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Nov. 20, 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
Teen girls active if they live near parks
United Press International
Teenage girls who live within half a mile of a public park are significantly more physically active than other girls, according to U.S. researchers. Dr. Diane Catellier of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill found that physical activity was higher for girls who lived within 1 mile of parks and showed highest levels among girls who lived less than one-half mile from a park.
Related link: http://www.zeenews.com/znnew/articles.asp?aid=336813&ssid=68&sid=LIF
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/nov06/activity111706.htmIP rights - and the layman
Hindu Business Line - India
Red Hat India and IIT Delhi recently organised a knowledge symposium titled `Owning the Future: Ideas and their role in the digital age.' The event sought to examine intellectual `property' in the context of traditional knowledge, globalisation and the growth of the open source movement worldwide. eWorld sounded out two visiting dignitaries at the symposium, Prof Paul Jones from the University of North Carolina and founder of Ibiblio (ibiblio is one of ...
National Coverage
Three N.C. college students named Rhodes Scholars
The Associated Press (National)
Three students from North Carolina universities have been selected as Rhodes Scholars for 2007, winning the prestigious scholarships to attend Oxford University in England next fall. The recipients include ... Benjamin Lundin of Nashville, Tenn., a senior at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/nov06/rhodes2006.htmEdwards speaks on ending poverty
The Associated Press (National)
Former US Senator John Edwards says increasing the minimum wage and expanding earned income tax credits could help some of the 37 million Americans living in poverty. ...Edwards says he is considering another run for president in 2008. He is currently director of the Center of Poverty, Work and Opportunity at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
After Brown U.'s Report on Slavery, Silence (So Far)
The Chronicle of Higher Education
In 1764, a ship christened Sally set sail from Providence, R.I., for the Windward Coast of Africa. Its mission was to trade goods — tobacco, candles, onions, and rum — for enslaved human beings. ...At the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a prominent monument to the Confederate war dead has inspired protests for years.
Brain Drain in Iowa
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Iowa's top exports include pork, machinery, and, increasingly, college presidents. ...Among peer institutions, only the University of North Carolina, at $295,022, doled out a smaller compensation than Iowa.
Getting a lesson in college life
Newsday
As a professor flashed PowerPoint charts and gestured with a green-tipped laser pointer to describe the body's resistance to disease, Trinh Nguyen watched intently from a back seat in a Cornell University lecture hall. ...Since the summer before her junior year, she and her family have taken in Columbia, Yale, Amherst, Duke, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Northwestern, Washington University, Cornell, Colgate and UCLA.
Regional Coverage
More siblings caring for handicapped adults
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Sarah Pike stood in the driveway and sobbed as she watched cars pull away after the funeral four years ago. She grieved not only for her mother, but for her freedom. ..."Generally speaking, there's very little funding for family support services," said Susan Parish, an assistant professor of social work at the University of North Carolina.
Reproductive experts concerned about Bush appointee
The Austin-American Statesman
International women's health experts gathering Friday in Washington reacted with concern to the Bush administration's appointment this week of a conservative family planning chief at the Department of Health and Human Services. ..."Abstinence is not the answer," said David Grimes, a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. "Policies should be based on sound science."
State and Local Coverage
Duke, UNC each sending student to Oxford University
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
Duke and UNC each will send a student to Oxford University in England next year as Rhodes Scholars, the scholarship trust announced Sunday.
Related link: http://www.newsobserver.com/1366/story/512705.html
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/nov06/rhodes2006.htm...and tuition temptations (Editorial)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
If there's ever a university trustees meeting when raising tuition is not discussed, build your ark and collect your animals and brace for the flood. UNC-Chapel Hill is no different than many other universities, of course, in constantly addressing tuition rates.
UNC professor leads task force on barriers to health insurance
The Chapel Hill News
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has partnered with the state's Health and Wellness Trust Fund (HWTF) Commission to create the Task Force for a Healthier North Carolina. The task force is charged with examining barriers that limit access to health insurance and offering policy recommendations to overcome the barriers.
Note: No link available.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/nov06/taskforcegitterman111606.htmHonorable Mentions
Chapel Hill Herald
Daniel Gitterman, an assistant professor of public policy at UNC, has been named director of the newly formed Task Force for a Healthier North Carolina. The task force will study and make recommendations about the immediate next steps to be taken on the state's health care policy agenda.
Note: No link available.UNC joins task force to aid N.C. uninsured
The Daily Tar Heel
North Carolinians who are uninsured are about to get a little help from UNC. ..."The executive director of the trust fund sent me a letter of invitation for UNC to apply to provide the leadership for the actual task force," said Daniel Gitterman, director of the task force and professor of public policy at UNC.
UNC to study schizophrenia
The Herald-Sun (Durham)/The Chapel Hill Herald
UNC's School of Medicine will lead a new clinical trial to study strategies to reduce metabolic syndrome in people with schizophrenia such as weight gain and elevated cholesterol levels, caused by drugs that are commonly used for treating schizophrenia.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/nov06/stroupschizo111506.htmSierra Club lauds UNC projects
The Chapel Hill Herald
Construction work at UNC Chapel Hill has been named one of America's Best New Development Projects by the Sierra Club. According to a new report issued by the club, the nation's largest environmental organization, the projects at UNC are an example of using green construction to minimize the environmental footprint of growth.
Note: No link available.UNC has highest investment rate
The Chapel Hill Herald
UNC's net investment return rate for fiscal year 2006 -- 19.2 percent -- was highest among public universities, the university has announced. The return brings UNC's endowment to $1.48 billion.
Note: No link available.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/nov06/endowmentgrowth111606.htmChoctaw elder to work with UNC
The Chapel Hill Herald
A member of the Choctaw Nation, a tribe that has been part of North American history for more than four centuries, will be the first elder in residence at UNC.
Note: No link available.Bicycle thefts at UNC campus on the rise
The Chapel Hill Herald
UNC and surrounding towns are often praised for being bike friendly. But in recent months, the university has been friendly not just for riders but for bicycle thieves.
Traveling Science Learning bus stops at Northampton-East
The Daily Herald (Roanoke Rapids)
Two Northampton County High School-East biology classes worked outside of the classroom Thursday - on a 33,000-pound bus. ...class. The DESTINY Traveling Science Learning Program is part of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Morehead Planetarium and Science Center.
UNC Media Advisory: http://www.unc.edu/news/media/2006/destiny111306b.htmWake Forest recruits close to home
The Winston-Salem Journal
Stephen Menesick has lived in Greensboro for almost his entire 17 years. So for college, he's thinking about going away - far away. New York and George Washington universities are on his list. ...Though few other local colleges say they have recruiting events strictly for local students, next spring the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will invite high-school students who have been admitted to a "behind the scenes" look at research labs or athletic facilities.
Group forming to find ways to 'brand' ECU
The Daily Reflector (Greenville)
East Carolina University alumnus Charlie Martin has no quibble with the architecture at East Carolina University. ...Newnam cites the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and N.C. State University's successful use of their colors as models.
William Powell shares encyclopedic knowledge of the state
The Associated Press (N.C.)
It starts with the Aberdeen & Rockfish Railroad Co., one of North Carolina's most successful short-line railroads. It ends with the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, the fourth-largest philanthropic organization in the state. ...The $65 book goes on sale today, and is the third major historical reference book written or edited by (William Powell) the professor emeritus of history at the University of North Carolina.
Related link: http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/local/16055991.htmSoaring High
North Carolina Magazine
When Darlene Waddell walks from the parking lot to her office, she sees the importance an airport has to prospects looking to open new businesses in an area. ...John Kasarda, director of Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a sought-after expert on the aviation industry, says North Carolina’s airports connect businesses of all kinds here to opportunities around the world.
Immigration, trade invite bipartisan progress in Congress
The Winston-Salem Journal
When Democrats rolled out their agenda, they highlighted issues such as a minimum-wage increase and federal financing of stem-cell research as top priorities come January. ...Ferrel Guillory, the director of the Program on Southern Politics, Media and Public Life at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, said he sees a significant "window of opportunity" to pass immigration reform, even if Democrats are not in total agreement.
The man in the middle
The Charlotte Observer
Dan Ramirez, poised to become Charlotte's most prominent Latino public official, wants people to see past that distinction. ...Candidates don't have any special obligation to represent a certain community if they didn't run on that platform, said David Lawrence, professor at UNC Chapel Hill's School of Government.
Issues and Trends
Young people struggle to deal with kiss of debt
USA Today
Thirty years ago, the "generation gap" reflected the cultural gulf between World War II-era parents and their children. Parents then just didn't get sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll.
College costs... (Editorial)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
If reducing the partisan rancor on Capitol Hill were her aim, House Speaker-designate Nancy Pelosi would do well to focus in on college affordability. It's hard to argue that too many middle-class families aren't swamped by college bills and too many young workers aren't burdened by college loans.
A state of need (Editorial)
The Charlotte Observer
Attention, college students and families: The top budget priority for North Carolina's universities for the next two years is securing an additional $55 million in state student aid. ...The University of North Carolina Board of Governors will ask lawmakers to budget considerably more money over the next two years for need-based financial aid.
Healthy decision (Letter to the editor)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The UNC Board of Governors made the right decision in unanimously approving the East Carolina University Dental School (news story, Nov. 11). As a graduate of ECU I know firsthand the dedication of the faculty and staff to the folks of Eastern North Carolina.
Panhandlers form greeting committee (Opinion column)
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
Over lunch on the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus last week, I was a bit taken aback by the observation of one of my companions. A UNC academic, she noted she doesn't go downtown in Chapel Hill alone at night, and has reservations about being there other times.
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