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Oct. 14, 2005
Carolina in the News
Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina
people and programs cited recently in the media:Business Week's 2005 rankings of EMBA and Executive Education Programs
In its biennial ranking of the best Executive MBA and Executive Education programs, BusinessWeek ranked UNC Kenan-Flagler’s:* Executive MBA Program fifth
* Executive Education 17th for custom programs and 19th for open-enrollment programs.
Business Week surveyed 3,400 alumni from the 2005 graduating classes of 64 programs to gauge “customer satisfaction” and 61 executive program directors. UNC graduates “gave high marks for teaching quality and responsiveness on logistics,” including an "A" in teaching, an "A" for curriculum and a ranking of fourth for strategy as a subject of study. The executive education rankings are based on the results of 163 surveys received from directors of leadership and executive development at companies worldwide.National Coverage
UNC wins eight top NIH “Roadmap” grants, more than any other university in the country
Nanotechwire
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill health scientists have garnered more grants – eight – from the National Institutes of Health’s highly competitive Roadmap program than any other university in the nation. They also have secured funding for a center to combat cancer through the latest in basic science technology. In 2004 – the inaugural year of the NIH Roadmap grant program – six grants were awarded to Carolina researchers.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/oct05/waldrop101305.htmProfessor aims to expand museum's scope by deepening its roots
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The path to this job: An artist and teacher in Atlanta in the 1980s, Harris went to Yale University in 1987 to get a master's in African-American studies in order to prepare a multicultural curriculum in the public schools. He stayed on to get two more master's degrees and a Ph.D. in art history --- "a natural progression," he says. The 57-year-old Ohio native, associate professor of African and African-American art history at the University of North Carolina, filled the High's newly created, part-time position in January. Harris, who comes to Atlanta about once a month, is writing a book on the use of pattern and different types of performance in African-American art.
State & Local Coverage
UNC bags $15M in federal grants
The Triangle Business Journal
Medical researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have won eight grants - more than any other university in the country - through the National Institutes of Health's Roadmap for Medical Research program. The money, totaling more than $15 million, will help fund the first year of the newly established Carolina Center for Nanotechnology Excellence, as well as a broad spectrum of research going on across the university over the course of the next five years.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/oct05/waldrop101305.htmUNC gets campus diversity pointers
The Chapel Hill Herald
In attempting to analyze the current state of diversity at UNC, a campus task force faced a fairly substantial initial stumbling block. Just exactly what is "diversity"? How do you define it? And does one person's definition match another's? "It's sort of a tricky concept," acknowledged Archie Ervin, who chaired the task force.UNC honors 4 graduates
The Chapel Hill Herald
UNC honored four of its graduates this week during its annual University Day ceremony. Ana Lucia Almeida Gazzola, Thomas Forrest Kelly, James Arthur Merchant and Roy Hampton Park Jr., received distinguished alumnus/alumna awards.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/sep05/uday092905.htm
Emergency preparedness, relief center launched
The Charlotte Observer
The Roosevelt Institution announced Thursday the launch of its Special Center on Emergency Preparedness and Relief (SCEPR), a nationwide initiative to address gaps in U.S. disaster relief policy recently exposed by Hurricane Katrina. Headquartered at UNC Chapel Hill, the center is a collaborative effort by students at universities across the country to pool policy research and recommendations on issues surrounding emergency preparedness and relief.
Helmets measure the hard hits
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
When University of North Carolina football player Melik Brown smacked head-first into a Utah player last season, he rocked his brain with the same force as a car hitting a brick wall at 25 mph. ..."A lot of concussion evaluation is guesswork because unlike a knee or an ankle that swells up and you can see it, we can't visualize the brain,'' said Kevin Guskiewicz, director of UNC's sports medicine research lab, who is leading the study. "So this is one way to take out some of the guesswork."
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/oct05/guskie101005.htm
When equal really doesn’t mean equal
The Greensboro News & Record
Former Southern National CEO Glenn Orr Jr. made a key step when his bank entered a “merger of equals” with BB&T in 1994. ...Other dangers in a merger of equals happen when leaders are too soft on cutting job duplications, said Jeff Reur, an associate professor of strategy at the Kenan-Flagler School of Business at UNC-Chapel Hill.
Hike honors son, supports organ gifts
The Chapel Hill Herald
It's been two years since Justin Lord Coleman died after a car accident in Australia and 23 days in a coma.... "You heal by helping others," said William Coleman, a professor of pediatrics at UNC. "We have met very many people who have lost children, and I can't tell you how many there are out there that are silent. Meeting them, having parties and gatherings and doing things like this for Justin is immensely healing."
Randy Parton touts new theater project
The Rocky Mount Telegram
Randy Parton traveled to Rocky Mount on Thursday to talk about the development of a music theater and entertainment district to be located along Interstate 95 in the vicinity of Exit 171 in Roanoke Rapids. ... An economic impact analysis completed by the Carolina Center for Competitive Economies at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, studied the direct, indirect and induced effects of the project on Northeastern North Carolina. The analysis revealed a strong impact on the regional and state economies, estimating increased industry output of $533.65 million, increased employment of 12,250 people and increased labor income.
Critic's picks - Jazz
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Jazz fans face a major triad of choices tonight: Pianist Eric Reed at the ArtsCenter in Carrboro, trombonist Roswell Rudd's MALICool in Duke University's Baldwin Auditorium and the North Carolina Jazz Repertory Orchestra in UNC's Memorial Hall.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/oct05/ncjro100405.htm
Critic's picks - Classical
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
You could call this "Symphony Week" with four area orchestras giving concerts. Tonight and Saturday night in Raleigh's Meymandi Concert Hall as well as Sunday night in UNC's Memorial Hall, the N.C. Symphony hosts Stefan Sanderling, the young German conductor making a name with recordings and orchestras around the world.
Peeling the Orange
The Chapel Hill Herald
A couple of interesting observations from this week's University Day, UNC's annual self-congratulatory birthday party. When UNC's Memorial Hall reopened last month after a lengthy renovation, much was made of one of the most basic improvements -- the addition of the building's first-ever air conditioning system.
Also on University Day, Craig Souza, representing the UNC system's Board of Governors during the ceremony, used his turn at the microphone to laud retiring system President Molly Broad's tenure, and also to make mention of the incoming head of the 16-campus university system, Erskine Bowles.
And one last campus note. Patrick Guerriero, the head of a national gay Republicans organization, got a bit more than he bargained for when he came to UNC to speak earlier this week. Guerriero, president of the Log Cabin Republicans, was midway through his speech when an unidentified person hurled a pie at him.
Issues & Trends
Edwards takes job at investment firm
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Former Sen. John Edwards has gone to work part time on Wall Street. ...Edwards figures to be a busy guy. He is also directing the UNC Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity, campaigning for raising state minimum wages and traveling the country trying to elect Democrats to the legislature or Congress, not to mention laying the groundwork for a 2008 presidential campaign.
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