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Nov. 1, 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
Subtypes of lung cancer tumors identified
United Press International
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers say their discovery might have significant implications for people in the early or late stages of the disease, suggesting how likely the cancer is to spread and whether the tumor will prove resistant to chemotherapy.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/oct06/hayeslung103006.htmFathers are key to child language development
United Press International
In families with two working parents, fathers had a greater impact on their children's language development between ages 2 and 3, says a U.S. study. Frank Porter Graham of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Child Development Institute and School of Education videotaped pairs of parents and their 2-year-old children in their homes during playtime.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/oct06/fpgfatherslanguage103006.htmExcess Weight Can Prolong Childbirth
Pak Tribune (Pakistan)
Pregnant women who are overweight or obese progress through labor slower than do normal-weight women, the researchers say. The report, which appears in the November issue of the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology, was conducted by researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development of the National Institutes of Health.
National Coverage
Literature: From 1865, a black woman's love story
The New York Times
The book's publication has stirred a dispute between its editors - William Andrews, a professor of English at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Mitch Kachun, a history professor at Western Michigan University - and the Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr., who says that "The Curse of Caste" is not, as stated on the jacket, the first novel by an African-American woman.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/oct06/collinsbook101806.htmSteinbrenner Is Doing Well After Hospital Stay
The New York Times
George Steinbrenner, the Yankees’ principal owner, was hospitalized Sunday after feeling faint as he watched his granddaughter perform in “Cabaret” at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
George Steinbrenner falls ill while watching play in North Carolina
The Associated Press (National)
[George] Steinbrenner, 76, and his family were watching his granddaughter, junior Haley Swindal, perform the lead role of Sally Bowles in "Cabaret" on Sunday at the Playmakers Theatre on the University of North Carolina campus. According to The Daily Tar Heel, a call was placed to the Department of Public Safety saying a man had chest pains. After paramedics arrived, the remainder of the performance was cancelled, Danny Coles, assistant music director for the production, told the paper.
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http://www.newsday.com/news/health/ny-spboss014955653nov01,0,4455250.storyTips for Taking on Tuck
Business Week
Dawna Clarke just completed her first full year as director of MBA Admissions at Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business, but she's no stranger to the MBA admissions arena. Clarke came to Tuck after 15 years in the admit office at the University of Virginia's Darden School—the last five as director of admissions. Prior to that, she served as associate director of admissions at University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler.
State and Local Coverage
UNC to host Chinese official
The Daily Tar Heel
The University will host a senior official from Peking University in China this week as the first step in a partnership between the two schools and another development in UNC's push to link with the country.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/oct06/weifangvisit103006.htmMoeser seeks panel on school expansion
The Chapel Hill Herald
He's asked Chapel Hill Mayor Kevin Foy to support creation of the new committee, which would consist of local residents appointed by the town and university. The primary purpose would be to "work with" the university as it develops specific plans for expanding the UNC School of Law along Ridge Road, [James] Moeser said in a recent letter.
Athletics director deserves applause (Opinion Column)
The Daily Tar Heel
Dick Baddour has been criticized by some observers for a very tough personnel decision. Like many others, I admire John Bunting for his integrity, values and love of the University, and I am disappointed that the team's record has not lived up to its preseason promise, but to call for Baddour's removal as athletics director as some have done is terribly misguided. (Lissa L. Broome is professor of law at UNC-Chapel Hill.)
Dodging blame at the top (Opinion Column)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Dick Baddour is athletic director at UNC-Chapel Hill. Six years after he hired John Bunting as head football coach, Baddour fired Bunting for losing too many games.
Habitat to start 150th home Saturday
The Chapel Hill News
Habitat will also celebrate the partnership sponsoring and building this home: members of the Chapel of the Cross Episcopal Church, St. Paul's AME Church, the UNC Campus Chapter of Habitat for Humanity, and the UNC Department of City and Regional Planning.
New book details tribe's role during Revolutionary War
The Associated Press (N.C.)
A pair of college history professors -- one from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill -- hope to change that with the publication of a new book, "Forgotten Allies."
North Carolina gets low marks on sunshine laws
WCHL-AM (Chapel Hill)
A report on election records from the University of Florida says North Carolinians have clouds in the forecast. The school’s Citizen Access Project rated the transparency of sunshine laws nationally and gave our state one of its lower scores. That’s UNC state politics expert Ferrell Guillory, who says he’s skeptical of the project’s low ranking of North Carolina openness.
Panel discussion to address Iraq war
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The public is invited to a panel discussion on the war in Iraq at 7:30 p.m. today in Room 209 of Manning Hall on the UNC campus...participants [include] Steve Wing, associate professor of epidemiology at UNC-CH's School of Public Health, who studies the health consequences of the conditions under which people live and work.
Issues and Trends
Kannapolis plans research bonds
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The city of Kannapolis intends to announce today that it plans to issue about $76 million in bonds for the N.C. Research Campus, according to documents obtained by the Observer on Tuesday under the N.C. Public Records Law.
Focus is on health care and minorities
The Winston-Salem Journal
Researchers at Winston-Salem State University will begin publishing an academic journal aimed at increasing the number of minorities going into health-care professions...It includes health-care researchers, providers and academics from WSSU, N.C. A&T State, Tennessee State, Hampton, Howard and Florida A&M universities, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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