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May 17, 2007
Carolina in the News
Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina people and programs cited recently in the media:
National Coverage
Replicating Success
Diverse Issues in Higher Education
A University of Virginia program with a track record of improving college enrollment and graduation among low-income students is being replicated at 10 other schools nationwide, with the help of a $10-million grant. ...Although NCAC started in Virginia, the organization’s main office will be located on the campus of UNC-Chapel Hill starting July 1. Hurd will be moving to North Carolina to serve as NCAC’s director.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/mar07/jackkentcooke032107.html'08 candidates reveal wealth
The New York Times
Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani of New York, who just six years ago told a divorce court he had only $7,000 in assets under his control, has amassed a net worth of more than $30 million, much of it from paid speeches. ...Former Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina, who has spent the last three years crusading against poverty, also reported about $30 million in assets. His income included nearly half a million dollars for advising an elite investment fund and $40,000 for directing a poverty studies program at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Related link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/16/AR2007051600811.htmlPresidential hopefuls report riches
The Associated Press (National)
Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani reported a whopping $16.1 million in earned income over the past 16 months, most of it in speaking fees, according to financial documents filed Wednesday. ...Edwards received about $395,000 in paid speeches - most of them at colleges - and was paid $40,000 salary for work at the University of North Carolina Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity.
Related link: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Candidates-Finances-Glance.htmlStudy Implicates Protein as a Trigger of Advanced Prostate Cancer Recurrence
MedIndia.net
Scientists with the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have for the first time implicated a growth-promoting cellular protein as one trigger of the inevitable recurrence of advanced prostate cancer in men who are undergoing drug treatment to shut down their sex hormones, or androgens. ...Moreover, because chemotherapy after recurrence extends life by only a few months, the new research, "raises the exciting possibility that we can develop a specific drug against this," said senior study co-author Dr. Young Whang, associate professor of medicine at UNC-Chapel Hill.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/may07/recurrence050807.htmlRegional Coverage
Teens and body image
Tulare Advance-Register (Calif.)
A recent report by the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, reported that “the happier teens are with their bodies, the more they like themselves.” In this era of rising obesity rates and sedentary lifestyles, teens do not seem to be very happy. Are we, as adults, creating this unhappiness?
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/may07/esteem043007.htmlOfficials gather for security forum
Montgomery Advertiser (Ala.)
Civilians exchanging ideas with those in uniform is an unusual sight at most military bases, but at Maxwell Air Force Base this week, it's commonplace. ...The six experts range from the Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. T. Michael Moseley to Dr. Richard H. Kohn, professor of history and peace, war and defense at the University of North Carolina.Three named 2007 Presidential Research Professors
The Daily Chronicle (Dekalb, Ill.)
Northern Illinois University faculty members Winifred Creamer in anthropology, Nader Ebrahimi in statistics and Heide Fehrenbach in history have been awarded 2007 Presidential Research Professorships, the university's top recognition for outstanding research. ...“Nader has an absolutely outstanding research record and is deeply engaged in nearly every form of activity in the academic statistical profession,” said Joseph Ibrahim, a distinguished professor of biostatistics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.State and Local Coverage
Challenger High School
The Charlotte Observer
Sophomores at Challenger High School (Catawba Valley Early College High) recently participated in a hands-on program as part of the DESTINY Traveling Science Learning Program of UNC Chapel Hill. UNC Chancellor James Moeser also shared information about "Carolina Connects," a UNC initiative that serves as an outreach program across the state.
UNC Media Advisory: http://www.unc.edu/news/media/2007/destinymoeser042707.htmlBiotech in Brunswick
The Star-News (Wilmington)
Brunswick Community College student Nichole Travis has goals that go far beyond the region. She wants to join the Army, travel and eventually become a research scientist to defend the country against biological weapons. ...Both South and West Brunswick high schools offer biotech courses for their students, Gomperts said. They follow the system from the University of North Carolina's Destiny program, which provides training and hands-on science and biotech curricula locally through a partnership with the county.
UNC Media Advisory: http://www.unc.edu/news/media/2007/destiny042007_2.htmlMobile lab
The Daily Reflector (Greenville)
The police chief needs a DNA analysis, but Gil Grissom and Horatio Caine, two of television's current crop of CSI forensic scientists, are too busy jumping from exploding buildings to do the lab work. ...The mobile science lab is part of an education initiative at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Morehead Planetarium and Science Center.
UNC Media Advisory: http://www.unc.edu/news/media/2007/destiny051107.html$479,000 for Edwards' investment work
The Charlotte Observer
John Edwards made more than $479,000 in salary last year as an adviser for a New York investment firm, according to a financial disclosure form released Wednesday. ...Edwards also reported $40,000 in salary from UNC Chapel Hill, where he ran a center on poverty, and $415,000 in fees for 13 speeches in nine states and the District of Columbia.
Related link: http://www.newsobserver.com/politics/story/574988.htmlUNC dental clinics are tough to get in (Question-answer)
The Fayetteville Observer
Q: Is there a teaching hospital with a dental clinic anywhere around? I need a lot of dental work and my insurance doesn’t cover the type of work that I need. — Y.C., Parkton A: There’s one dental school in the state — at UNC-Chapel Hill — but it’s no cinch to become a patient at its student clinics.Ending Poverty in America
"The State of Things," WUNC-FM
A new book from Presidential candidate John Edwards’ think tank at the UNC School of Law examines the seemingly intractable problem of poverty in a collection of essays by reporters, academics, community leaders and Edwards himself. Host Frank Stasio digs into the issue with Marion Crain and Arne Kalleberg, editors of “Ending Poverty in America: How to Restore the American Dream,” as well as contributors Anita Brown-Graham, Dennis Orthner and David Spickard.
Note: "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/dec06/povertycenterbook121106.htmThree UNC buildings still seeing lead contamination
The Chapel Hill Herald
While one building's water supply has been cleared for drinking, three out of the four UNC buildings with water supplies that recently tested positive for lead contamination are still under watch. Four buildings on campus -- Chapman Hall, Caudill Labs, Information Technology Services Manning and the Campus Y -- were identified in March and April as having drinking water with lead amounts exceeding the acceptable limit dictated by the Environmental Protection Agency, said Ray Hackney, interim director of Environmental Health and Safety at UNC.Shareholders, eat your spinach
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Corporate annual reports might seem a bit outdated in the Internet age, but the documents are rich in valuable information for investors. ..."It won't necessarily be misleading, but it will be the optimistic view of the future," said accounting professor Robert Bushman of the University of North Carolina's Kenan-Flagler Business School.It's a snap: Cameras slow speed
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
There's one pretty simple solution to long lines of drivers in traffic court: cameras that catch speeders. That's according to David L. Harkey, director of the UNC Highway Safety Research Center, who knows how speed cameras have worked in other countries, and Charlotte-Mecklenburg police Capt. David R. Haggist, who has seen them work in the Queen City.1-2 punch could help hearing-impaired
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
James A. King has always had poor hearing, but now it's so bad the Warren County pharmacist often can't understand patients at his store counter, waiters in restaurants or the high-pitched voices of his six grandchildren -- even with the help of hearing aids. ...Dr. Craig Buchman, the UNC-Chapel Hill ear surgeon who did King's surgery, said the combined implant and hearing aid system may become a new treatment option for patients like King who aren't candidates for full cochlear implants.Gluten scandal proves danger in food system (Commentary)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Did you need more evidence that our food safety system is broken? Well, now you've got it. It's actually more than broken. As scandals go, the melamine discovery is the food system's equivalent of Enron or Arthur Andersen. And there's little evidence that anything much is being done to fix it. ...Suzanne Havala Hobbs is a registered dietitian and a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Health Policy at UNC.Graham is running for N.C. governor
The Associated Press (N.C.)
Returning to the hometown where he's still known by his middle name, Bill Graham announced his Republican bid for governor in 2008 on Thursday and pledged to fight high taxes and to improve roads and schools. ...Thad Beyle, a political science professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, said Graham's gas-tax effort will help him with Republican primary voters, but it's still too early for most people to pay attention to GOP contenders.Student survey on gangs ditched
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
Officials and consultants have shelved the idea of surveying middle school students in the Durham school system about the prevalence of gangs in their schools and neighborhoods. ...One such critic, Allen Murray, a staffer at the UNC-based National Research Center on Rural Education Support, wrote officials to say that anything less than active consent would be "highly unethical" and "far outside the standards used by reputable organizations."Survey studies public input in Macon County
The Smoky Mountain News (Waynesville)
As county planner in Macon County, Stacey Guffey knows a little bit about controversy and soliciting public opinion. ...That’s exactly what Carla Norwood, former director of the Franklin-based Little Tennessee Watershed Association, and husband Gabriel Cumming have been trying to discover how to do. Norwood and Cumming are graduate students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.Bikers to pedal against cancer
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
Seven high school students from Chapel Hill will bicycle 3,700 miles across the U.S. this summer to raise funds for and awareness of cancer research at UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. The ride, called the Washington or Bust (WaBu) Cycle Tour, begins in Aberdeen, Md., on June 10 and concludes 10 weeks later in Annacortes, Wash.Issues and Trends
We close the door to educated foreigners at our peril (Opinion-editorial column)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
What do Albert Einstein and Andrew Carnegie have in common? ...Here's an example. North Carolina's leading engineering schools -- Duke, North Carolina A&T, N.C. State and UNC-Chapel Hill -- awarded 271 Ph.Ds in engineering and electrical engineering in 2006.Bill would ban lottery ads at high school events
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
A state House committee voted today to ban lottery advertising and sponsorships at high school sporting events, but an effort to do the same at colleges across North Carolina has been withdrawn. ...Lottery officials had fought efforts to restrict advertising at colleges and universities because it already had sponsorships on seven university campuses in the state including, N.C. Central, N.C. State, UNC-Chapel Hill and East Carolina.Healthy prospects for new nurses
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
It must be nice to graduate from college and go directly into a job. ...To address the lack of faculty, Duke, UNC-Chapel Hill and UNC Wilmington recently have created online master's programs in nursing education, Nevidjon said.UNC board choice has record
The Charlotte Observer
One of the newest members of the University of North Carolina Board of Governors likely won't take his seat on the board because of his past criminal conviction for taking money from the county school system where he was superintendent.
Related link: http://www.charlotte.com/204/story/125186.html
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