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Nov. 2, 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
Laser disappoints against eye disease
United Press International
Laser treatments do not guard against age-related macular degeneration and vision loss, a major, multi-clinic study has concluded...Dr. Travis Meredeth, a professor and chair of ophthalmology at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, said prevention of AMD is a "critical mission" for ophthalmologists.
National Coverage
Updates on Billion-Dollar Campaigns at 27 Universities
The Chronicle of Higher Education
The 27 American universities that are seeking to raise at least $1-billion collected a total of $919.7-million in gifts and pledges during the last month for which they had data available...The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, $1.86-billion as of September 30 (increase of $30-million in the last month); the goal is $2-billion by 2007.
Regional Coverage
Lung-cancer test might provide better information
The Columbus Dispatch (Ohio)
Physicians at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have helped develop a genetic test that could one day provide lung-cancer patients and their doctors with specific information about lung tumors.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/oct06/hayeslung103006.htmSocial sites becoming too much of a good thing
The Chronicle (San Francisco, Calif.)
Teenagers and those in their 20s and 30s have been the early adopters, not just because they're Web-savvy but because they're at a time in their lives when they need to establish new ties, such as starting college, said Fred Stutzman, an Internet entrepreneur and graduate student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
State and Local Coverage
Welcoming the dead
The Citizen-Times (Asheville)
According to a UNC Chapel Hill report, "The Economic Impact of the Hispanic Population on the State of North Carolina," 38 percent of Hispanics came to the state directly from their home countries between 1995 and 2004. "Of those Hispanics coming from abroad, nearly three-quarters came from Mexico," the report said.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/jan06/economicimpact010306.htmCabarrus, Rowan begin mapping plans on Latino Initiative
The Independent Tribune (Kannapolis)
Wednesday’s meeting also served as a reunion for the leaders, who spent a week in September touring Delores Hidalgo, Mexico to learn about immigration issues from across the border. The program, dubbed “Latino Initiative for Public Policy and Civic Leaders,” is sponsored by the Center for International Understanding out of UNC Chapel Hill.
Hispanics have role in state's economy
The Daily Reflector (Greeneville)
The influx of Hispanics, both authorized and unauthorized, has created a complex economic give and take within North Carolina, members of the business community and others discussed Tuesday at a seminar in Greenville…2004 Economic impact of Hispanics in the Greenville metropolitan area (dollar numbers are in thousands)...Source: Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
An academy for public service (Opinion Column)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
As Veterans Day approaches, we should be proud that our nation has done a much better job in recent years when it comes to honoring our military veterans and emphasizing the nobility of military service...William Ferris is Joel R. Williamson eminent professor of history and adjunct professor in the Curriculum in Folklore at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is also senior associate director of UNC's Center for the Study of the American South and is a former chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
UNC to help China address care reform
The Daily Tar Heel
Visiting from Beijing, senior Peking University official Min Weifang and UNC Chancellor James Moeser formally announced Wednesday an inaugural health care conference to be held this December in China...The Dec. 11-12 conference, "Harmonious Development and Reaching Health for All," will bring together UNC and Peking scholars, government officials and representatives of the private sector to address Chinese health care reform issues.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/oct06/weifangvisit103006.htmTrash or Treasure?
"The State of Things" WUNC-FM (Durham)
New landfills are on hold for a year in North Carolina while state officials wrestle with what to do with all our trash…Host Frank Stasio speaks to Steve Wing, associate professor of epidemiology with UNC-Chapel Hill's School of Public Health, Rick Martinez, opinion columnist for the News and Observer newspaper and Dr. Fred McQueen, Medical Director for the N.C. chapter of the NAACP about North Carolina's growing trash problem.
Note: "The State of Things" is the statewide public affairs program airing live at noon weekdays and rebroadcast at 9 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays and 6 a.m. on Saturdays.UNC staff continues fight against firings
The Chapel Hill Herald
Some UNC staff members are not giving up their quest to change the university's decision to fire 15 dental technicians and outsource their jobs to local labs.
Related Link: http://www.newsobserver.com/161/story/505282.htmlDecker names Black a co-conspirator
The Charlotte Observer
former N.C. lawmaker convicted of a bribery-related charge described House Speaker Jim Black as a co-conspirator Wednesday, marking the first time the Matthews Democrat has been directly implicated in an 18-month federal investigation into political corruption...Richard Meyers, a UNC Chapel Hill law professor and former federal prosecutor, said Decker's statement would mean more coming from prosecutors, but that it still means trouble.
Related Link: http://www.newsobserver.com/102/story/505395.htmlDurham resident gets state award
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
[Victoria] Dowd, executive assistant at UNC Chapel Hill, received the award for public service. She was recognized for organizing the Brant Daye Project, a community project to assist the family of Brant Daye, a former N.C. Central University football player who was paralyzed from the chest down after an accident in a November 2004 pickup football game.
New Wireless Service Connects College Students
NBC 17-TV (Raleigh)
There is a new cell phone based service that promises to keep University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill students connected to everything happening on campus.
Study: fathers play big role in kids' language
WCHL-AM (Chapel Hill)
Academics have long held that your mother gives you most of your language skills, but in one new study from the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, it’s the Father who’s role is more significant.
Issues and Trends
On campus, thou shalt be held accountable (Commentary)
The Charlotte Observer
[Erskin] Bowles, president of the University of North Carolina system, is not the devil. The chancellors at UNC's 16 campuses are not wayward souls facing the fires of hell if they do not reform.
Former UNC professor to direct NCSU Institute for Emerging Issues
The Triangle Business Journal
North Carolina State University said Wednesday it has appointed a former University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill faculty member as director of its Institute for Emerging Issues. Anita Brown-Graham, who worked for 12 years as a professor in UNC's School of Government, will start her new job at NCSU on Jan. 1, 2007.
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