nation's first female Secretary of State, spoke at the University of North Carolina’s graduation ceremonies in Kenan Stadium Saturday and encouraged the university's 5,400 graduates to be the leaders of tomorrow.
Related link: http://news14.com/content/top_stories/582369/unc-students-look-forward-to-future/Default.aspxOver 5,400 UNC students turn the tassels
WCHL-AM (Chapel Hill)
The class of 2007 can now look back at UNC from their rear view mirrors. Over 54-hundred UNC students turned their tassels yesterday at Kenan Stadium. Madeline Albright delivered the commencement address, and told the graduates they can be the cure for what ails the world.
Related link: http://www.chapelhillnews.com/100/story/7255.htmlDetermination means graduation
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
When Annie Taylor McCrimmon was a child in southern Chatham County, the postman delivered a hard lesson about the value of education every day. ...McCrimmon, who turns 58 next week, will walk across a stage at UNC-Chapel Hill to accept her diploma. She's avoiding the full commencement ceremony Sunday because she figures her twin 20-month-old grandchildren wouldn't put up with it.Elizabeth Edwards tells Meredith grads to 'live deliberately'
The Associated Press (N.C.)
Elizabeth Edwards urged Meredith College graduates on Sunday to live deliberately, saying that they will never know when they might, like her, have to face their own mortality. ...Also Sunday, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright spoke at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's commencement...
Related link: http://www.newsobserver.com/102/story/573791.htmlFive to receive honorary degrees at commencement
The Chapel Hill News
The nation's first female secretary of state, a human rights activist whose efforts have twice won the Nobel Peace Prize, a Tony Award-winning Broadway costume designer, a statesman committed to education, and one of college basketball's winningest coaches will receive honorary degrees today at the UNC spring commencement.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/may07/honorarydegrees050307.htmlWilliam Ivey Long
"The State of Things," WUNC-FM
William Ivey Long's costume creations have earned him four Tony Awards, nine overall nominations, and induction into the Theater Hall of Fame. Now, some of those costumes are on display at the Cameron Art Museum in Wilmington through October. William Ivey Long stops by the studio to speak with Frank Stasio about his remarkable career on Broadway and his childhood in Raleigh.
Note: Long received an honorary degree during UNC's Commencement ceremony on Sunday. "The State of Things" is the statewide public affairs program airing live at noon weekdays and rebroadcast at 9 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/may07/honorarydegrees050307.htmlHarrill joins Triological Society
The Charlotte Observer
Dr. Will Harrill was recently inducted into the Triological (Ear, Nose, and Throat) Society at the annual meeting in San Diego, following the acceptance of his thesis reporting the clinical effectiveness of radio frequency turbinate reductions on nasal obstruction. ...Harrill is also adjunct assistant professor with the department of ear, nose and throat at UNC Chapel Hill and is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons.UNC finds lead in three buildings
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Lead is contaminating drinking water at three UNC-Chapel Hill buildings, two of them keystone structures in a much-heralded, high-dollar campus upgrade. ...Flushing pipes in the buildings should fix UNC's problems, Edwards said. So will ongoing efforts by the Orange Water and Sewer Authority, the local water utility, to make its water less corrosive.After Duke lacrosse, attorneys worry about discovery law changes
The Associated Press (N.C.)
They found the evidence - or lack thereof - needed to squash the credibility of the Duke lacrosse rape case buried among thousands of pages prosecution documents. ...Such a change would alter what is now a “practical and reasonable” law, said Joseph Kennedy, a law professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He said that the state is in the middle of the pack nationally when it comes to discovery access.Speed kills, courts shrug
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Nancy Moseley has always had a heavy foot. Eventually, she killed with it. ...Speed-related accidents kill about 10 people a week in North Carolina, according to the UNC Highway Safety Research Center.
Related link: http://www.newsobserver.com/689/story/573762.html
http://www.charlotte.com/204/story/120831.htmlWhat's up with Mom? (Commentary)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The modern mom: She's something of a cartoon image, a frazzled-looking woman juggling cell phone, diaper bag and briefcase, all while maneuvering the minivan through the carpool line. She is truly the woman who has it all -- all the stress, that is. ...That pressure fuels an exhausting drive to do it all, said Philip Cohen, associate professor of sociology at UNC-Chapel Hill.Churches try different approaches to reach Hispanics
The Chapel Hill Herald
In the last several years, Hispanic congregations in Chapel Hill have blossomed. But with any growth comes challenge and controversy. ...Jackie Hagan, a UNC professor of sociology who has studied how churches affect the lives of immigrants, said that churches provide comforting destinations as well.Economic group teams up with business school
Rocky Mount Telegram
The Foundation of Renewal for Eastern North Carolina announced its affiliation with the Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise, the economic development outreach arm of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill's Kenan-Flagler Business School.Land of the Rising Sun
The Stanley News and Press (Albemarle)
The Stanly County-Japan connection has become even greater. ...The TEACCH Autism Program is a division of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Department of Psychiatry.Author teaches about the influence of Southern culture
The Daily Herald (Roanoke Rapids)
Students in the Roanoke Rapids High School auditorium were not sure what to think when singer Mary Williams entered from the rear of the large theater, singing “Turn You ‘Round,” an old southern gospel song that dates back to slave days in the south. ...Tyson is the author of three books and a recent winner of the P. Grawemeyer Award in Religion from the University of Louisville and the Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary School, a $200,000 award. He also holds two professorships, one at Duke University and the other at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.Issues and Trends
It's $26.9 million for UNC system
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
In the latest eye-popping act of higher education philanthropy, former UNC President C.D. Spangler's foundation has proposed a donation of $26.9 million to the university system campuses -- a gift that will help create as many as 96 endowed professorships across the 16 universities. ...The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that more than 50 public and private universities have started or finished fundraising campaigns of $1 billion or more, including UNC-Chapel Hill, N.C. State University and Duke University.Short Stack (Editorial)
The Greensboro News & Record
The state House Natural and Economic Resources subcommittee recently voted to require state officials, including chancellors at UNC system universities, to pay the full cost of using state airplanes to fly to athletic events. Officials get a price break when using state aircraft for travel that isn't sports-related. So having someone like UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor James Moeser pay up to go to the NCAA men's basketball championship only seems fair.Ram has plans beyond Lot 5
The Chapel Hill Herald
Ram Development's ambitions for building in Chapel Hill go well beyond the Lot 5 project downtown. And since the town has worked very closely with Ram on Lot 5 -- after all, it was the Town Council that initiated the process for redeveloping the town-owned parking lot -- can the council really be objective when it must pass judgments on Ram's other plans around town?
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