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Oct. 4, 2005
Carolina in the News
Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina
people and programs cited recently in the media:National Coverage
Supreme Court Choice Shows Bush Is Not Spoiling for a Fight
The New York Times
There is still much to learn about Harriet E. Miers, but in naming her to the Supreme Court, President Bush revealed something about himself: that he has no appetite, at a time when he and his party are besieged by problems, for an all-out ideological fight. ...In this area, Mr. Bush might be better able to count on a loyalist than on an ideologue, said Mr. Marshall, a law professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
UNC News Tip: http://www.unc.edu/news/newstips/2005/nomination092705.htmLaw Professor: Miers Has Unusual Background for Nominee
"Morning Edition," National Public Radio
Michael Gerhardt, a law professor at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, says that unlike previous Supreme Court nominees, Harriet Miers comes directly from a political post rather than a lower-court judgeship. Gerhardt discusses Miers' qualification as a justice. One of the most respected news magazines in the world, Morning Edition airs Monday through Friday on more than 600 NPR stations across the United States, and around the globe on NPR's international services.
Bush's unconventional choice
The Christian Science Monitor
From a reputed short list of potential US Supreme Court nominees crowded with conservative judicial stars, President Bush has selected a woman he knows well personally and trusts - but who brings to the table little public record on which to assess her views. ...Democrats are going see her as "someone who has distinguished herself purely through political appointments," says Michael Gerhardt, a law professor at the University of North Carolina and a judicial confirmation expert. "It is hard to look at her career and think that the next logical step for her from White House counsel is to be on the Supreme Court of the United States."Universities selected for nanotech research molecular-scale devices to detect, destroy tumor cells
The San Francisco Chronicle
Two universities in Southern California will lead research collaborations in the use of molecular-scale nanotechnology devices to detect and destroy tumor cells under grant awards announced Monday by the National Cancer Institute. ...Other grantees were consortia based at the University of North Carolina; Northwestern University in Illinois; Emory University and the Georgia Institute of Technology; MIT and Harvard; and Washington University in Missouri.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/oct05/nano100305.htm
Drug-Coated Stents Better for Diabetics
Health Day News
Drug-coated stents are better for diabetic patients than the older bare metal tubes inserted to keep blood flowing after the artery-opening procedure called angioplasty, Spanish cardiologists report. ..."It's an important study because it was specifically designed to look at stents in patients with diabetes, rather than drawing on a subgroup in a larger trial," said Dr. Sidney Smith, a professor of medicine at the University of North Carolina and a spokesman for the American Heart Association.
State & Local Coverage
UNC, Duke law scholars say Miers' beliefs are question
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
Lack of a record on legal issues obligates U.S. Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers to disclose her thinking, constitutional law scholars at Duke and UNC said Monday. ...Miers' appointment may strike people as odd, given Bush's recent successful nomination of the well-credentialed John Roberts, said Michael Gerhardt, a UNC law professor who specializes in U.S. Supreme Court issues.
UNC News Tip: http://www.unc.edu/news/newstips/2005/nomination092705.htmUNC selected to help in study
The Chapel Hill Herald
The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development has selected UNC as one of six institutions nationwide -- and the only institution in the South -- to kick off an unprecedented effort examining the effects of environmental, social, behavioral, biological and community factors on U.S. children's development.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/sep05/nationalchildren092905.htmParents hover over kids
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Becky Galli sent her first child to college this fall. She moved daughter Brittany into a dorm at UNC-Chapel Hill, avoided the tearful goodbyes and drove home to Baltimore. ...She did contact Dean of Students Melissa Exum. She called and e-mailed Exum three times, once for advice on how Brittany should handle a registration issue, the other times to share some thoughts, oddly enough, about parenting and letting go.N.C. program will match federal small business grants
The Triangle Business Journal
In a program likely to set a national precedent in the race for federal dollars, state leaders have created a pot of gold for entrepreneurial technology companies trying to turn their ideas into reality. ... "Now they'll have roughly double the amount of money to work with," says Robert McMahan, a physics professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill who also serves as senior adviser on science and technology to Gov. Mike Easley and is director of the North Carolina Board of Science and Technology in the North Carolina Department of Commerce.
Auto-parts industry feels chill
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Some North Carolina automotive supply companies may soon be squeezed out of the market as U.S. automakers, struggling with declining sales, ramp up their efforts to cut costs. ...The auto companies are tearing a page from Wal-Mart's strategy book by forcing companies to meet certain price targets, said Albert Segars, a professor at UNC-Chapel Hill's Kenan-Flagler Business School.
Is the Triangle ready for rail?
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Unlike most of the nation's local rail systems, the $759 million regional line proposed for the Triangle isn't designed to get people in and out of one busy downtown. ...Mike Luger, a UNC-Chapel Hill professor and past chairman of the Durham Area Transit Authority, has advocated for bus-only lanes, high-occupancy-vehicle lanes and other proposals. "There was a feeling back when the rail was decided that we were this up-and-coming area and we needed to be like these other cities with rail," Luger said. "That just became the focus, and it was hard to get attention for other ideas."
Issues & Trends
Erskine Bowles officially elected president of UNC system
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Erskine Bowles, the Charlotte businessman with a resume from Wall Street to the White House, was elected president of the University of North Carolina system Monday. ...A 13-member search committee announced last week that Bowles was the sole finalist for the UNC presidency. Four other unidentified candidates interviewed with the committee, but Bowles was clearly the candidate to beat, UNC board members said.
Related Link: http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/2809622p-9254093c.html
http://www.heraldsun.com/orange/10-653159.html
Bowles named president of UNC system
The Associated Press (N.C.)
Erskine Bowles, a former White House chief of staff who returned home to North Carolina only to lose back-to-back U.S. Senate bids, was tapped Monday to be the next president of the state's 16-campus university system. ...Bowles has long-standing ties to the University of North Carolina. He received a bachelor's degree from UNC-Chapel Hill and a center on alcohol studies is named for his late father, Hargrove "Skipper" Bowles. The elder Bowles was a state cabinet secretary who lost the 1972 gubernatorial election.
Related Link: http://www.newsobserver.com/news/columnist/story/2809836p-9254174c.html
http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051004/EDITORIAL/51003012
Secret meeting put down to old advice
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
UNC general counsel Leslie Winner says she relied on old advice from Thomas J. Ziko, a special deputy attorney general, when she decided the university's presidential search committee did not have to give public notice about its meetings last week. ... "Most courts across the country, including those in North Carolina, have said open government law is supposed to be interpreted to defeat evasive devices, and the interpretation offered by UNC's general counsel is nothing more than an evasive device."
Related Link: http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/opinion/12811367.htm
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