November 15, 2002

Carolina in the News

Current National Coverage

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

New Study Shows Protein Boosts Heart-Disease Risks
The Wall Street Journal
Millions of Americans with low cholesterol may have a false sense of security 
about their risk of a heart attack or stroke...
"Before we have tens of millions of Americans placed on statins [only] because of their 
CRP, we need randomized clinical trials to show they would benefit," says Sidney Smith, 
professor of medicine at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and chief science 
officer at the American Heart Association.
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB1037219334635999108,00.html?mod=health%5Fhs%5Fresearch%5Fscience


Early Pregnancy Activity Cuts Risk of Preterm Labor
Reuters
Pregnant women who engage in vigorous leisure activity during the first and second 
trimesters may be at reduced risk of preterm delivery, new study findings suggest. 
Dr. Kelly R. Evenson of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and colleagues 
looked at the link between vigorous leisure activity and birth outcomes in nearly 
1,700 pregnant women. They conducted telephone interviews with the women to 
determine their level of physical activity in the 3 months preceding pregnancy and 
during the first and second trimesters. 
http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=healthnews&StoryID=1707696&fromEmail=true

A New Blueprint for B-Schools? 
Business Week
UC-San Diego has a risky plan for a tech-savvy, fast-track MBA 
How do you build a new business school in a market flooded with MBAs? First, start with 
a hot research university, throw in a B-school veteran to take the reins, and drum up the 
support of the biggest companies nearby. Make it interesting by junking the conventional 
business-school model, and you just might have a fighting chance...
...That's the blueprint the University of California at San Diego intends to use when it enrolls 
its first MBA class in the fall of 2004. UCSD envisions a short, tech-focused MBA program 
with strong ties to its well-regarded medical and engineering schools. The B-school has already 
wooed Robert S. Sullivan, dean of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Kenan-
Flagler Business School, to head it up. 
http://www.businessweek.com:/print/premium/content/02_47/b3809102.htm?mz


State and Local Coverage

Task force eyes tuition hikes goals 
The UNC task force that’s examining future tuition increases crept slowly towards a 
conclusion Thursday, reaching consensus on some of the uses for potential tuition 
hikes without hammering out all the details. 
http://www.heraldsun.com/orange/10-288447.html

Pay raise request should be heeded (Editorial)
Unfortunately, you can’t eat symbols. You can’t use them to pay the mortgage or to put 
gas into the family vehicle. Symbols are important, but UNC’s employees — both faculty 
and staff — deserve something more substantial. 
Nevertheless, the UNC system’s recent decision to request 6 percent raises for faculty 
and a statement in support of increased salaries for staff has important symbolic value. 
The university action sent a strong message to Raleigh, namely: The needs have not 
gone away, and the responsibility to meet those needs is yours. 
http://www.heraldsun.com/opinion/chhedits/57-287394.html

College seniors face grim job prospects 
After "technology consultant," all bets are off for Benjamin Ehrich, a senior at 
UNC-Chapel Hill, who plans to graduate in May. "Starving writer or pizza delivery driver?" 
Ehrich said, mentally lining up his options.
http://www.newsandobserver.com/front/Business/story/1911435p-1893545c.html

The star chamber
The wise men hunting for the newborn couldn't download directions off the Internet. 
They couldn't ask at the filling station. So they did one better, eyeing the heavens 
for inspiration and following a star that led them to Jesus...They've spent the better 
part of 2,000 years trying to figure it out.
For the past 54 of them, the planetarium at UNC-Chapel Hill has offered visitors 
a collection of scientific possibilities during a Christmastime show, "The Star of 
Bethlehem." Could it have been a comet? What about a shooting star? Or the planet Venus?
The show doesn't claim to know what the wise men followed. It only puts forth 
some scenarios to consider.
http://www.newsandobserver.com/front/Features/story/1911443p-1893594c.html

Issues and Trends Affecting Carolina

Ex-UNC leader heads for Missouri 
Elson S. Floyd, a Henderson native and former top administrator at UNC-Chapel Hill, 
will move from the presidency of Western Michigan University to head the four-campus 
University of Missouri system. 
Floyd, 46, was appointed to the Missouri job Wednesday. He will be the first 
African-American president in the university's 163-year history.
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/triangle/story/1911606p-1893379c.html

U of L trustees hire Ramsey as president
Lexington Herald-Leader (Kentucky)
James Ramsey, appointed Thursday as president of the University of Louisville, 
quickly embraced an agenda aimed at gaining national prominence for the school 
while improving lives at home...
...Ramsey's resume includes stints as a faculty member or administrator at several 
universities. He was vice chancellor for finance and administration at the University 
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and vice president at Western Kentucky University.
http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/news/local/4524262.htm

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