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Nov. 27, 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
University reaches out to China
Chinadaily.com.cn
Michael Jordan, Vince Carter, Antawn Jamison, Mia Hamm and Larry Brown, all these names are familiar to many in China. But few may realize they all have something in common - they all went to the University of North Carolina (UNC) in Chapel Hill, North Carolina in the United States. Now, this university on the other side of the globe is earnestly reaching out to China.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/oct06/weifangvisit103006.htmLondon duo scoop prizes
Financial Times (London)
Two London-based business schools have scooped awards in this autumn’s raft of competitions. A team from London Business School has won the second annual Evergreen Investments Alpha Challenge at the University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School - and a $6,000 (£3,160) cash prize.
National Coverage
Go Ahead, Call Your Friend ‘Meathead’
The New York Times
Sometimes, it’s perfectly all right to be rude. So says Emrys Westacott, a professor at Alfred University in Alfred, N.Y., in an article published in the fall in The Journal of Applied Philosophy. ...John F. Kasson, the author of “Rudeness and Civility: Manners in Nineteenth Century Urban America,” and a professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is another scholar who is skeptical of the notion that people are becoming more rude.
A Layered Look Reveals Ancient Greek Texts
The New York Times
An ambitious international project to decipher 1,000-year-old moldy pages is yielding new clues about ancient Greece as seen through the eyes of Hyperides, an important Athenian orator and politician from the fourth century B.C. ...Cecil Wooten, a professor of classics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, who attended a Hyperides presentation by Mr. Herrman on Nov. 13, called the discovery “interesting and significant.”
Edwards, Obama Gain Popularity on Tours
The Associated Press (National)
When introducing former vice presidential candidate John Edwards at a book signing this week, a family friend mentioned a bumper sticker she'd seen around town: "Edwards-Obama." The giddy audience roared with approval.
Business skills through competition
CNN.com
As well as learning skills through lectures and seminars, an increasingly important part of modern MBA life comes when students pit their wits and skills against peers from other business schools in competitions. ...An example of the former came earlier this month, when students from the UK's London Business School triumphed in the second annual Evergreen Investments Alpha Challenge, hosted by the University of North Carolina's Kenan-Flagler Business School.
Dept. of Advice: Greatest Generation Edition (Commentary)
The Washington Post
A striking aspect of any comparison is that, intentionally or unintentionally, the country is doing everything in Iraq the opposite way from the way it dealt with WWII. Then, we had plans about what to do after military victory; this time, we had none. ...Gerhard L. Weinberg, professor emeritus of history, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and author of "A World at Arms: A Global History of World War II"
In Search of Skeletons
Inside Higher Ed
Brown University’s October report elucidating the institution’s early ties to slavery has stepped up the pressure on other colleges to delve deeply into their own pasts and fully acknowledge their institutional links to slavery, Nazi Germany and other disgraced ideas. ...A group of students, faculty and administrators at Colgate University was formed in March to study allegations that a late president, George B. Cutten, the namesake for a campus building, was a eugenicist, while the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill launched a virtual museum examining its history, slavery and all, in October.
Parks Promote Physical Activity in Girls
Ivanhoe Newswire
Living near a park can help girls get the exercise they need to stay healthy. In a new study led by researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, girls who lived a half a mile or less from a park had the highest levels of physical activity.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/nov06/activity111706.htm
Uneven Leg Length May Boost Arthritis Risk
HealthDay News
People whose legs are of uneven lengths are at increased odds for knee and hip osteoarthritis, U.S. research suggests. ..."Recognizing that leg length inequality has a significant association with hip and particularly knee osteoarthritis opens the door to more studies on whether leg length variances might cause the development and progression of the disease," senior investigator Dr. Joanne M. Jordan, associate professor of medicine and orthopedics at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, said in a prepared statement.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/nov98/jordan5.htmRegional Coverage
Outcome of lawsuit may affect integration at schools in South
Media General News Service
In a case that could affect schools throughout the South, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Dec. 4 on whether school boards can voluntarily place students in schools by race to achieve integration. ...Anita Earls, the director of advocacy at the University of North Carolina's Center for Civil Rights, wrote in a brief supporting the school boards, that the quality of education for black students in Charlotte declined after court-ordered integration was replaced by a school plan that did not take race into account.
Report: Block hog lots for health
The Des Moines Register (Iowa)
Iowa should call a moratorium on construction of livestock confinements to protect people's health, and eventually should limit how many animals can be in a given area, a team of leading researchers says in an international report. ...The community-health team, led by Kelley Donham of the University of Iowa and Steven Wing of the University of North Carolina, said more study is needed on the psychological, physiological, mental health, quality of life and respiratory effects of confinement emissions.
Local Student Heads To Oxford As Rhodes Scholar
WKRN-TV (Nashville)
A Nashville college student will soon be off to Oxford. He's one of only 32 seniors in the country chosen as a prestigious Rhodes Scholar. ...Ben graduates from the University of North Carolina in May. He begins his two years of study at Oxford in October.
UNC news Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/nov06/rhodes2006.htmState and Local Coverage
Carolina athletics help buoy us all (Opinion-editorial column)
The Chapel Hill Herald
The Saturday before Thanksgiving was a special one at Carolina. A morning dedication of the state-of-the-art Max C. Chapman Jr. Hall, part of our new Carolina Physical Science Complex, kicked things off. The building was made possible by the people of North Carolina through the higher education bond referendum and by the generosity of private donors -- including a $5 million donation by alumnus and former football player Max Chapman. ...James Moeser is chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
UNC project wins environmental prize
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The Sierra Club has honored UNC-Chapel Hill with its America's Best New Development award for showing how communities can build without harming natural resources such as water.
UNC celebrates American Indians
The Chapel Hill Herald
As part of UNC's growing emphasis on studies of and for American Indians, the university has been hosting its first elder-in-residence this month. ...UNC announced plans in September to start a center for American Indian research and outreach, and expects to have a director and office space for it this spring, said Sandra Hoeflich, associate dean of the UNC Graduate School.
UNC News Releases: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/sep06/aicenter090706.htmlArchive tells of Holocaust
The Chapel Hill Herald
Students, faculty and staff at UNC will have access to what is thought to be the world's largest visual history this month, when the Renaissance Computing Institute deploys a 5.5-terabyte digital media cache of testimonies from the University of Southern California Shoah Foundation Institute's Visual History Archive.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/nov06/rencishoah112006.htmUNC, digital music company make deal on file sharing
The Chapel Hill Herald
When most older folks want new music, they go to a record shop, or, if they're hip, buy it at iTunes or another online store. But UNC students can now get tunes for free -- and without breaking the law -- on the Web, under a deal the university has made with the digital music company, Ruckus.
National science group honors 3 at UNC
The Triangle Business Journal
Three faculty members of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are the newest fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The group is honoring Daniel A. Reed, director of the Chapel Hill-based Renaissance Computing Institute; Stephen J. Walsh, director of the Landscape Characterization & Spatial Analysis Lab; and Joseph M. DeSimone, director of the UNC Institute for Advanced Materials, Nanoscience and Technology.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/nov06/aaas112106.htmN.C. arms against threat of flu pandemic
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
At the start of a flu season that strikes every year, state health officials are focused on a far deadlier version of the virus that could cause a worldwide epidemic and kill more than 66,000 North Carolinians. ..."Predicting the pandemic is like predicting an earthquake in San Francisco -- you know one's coming, but you don't know when and you don't know how big," said Dr. David Weber, professor of medicine, pediatrics and epidemiology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Related link: http://www.newsobserver.com/105/story/514837.htmlIn crisis, not all patients treated equally
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
If a severe pandemic strikes North Carolina, doctors and nurses across the state will be forced to decide who lives and who dies on a scale and at a frequency few have ever experienced. ..."That's the purpose of triage -- to try and pick those who you can save," said Dr. Wes Wallace, associate professor of emergency medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an emergency physician at UNC Hospitals.
Fund more research on lung cancer (Opinion-editorial column)
The Charlotte Observer
The American Lung Association has designated November as Lung Cancer Awareness month to focus attention on this deadly disease. ...Researchers at UNC Chapel Hill have published an article in The Journal of Clinical Oncology that proposes genetic testing for propensities to develop lung tumors and potential treatment for the disease. While these procedures are still in the developmental stage, it is a good sign of important progress.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/oct06/hayeslung103006.htmRoberts: Most 3-year-olds not ready for school (Opinion column)
The Greensboro News & Record
Should children start school at age 3? I'm not referring to nursery school but to full-blown educational public school, the kind that teaches reading, writing, spelling and arithmetic. The Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, a well-respected educational institute affiliated with UNC-Chapel Hill, thinks 3-year-old children are ready to hit the books.
Medication may help younger ADHD patients, study shows
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Medicating children diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is one of the thorniest ethical issues in pediatric medicine. ..."You'll probably see more people willing to prescribe it," said Paul Brinich, a child psychologist and adjunct professor in the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Medicine's departments of psychology and psychiatry.
Edwards ponders run for president
The Greensboro News & Record
It's not so much that Johnny Enloe is hoping former Sen. John Edwards is running for president, but he'd like to see someone like Edwards in the chase. ..."I don't think there's any doubt he's running for president. There's no need for all this activity if he's not," said Ferrel Guillory, director of the Program on Southern Politics, Media and Public Life at UNC-Chapel Hill.
Extraordinary look at Wilmington '98 (Opinion column)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The N&O's recent examination of the 1898 Wilmington race riot -- and the newspaper's role in it -- was not the normal newspaper fare. ...James Leloudis, who teaches post-Civil War history at UNC-Chapel Hill, called the 1898 massacre "a tragic moment that circumscribes and limits the possibilities of the state and the region for decades to come."
Repeat retail
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
As the holiday shopping season whips into a frenzy, Triangle residents who do a quick survey of the retail landscape may sense a certain monotony. ..."My notion is they all have very sophisticated algorithms and logarithms," said Gary Armstrong, a professor at UNC-Chapel Hill's Kenan Flagler business school.
UNC professor Stevenson, 65
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Robert L. Stevenson, a long-time UNC-Chapel Hill journalism professor whose curiosities lured him to scores of foreign nations to study media, died Saturday after a heart attack. He was 65.
Issues and Trends
Taxpayer tab at Kannapolis to be millions
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
An enormous central lab is taking shape on the site of the old Pillowtex textile mill in Kannapolis, and so is the extent of initial state taxpayer costs at the biotech campus of billionaire David Murdock. By 2010-11, the University of North Carolina system will be asking the General Assembly for $29 million a year to pay for its participation in the N.C. Research Campus, according to a draft of legal agreements obtained by The News & Observer.
Related link: http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/local/16097471.htmImage 101 in session at UNCC
The Charlotte Observer
UNC Charlotte has spent millions of dollars in the past decade adding new buildings and developing top-notch research programs. ...Some students and alumni complain that too many people care more and know more about UNC Chapel Hill, N.C. State and Duke than they do the local public university.
Don’t accept the downtown development terms (Opinion-editorial column)
The Chapel Hill News
I love development of real property. I teach it, I’ve done it, and I work with a corporation that has invested $20 billion in it. Also, I would really like for something to be developed on the surface parking lots owned by the town. ...David J. Hartzell is Foundation Professor and director of the Center for Real Estate Development at UNC.
West End to get valet parking
The Chapel Hill News
By January, circling the block for parking may be a thing of the past for weekend diners in the West End. UNC has agreed to let the Chapel Hill Downtown Partnership use a university-owned lot on West Rosemary Street to provide free valet parking to customers of roughly eight West End restaurants on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights.
ECU hopes dental school will receive approval
The New Bern Sun Journal
When legislators return to the state capital next year, they’ll be asked to approve building a new dental school at East Carolina University. ...Dr. Ben Barker, retired dean of the UNC Chapel Hill School of Dentistry, echoed some of Current’s concerns.
FBI tactics put Muslims on edge
McClatchy Newspapers
When a local FBI agent wanted to make contacts in this city's tight-knit Muslim community, he started knocking on doors. ...When a former student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill drove a car through campus and hit nine people, local law enforcement officials called Muslim leaders to reassure them.
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