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May 18, 2007
Carolina in the News
Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina people and programs cited recently in the media:
Treat gum disease to prevent preterm delivery
Reuters
Two studies published this month provide additional evidence that treating gum disease in pregnant women may prevent preterm birth. ...In the second study, Dongming Lin of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and colleagues investigated the amount of eight different types of oral bacteria and level of antibody response to one of the microbes in 31 pregnant women with periodontal disease, 14 of whom delivered their infants before 37 weeks gestation.High-quality child care offsets risk of later depression: study
People's Daily (China)
Young adults from low-income families who were in full-time early educational child care from infancy to age 5 reported fewer symptoms of depression than their peers who were not in this type of care, according to a new report. ...The report, from the FPG Child Development Institute (FPG) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, uses data from the Abecedarian Project, a longitudinal study begun in 1972 in which 111 high-risk children were randomly assigned to early educational child care from infancy to age 5 or to a control group that received various other forms of child care.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/may07/fpgdepressivesymptoms051807.htmlNational Coverage
Words of Wisdom at Graduation
"Morning Edition," National Public Radio
Inspiring words will accompany the nation's youth as they move out into the world. Commencement season is here, and the rich and notable are at the lecturn. Media mogul Oprah Winfrey and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright were among them. Albright quizzed students about where leadership starts.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/may07/postcommencement051407.htmlCompeting for more than profit
CNN.com
The entrepreneurial challenge has long been a mainstay of MBA life. Students get together before a panel of judges to pitch their business ideas, the best being rewarded with accolades and -- often -- start-up cash. ...Several weeks ago, students from eight US school gathered at the University of North Carolina's Kenan-Flagler Business School to take part in a competition which labels itself the only such event to consider the so-called "triple bottom line" of profit, environmental friendliness and social equity.Study Peeks at How Normal Brains Grow
The Associated Press (National)
Can you get smarter than a fifth-grader? Of course, but new research suggests some of the brain's basic building blocks for learning are nearing adult levels by age 11 or 12. ...But the age finding does make sense, suggesting a foundation necessary for higher learning is in place by puberty, said Dr. John Gilmore of the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. The brain-development specialist was not involved with the project.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/feb07/graymatter020707.htmlPutting the Brakes on Psychosis
Science Magazine
Last month, William McFarlane, a psychiatrist at Maine Medical Center here, received an appeal for help as he was leading an informational conference call about psychosis. ..."We don't know enough about the risk-benefit ratio," says Diana Perkins, a professor of psychiatry at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, who believes more study of the effects of antipsychotics in adolescents is warranted before a study like McFarlane's moves forward.Giuliani, Edwards Have Sudan Holding
The Associated Press (National)
Presidential candidates Rudy Giuliani and John Edwards, who have spoken out about genocide in Darfur, did not know their financial holdings included investments in companies that do business in Sudan, aides said Thursday. ..."This is a huge moral issue for America and the world," Edwards said during a radio town hall last month at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. "We, along with others, have stood by and watched it continue."Regional Coverage
About 'Mockingbird Song'
The St. Augustine Record (Fla.)
The 384-page book was published in October 2006 by the University of North Carolina Press. It focuses on the American South, which is described as "generally warmer, wetter, weedier, snakier and more insect-infested and disease-prone than other regions of the country."Small-town newspapers serve as community bulletin boards (Editorial)
The Tribune & Georgian (St. Marys, Ga.)
There is, perhaps, no experience in the world like working at a community newspaper. ...We are, as longtime community journalist and current University of North Carolina professor Jock Lauterer says, "relentlessly local."State and Local Coverage
UNC aiming to lure VC, corporate cash
The Triangle Business Journal
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is working with a high-profile West Coast developer to build a business incubator near its proposed Carolina North campus that could put the university back in the market for venture capital. ...Mark Crowell, associate vice chancellor for business development and technology transfer at UNC, says the venture capital component of the Carolina Innovation Center could total as much as $25 million and would not be limited to life sciences startups.
Related link: http://www.techjournalsouth.com/news/article.html?item_id=3165
http://www.wral.com/business/local_tech_wire/venture/story/1426815/Nonprofit partners to spur growth
The Daily Reflector (Greenville)
The Foundation of Renewal for Eastern North Carolina and the Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise, the economic development outreach arm of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Kenan-Flagler Business School, have announced a new affiliation in which they seek to leverage and expand resources available to accelerate economic growth in eastern North Carolina.Woman regains hearing with cochlear implant
The Daily Herald (Roanoke)
When Joyce McClarnon left the hospital after a long illness in 2005, she had a new problem to deal with. ...Her audiologist suggested she contact Dr. Harold Pillsbury at the University of North Carolina. McClarnon set up an appointment; six weeks after meeting with Pillsbury, she had surgery, and received a cochlear implant a week later.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/may07/cochlear050407.htmlIssues and Trends
School, lottery deals get wary eye
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The state lottery has spent more than $385,000 since September on advertising and sponsorships at university sports events across North Carolina. ...Seven schools in the state are part of the ad arrangements with the lottery, including N.C. State University, UNC-Chapel Hill and N.C. Central University.Group wants meeting with UNC system president
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
Leaders of a key Durham interest group want to talk to UNC System President Erskine Bowles about the search process for N.C. Central University's next chancellor, which students and alumni of the school say is running off the rails.N.C. Research Campus adds another university to lineup
The Triangle Business Journal
Two University of North Carolina at Greensboro nutrition researchers and their staffs will be a part of the developing North Carolina Research Campus in Kannapolis, the school has announced.A Second Dental School?
"The State of Things," WUNC-FM
Dental care in certain rural areas of North Carolina is hard to come by. A proposal to construct a dental school at East Carolina University in Greenville aims to alleviate the problem, but General Assembly approval to finance the project hasn't come through. Greenville Daily Reflector staff writer Jimmy Ryals joins host Frank Stasio to discuss the prospects of having a second dental school in the state.Most ECC students in college-transfer program
The Daily Southerner
The role of the community college continues to change. ...Comprised of 16 institutions, the University of North Carolina system in-state tuition costs range from $2,765 to $5,033 with out-of-state tuition beginning at $11,104 and climbing to $19,681.
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