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October 24, 2003Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina
people and programs cited recently in the media:National Coverage
Updates on Billion-Dollar Campaigns at 22 Universities
The Chronicle of Higher Education
The 22 American universities that are seeking to raise at least $1-billion collected
a total of $287.7-million in gifts and pledges during the last month for which they had data available....The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, $1.088-billion as of September 30 (increase of $16.3-million in the last month); the goal is $1.8-billion by 2007.
Learning for less (Editorial)
The Michigan Daily
Very often, it is easy to take for granted the luxury of an education at an upper-level university like Michigan. Yet nationwide, a sizeable minority of Americans can ill-afford the bills that come along with undergraduate education. ...To combat this trend, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has decided to help ensure equal educational opportunities for these children whose families cannot afford the steep costs of college. ... Other, larger, more expensive universities may be tempted to dismiss UNC-style programs as infeasible because those universities are often forced to stretch fewer state dollars across larger fixed costs. The University of Michigan should resist this line of thinking. While the University has little room for spending, this program deserves consideration for implementation.
Gateways Into Cells Usher in Nobels
Science
The 2003 Nobel Prize in chemistry honors Peter Agre and Roderick MacKinnon for their pioneering work on proteins that control which molecules pass into and out of cells....Agre credits his former mentor at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, John Parker, for suggesting that the protein could be a water channel.
Getting the Jump on Stroke Diagnosis
The Atlanta Journal Constitution
With strokes, minutes matter. They can make the difference between life and death....But how can you recognize the early signs of such a brain attack, either in yourself or a loved one?...Pretty easily, researchers from the University of North Carolina have found.
State and Local Coverage
Researcher expects SARS resurgence
The News & Observer
A scientist who has studied the family of viruses linked to SARS says he hopes the microbe is extinct after causing an international epidemic this year, but he suggests it could emerge again....Dr. Ralph S. Baric, a professor at UNC-Chapel Hill who has researched the corona virus for 20 years, spoke to public health doctors, nurses and others Thursday in a national SARS teleconference sponsored by the university's School of Public Health and the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Cost and the mission (Editorial)
The News & Observer
A task force from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has recommended a $300-per-year tuition increase for in-state students in each of the next three years. And while tuition there may be relatively low compared with what it is at similar institutions, the fact is that tuition and fees have gone up 74 percent at UNC-CH over the last five years.
Startup has big ambitions
The News & Observer
A small Chapel Hill biotech company is trying to pull off one of the largest biotech fund-
raisers in the Triangle's history....Founded in November 2001 as a spinoff from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, DarPharma has two experimental drugs in its rich pipeline that show promise as potentially novel treatments for Parkinson's and schizophrenia.
State's money guru to quit
The News & Observer
Andrew M. Silton, who helped steer the state pension fund through the worst bear market in seven decades, will leave his job after the end of the year....In addition to his work for the state, Silton teaches a class on investments at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and he plans to continue teaching that course next year.
Peeling the Orange
The Chapel Hill Herald
While you can debate the impact of tuition increases on UNC students, it is increasingly clear that the state's flagship campus here in Chapel Hill is still a good deal relative to its peers across the nation.
Start with a clinic, then shop
The News & Observer
So, you wanna be a backpacker? Or at least get a taste of it?..."Take a clinic," advises Deb Bialeschki, professor in the Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies at UNC-Chapel Hill.
Exploring the 'lost' gospels
The News & Observer
Bart D. Ehrman, a professor of religion at UNC-Chapel Hill has written two new books about how the New Testament canon came to be.
Actor lands 'role of a lifetime' in play
The Herald Sun
A particular acting role proved the perfect stepping stone for the role Jeff Gurner plays in PlayMakers' U.S. premiere of "A Prayer for Owen Meany."
Shakespeare once removed (Review)
The News & Observer
The timeless tragedy "Romeo and Juliet" shows how powerful the lure of forbidden passion can be....It's an apt message in the wake of UNC's battles over mandatory reading assignments such as "Nickel and Dimed." And it's also in keeping with StreetSigns' emphasis on theatrical approaches to literature.
Issues and Trends
Lessons in the Fine Art of College Admissions (Commentary)
The New York Times
AH, to be 17, to be a high school senior in a fancy suburb, with top grades, top SAT's, a million activities and your whole life before you.
Homeland Security to Seek $100 Fee to Pay for Student-Tracking Database
The Chronicle of Higher Education
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is scheduled to release draft regulations next
week that would require each international student to pay a one-time $100 fee to cover the costs of the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System, or Sevis, the database that the department uses to track them.
Alternative arises on UNC ratios
The News & Observer
An alternative surfaced Thursday to the controversial proposal to raise the University of
North Carolina system's 18 percent cap on out-of-state freshmen....UNC-CH Admissions Director Jerry Lucido stressed Thursday that the exemption would not take seats away from the sons and datughters of North Carolinians. The campus would add out-of-state students slowly as overall enrollment grows, he said
Alternate non-N.C. student plan eyed
The Herald Sun
Two members of the state's higher education governing board have crafted a plan that would allow individual UNC campuses to ask permission to bring in additional out-of-state students....UNC Chapel Hill is one of those schools. Carolina has been a driving force behind the move to enroll more out-of-state students, which Chancellor James Moeser has repeatedly said would produce a "brain gain" for the university.
Rules proposed for UNC out-of-state cap
The Charlotte Observer
If any N.C. public university wants more than 18 percent of its freshmen to come from outside the state, it should have to plead its case before the UNC Board of Governors, the group that oversees the 16 UNC campuses.
UNC, Silo light forum highlights
The Chapel Hill Herald
Town Council candidates answered questions Thursday on topics ranging from the prospects for a traffic signal at Weaver Dairy Road and Silo Drive to the popular issue of town-gown relations.
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