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Nov. 28, 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
Chemical energy cell conversion researched
United Press International
U.S. scientists have discovered how an important protein converts chemical energy to mechanical force, thus powering the process of cell division. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers say their new structural model helps solve a scientific mystery: how the protein dynein fuels itself to perform cellular functions vital to life. Those functions include mitosis, or cell division into identical cells.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/nov06/dynein112706.htmNational Coverage
When fathers talk, toddlers listen
Cox News Service
Researchers have long known how important it is for mothers to talk to their babies. Now, a new study is showing the importance of dads talking to their toddlers, too. Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have found that the number of words a father uses when a child is 2 might influence the child's vocabulary a year later.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/oct06/fpgfatherslanguage103006.htm
Cheap Frills
CIO Magazine (Framingham, Mass.)
How many high-profile CIOs can say they got their job through a free ad on Craigslist? Probably not that many. But that's exactly how Bill Maguire became vice president and CIO of Virgin America. ..."They're flying a very competitive route, and it'll be stiff competition," says John Kasarda, director of The Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise at the University of North Carolina.
State and Local Coverage
UNC profs given scholarships
The Chapel Hill Herald
Two UNC faculty members -- an epidemiologist studying adverse birth outcomes and a scholar of American cultural engagement with Islam -- have been named 2006-07 Fulbright Scholars. Jay Kaufman and Timothy Marr will travel to Chile and Cyprus, respectively, to lecture and conduct research, the Council for International Exchange of Scholars, which manages the Fulbright Scholars program, announced recently.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/nov06/fulbright112206.htmNew Era Begins; Davis says UNC job is a dream come true after 2 years out of coaching
The Winston-Salem Journal
Butch Davis ended two years out of football yesterday when he officially took over at North Carolina as coach and assumed command of a program mired in nine seasons of mediocrity.
Related links: http://www.wral.com/news/10404731/detail.html
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/sports/16112421.htmDavis anxious to rebuild UNC football
The Associated Press (N.C.)
Butch Davis just couldn't wait any longer to start his latest rebuilding job. ..."From the beginning, we hoped he would like us. From the beginning, we hoped we would like him," (Dick) Baddour said.Carolina already has its coach
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
As head-coaching jobs continue to open across the country and schools begin their searches, North Carolina football fans can relax. ..."We're in it for the long haul," UNC athletics director Dick Baddour said. "That's where we want to be. We want a program of stability, and this is it.
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http://www.wchl1360.com/details.html?id=2337Davis gets long-term UNC deal
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
When Dick Baddour left his first meeting with Butch Davis on Oct. 31 -- with an agreement that Davis would talk to no other school and Baddour would talk to no other candidate -- the North Carolina athletics director felt certain that he had found the long-term solution for UNC's struggling football program.
Related link: http://www.wral.com/sports/10408260/detail.html
http://triangle.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2006/11/27/daily8.htmlCoach selections give hope (Opinion column)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
It's a coincidence, no doubt about it. But that doesn't make it any less significant. UNC athletics director Dick Baddour said he didn't even know that Butch Davis, the man officially introduced Monday as the new head football coach, was part American Indian "until we were well into the process" of interviewing him for the job. ...Sandra Hoeflich, an associate dean at UNC-Chapel Hill's Graduate School, said she was unaware of Davis' heritage, too. But when told about it, she said it was "great" that it was announced during the same month that the office of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs is starting a national search for a director for the school's proposed American Indian Center.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/nov06/aiheritage111606.htm
Structural model helps to understand vital protein
The Daily Tar Heel
University researchers have developed a molecular model that helps solve a scientific mystery about how the protein dynein converts chemical energy to mechanical force to perform vital cellular functions.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/nov06/dynein112706.htmPhotojournalist returning to UNC
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Photojournalist Ami Vitale, who has captured events and people around the world for Time magazine, The New York Times and other publications, will describe and display her work Tuesday at UNC-Chapel Hill.
Related link: http://www.heraldsun.com/orange/10-793095.html
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/nov06/photo112206.htmVisit with 'Morrie'
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
For every fan of Mitch Albom's best-selling memoir and TV movie "Tuesdays with Morrie," there's a detractor who disdains Albom's self-aggrandizing tone and the book's time-worn aphorisms.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/nov06/morrie110606.htmBurr calls on N.C. to adapt
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The way U.S. Sen. Richard Burr sees it, the future of North Carolina's economy hinges on science. ..."The South once built a great empire on low-skill employment," Burr said Monday during his address at UNC-Chapel Hill.
UNC Events Briefs: http://www.unc.edu/news/briefs/2006/112006.htmSen. Burr praises economic adaptability
The Chapel Hill Herald
U.S. Senator Richard Burr, R-N.C., spoke to a full room at the George Watts Hill Alumni Center at UNC Monday night. The senator talked specifically about the changing economy of the American South, depicting North Carolina as a microcosm of a rapidly changing global economy.
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Encyclopedia of North Carolina
"The State of Things," WUNC-FM
Tobacco and textiles, the ACC and NASCAR, the Revolutionary War and the Civil War, sit-ins and civil rights, junebugs and kudzu, barbeque and biscuits: From history to popular culture and everything in between, if it is important to our state, it's an entry in the first-ever Encyclopedia of North Carolina (The University of North Carolina Press/2006). Editor William Powell and associate editor Jay Mazzocchi join host Frank Stasio for an unabridged look at the people, places and things that make North Carolina unique.
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 Events Briefs: http://www.unc.edu/news/briefs/2006/112006.htmForum to ponder school gun incidents
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
In April a high school student with a shotgun took a teacher and a fellow student hostage at East Chapel Hill High School. ...Mark Fraser, a John A. Tate Distinguished Professor for Children in Need at UNC-Chapel Hill's School of Social Work, will speak at the Mental Health Association in Orange County's annual forum.
Maestro given longer contract
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The N.C. Symphony has unexpectedly extended music director Grant Llewellyn's contract early, striking a resounding note of harmony among musicians, orchestra administrators and audiences that cements the relationship through 2012. ..."It shows a real confidence on the part of the administration and the board," said Kalam, who is also conductor and music director of the UNC-Chapel Hill Symphony Orchestra.
Can we commission better redistricting? (Opinion column)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
A push is on for a constitutional amendment to create a North Carolina Independent Redistricting Commission to draw boundaries for state legislative districts. ...A study by SouthNow at UNC-Chapel Hill showed average state Senate campaign expenses rising from $47,121 in 1992 to $242,837 in 2002, with three races over $400,000 each.
He's moved up (Letter to the editor)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Your Nov. 13 article "Edwards' 'Home' takes him on tour" told of former Sen. John Edwards' new book, "Home: The Blueprints of Our Lives." The article stated that "Edwards' modest mill village house" in South Carolina is included in the book [which is about childhood homes].
How to find personal advice on nutrition (Commentary)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Looking for professional nutritional advice? You're not alone. I regularly hear from readers who need advice tailored to their particular needs. ...Suzanne Havala Hobbs is a licensed, registered dietitian. She is clinical assistant professor in the School of Public Health at UNC-Chapel Hill.
Town attorney fills in until official is on job
The Wilmington Star-News
Belville's in the red with its legal expenses. ...David Lawrence, a professor at the University of North Carolina School of Government, said it's not common for a town attorney to take on administrator-type duties, but it does happen.
New Tech police facility nears finish
Wilson Daily Times
Construction of the new addition to Wilson Technical Community College's police academy is nearing completion. ...In other action, Rusty Stephens, the college's president, advised the board he plans to donate some of the college's institutional funds to help pay for the University of North Carolina's School of Government to consult on the creation of the Wilson 2020 Community Vision plan.
Blooms linger
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Just because it's cold outside doesn't mean there isn't plenty to see at the N.C. Botanical Garden in Chapel Hill. The garden, maintained by UNC-Chapel Hill, is open daily for self-guided tours. Various plants in several of the garden's habitats such as the mountain habitat and native plant border are still in bloom.
Ice flowers: A winter treat for early morning hikers (Commentary)
The Chapel Hill News
One cold December morning, I was peeved to see Styrofoam packing “peanuts” scattered along a rocky, east-facing bank uphill from Big Branch Creek in southwestern Orange County. ...Carol Ann McCormick is assistant curator of the UNC Herbarium.
Issues and Trends
Fixing Higher Ed, Legislator-Style
Inside Higher Ed
Higher education is in crisis, in large part because of government neglect, and states must take the lead in fixing the problems, a bipartisan group of state legislators says in a new report.3 colleges team up to spark economy
The Detroit News
The state's three largest research universities are expected to announce today the creation of the University Research Corridor, a "virtual alliance" committed to re-energizing Michigan's economy through collaborative research. ...Unlike the Research Triangle Park, a public-private partnership that includes Duke University, North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Michigan's research corridor won't involve land acquisitions or new buildings. Instead, Simon calls the partnership a "virtual research triangle."
A chance to shape downtown's future (Editorial)
The Chapel Hill Herald
Are you bothered by panhandling downtown? What's your opinion of the new deal between the Ram Development Co. and the town of Chapel Hill for condos and retail on Parking Lot 5? How would you improve the parking situation downtown?
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