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Oct. 18, 2005Carolina in the News
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people and programs cited recently in the media:National Coverage
Sports Medicine: Bad News for Players Hit in the Head Too Often
The New York Times
The severe blows to the head commonly experienced by professional football players may have long-lasting consequences, according to a new study. ...Dr. Marshall, an associate professor at the University of North Carolina, added that he planned to pursue the research as the population of retired players aged.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/oct05/guskie101005.htmOur Diplomats' Arabic Handicap
The Washington Post
Karen Hughes, the new head of public diplomacy for the Bush administration, came back from the Middle East last month chastened by the communications chasm looming between the region's public and ourselves. ...Jennifer Bremer is a member of the business school faculty of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an adviser to the university's Carolina Center for the Study of the Middle East and Muslim Civilizations.
John Edwards Starts Poverty Awareness Tour
The Associated Press (National)
Former Sen. John Edwards began a national anti-poverty campaign Monday by exhorting students at the University of North Carolina to launch a grass-roots effort similar to the civil rights movement of the 1960s. ...Edwards, the Democratic vice presidential nominee in 2004, has embraced the fight against poverty in recent months, starting an academic center at UNC's law school that is devoted to study and discussion of the problem.
Acupuncture May Ease Impact of Headaches
WebMD
Adding acupuncture to standard medical treatment may improve the quality of life for people who suffer from frequent headaches, according to a new study. ..."The results showed that patients who received acupuncture reported significant improvement in many quality of life measures," says researcher Remy Coeytaux, MD, assistant professor of family medicine at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, in a news release.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/oct05/acupuncture.htmRegional Coverage
Examining mammograms
The Salt Lake Tribune
Ginger Johnson knew she was at high risk for breast cancer after her mother was diagnosed with the disease and two great-aunts died from it. ... "These results will give clinicians better guidance and greater choice in deciding which women would benefit most from various forms of mammography," said senior author Etta Pisano of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/sep05/acrin091605.htmMessage of unity hits home
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
There were dozens of issues highlighting the agenda for the Millions More March this past weekend, but for those from Milwaukee who participated there was one dominant theme: unity. ...Walter C. Farrell Jr., who participated in the first march but did not attend Saturday's, said the mood created 10 years ago was "one of the most spiritual feelings that I've ever had. But there was no program for action proffered afterward. "All the things that occurred were based upon people being inspired by an event," said Farrell, a professor of social welfare and associate director of urban investment strategies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Intelligent design expert Michael Behe will testify at the trial today.
The York Daily Record (Penn.)
Defense attorneys in the Dover trial over a statement read in biology class will begin to lay out their case today with testimony intended to show intelligent design is a science. ...When the defense filed its expert witness list, it included Warren Nord, a University of North Carolina philosophy professor, Scott Minnich, an Iowa State University associate professor of biology, and John Angus Campbell, an author and professor on the "rhetoric of science."
Kick start your nutrition with breakfast
The Northwest Indiana Times (Munster)
I eat breakfast every day. I actually look forward to my egg-white omelet with peppers and broccoli. ..."Eating a good breakfast that is high in nutrients and fiber is sound, healthy advice with significant benefits," says Barry M. Popkin, Ph.D., a professor of nutrition at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Going meatless -- or close to it
The News Journal (Wilmington, Del.)
Seven years ago, Kristin Whitcoe, of Elkton, Md., was eating like most other Americans. ...Vegetarianism doesn't necessarily equate to a good diet, said Havala Hobbs, also a clinical assistant professor at the School of Public Health at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Calories are calories, so there's always the question of portion size and inappropriate food choices. "It is possible to eat a junk food vegetarian diet," she said.
State & Local Coverage
Applications pour in for top lottery job
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
...John Edwards invoked the name of Bobby Kennedy. And he recalled scenes of desperate people in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. Edwards, the former senator and former Democratic vice presidential candidate, launched a 10-campus tour Monday to encourage students to become engaged in working to eradicate poverty. "We need a movement against poverty," Edwards told several hundred students in the ballroom of the Frank Porter Graham Student Union at UNC-Chapel Hill.
John Edwards starts poverty awareness tour
The Associated Press (N.C.)
Former Sen. John Edwards began a national anti-poverty campaign Monday by exhorting students at the University of North Carolina to launch a grass-roots effort similar to the civil rights movement of the 1960s. ...Edwards, the Democratic vice presidential nominee in 2004, has embraced the fight against poverty in recent months, starting an academic center at UNC's law school that is devoted to study and discussion of the problem.
Radio station makes it through first day in new city
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
As "The State of Things" moved into its second half Monday afternoon, Jay from Durham called the radio program to weigh in. ... So it went for WUNC's first broadcast Monday out of its new studio in a renovated 101-year-old tobacco warehouse at Durham's American Tobacco Historic District. While the production wasn't glitch-free, the staff successfully walked the tightrope of a live broadcast with new equipment and a new space.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/oct05/wuncamericantobacco101405.htm'Alive at 25' teen program expands
The Charlotte Observer
Gaston County is the first county in the Charlotte region to implement a national safe-driving program at its high schools in response to a rise in fatal teen wrecks. ...Car crashes are the No. 1 teen killer nationwide, and at least 44 teens in the Charlotte region died in car wrecks in the past two years. Gaston County ranks 14 in the state in the number of wrecks involving those 15 to 20 years old, with 95.11 wrecks per 1,000 residents, according to a 2003 study from the Highway Safety Research Center at UNC Chapel Hill.
Don't forget our anthrax anniversary (Opinion-editorial column)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Each Sept. 11, we pause to remember those who perished on that tragic day and take stock of the nation's progress combating terrorism. ...David Schanzer is the director of the Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security, jointly sponsored by Duke University and UNC-Chapel Hill.
Martha Hardy, actress, UNC teacher, dies
The Herald-Sun (Durham)/The Chapel Hill Herald
Martha Nell Hardy, a well-known actress and former chairwoman of UNC's Department of Communication Studies, died late last week after a bout with cancer. ...At UNC, Mrs. Hardy taught performance studies and supervised student directing projects. She won several teaching awards as well as a Distinguished Alumna award from UNC, and in 2002 she received The North Carolina Award, the state's top civilian honor. At the university, a professorship was created in her name in 2000, as well as a performance space and a teaching award.
Related Link: http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/local/12927141.htmCampus' West House still in cross hairs, UNC says
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Though the leader of a group fighting to save UNC-Chapel Hill's West House claimed victory Monday, university officials said he shouldn't start the celebration just yet. Jeffery Beam, a university librarian who spearheaded the effort to preserve the quirky building, sent e-mail to supporters and the news media Monday announcing "West House is saved!" He said the building had been removed from the demolition list for UNC-CH's new Arts Common.
Related Link: http://www.heraldsun.com/orange/10-658023.htmlIssues & Trends
Researchers' work brings more money
The Winston-Salem Journal
Researchers associated with Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center brought in $188.9 million of outside funding between June 2004 and June 2005, an increase of 1.5 percent from the previous year, the hospital announced yesterday. ...Wake Forest University Medical School ranks third among North Carolina schools in the amount of NIH funding received during the 2003-04 fiscal year and 32nd among all medical schools, according to the NIH's Web site. Duke University School of Medicine ranks sixth and the University of North Carolina School of Medicine 17th.
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