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Oct. 25, 2005Carolina in the News
Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina
people and programs cited recently in the media:International Coverage
MBAs and EMBAs: Different creatures from the same stable
The Financial Times (London)
Although they come from the same stable, an MBA and an EMBA are very different creatures. ...At Kenan-Flagler school at the University of North Carolina, Hugh O’Neill, professor of strategy and associate dean of EMBA programmes weekend and evening, says that while the core of the EMBA and MBA programmes is the same, with both cohorts following the same number of credit hours, the EMBA programme has a strong focus on team-based learning and participants learning from each other. “The difference lies in the focus for analyzing and applying material,” he says.
National Coverage
Wal-Mart Supports Federal Wage Increase
The Los Angeles Times
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. on Monday pledged to more closely monitor suppliers' factories for labor abuses, improve health benefits for employees and support an increase in the federal minimum wage — taking on critics of its treatment of employees while acknowledging the needs of working-class customers. ...Susan Aaronson, a professor at the University of North Carolina's Business School and an expert in corporate social responsibility, applauded Wal-Mart's initiative but added that the plans were not enough. "The devil lies in the implementation," she said. "I'm skeptical but hopeful."
Teaching the Startup Mentality
Business Week
Retta Mulugetta, a senior at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., has the entrepreneurial bug. During his third year of school he started a business, Ivy Tutoring, a service targeted to freshmen and sophomores who need help in math, physics, or chemistry. ...In the spring of 2004, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill set out to make sweeping changes with the arrival of the Carolina Entrepreneurship Initiative, a series of programs designed to change the way students think. The program includes offering faculty fellowships to encourage richer academic research on entrepreneurship.
Markets ponder life without Greenspan
MarketWatch
As chairman of the Federal Reserve for the past 18 years, Greenspan conquered inflation, and presided over the longest economic expansion in the post-war era. Under Greenspan, recessions were rare and mild, but the recoveries were frustratingly weak and jobless. ..."I can't recall any FOMC meeting with more than a couple of dissents from the message," said James Smith, a professor of finance at the University of North Carolina's Kenan-Flagler business school.
Regional Coverage
Choline and babies
WHDH-TV (Boston, Mass.)
Peanuts, eggs, and broccoli all have it. The nutrient choline helps cells develop and transmit messages. ...Choline researcher Dr. Steven Zeisel says, "The babies who came from mothers who ate extra choline were smarter." Now studies in people at the University of North Carolina suggest some women may need more choline than others to pass on the healthy benefits to baby.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/oct05/choline101705.htmState & Local Coverage
What the locals are saying
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
"If you get a dummkopf [dummy], you get a wonderful chance to revisit the economy of the 1970s [when both unemployment and inflation were rising]. I don't know anyone who wants to do that." James F. Smith, an economist at UNC-Chapel Hill's Kenan-Flagler.
Investors beginning to see their risk rewarded
The Wilson Daily Times
Of course, it didn't hurt that those who had the dream were among the Who's Who in local business. ...The stock return is "not a fabulous return but a good return," said William M. Moore Jr., finance professor at the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
DESTINY helps students learn about real ‘CSI'
The Daily Advance (Elizabeth City, NC)
Sophomore science students at Pasquotank County High School had a date with DESTINY Wednesday, and in the process had a chance to play crime scene investigators. DESTINY is a large bus that houses the University of North Carolina Traveling Science Laboratory. UNC officials travel to schools around the state in the bus, helping raise students' awareness about the importance of science. To engage the students, the professors expose them to interesting hands-on learning experiences.
Blue crabs focus of study
The Outerbanks Sentinel
Six college students traded Chapel Hill campus life for a saltmarsh semester on the Outer Banks this fall. Participating in the Carolina Environmental Program of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the students are studying at the school's Albemarle Ecological Field Site (AEFS) in Manteo.
Orchestra, choirs to host concert
The Chapel Hill Herald
One of Beethoven's great masterpieces -- Symphony No. 9, featuring Friedrich Schiller's "Ode to Joy" -- will be the centerpiece of a concert Friday at UNC. The 108-member UNC Symphony Orchestra and a 200-voice campus and community choir will perform the classic beginning at 8 p.m. in Memorial Hall. The concert is part of the 2005-2006 Carolina Performing Arts Series and marks the first major performance by UNC music department ensembles in Memorial since the hall's three-year renovation and re-opening.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/oct05/symphchoir101905.htmSeminar to address 'acting white' theory
The Herald-Sun (Durham)/The Chapel Hill Herald
Broached first in the mid-1980s, the theory that black youngsters are reluctant to do well academically for fear of seeming "white" will receive a rare public, academic vetting later this week. ..."The notion is that the disparity in academic performance between black and white students can be explained by some sort of opposition to achievement in black kids," said Sandy Darity, director of UNC's Institute of African American Research. "Kids who do well are subjected to harassment by their black peers; that's the nub of the argument."
UNC-Chapel Hill marks sustainability day
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Hundreds of students, staff, faculty and administrators are expected to gather from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday at Rams Head Plaza to celebrate UNC-Chapel Hill's Campus Sustainability Day. ...Nancy Suttenfield, vice chancellor for finance and administration at UNC, will receive the 2005 Campus Sustainability Report at the event. She and Roger Perry, a member of UNC's Board of Trustees, will present awards to people and programs that have contributed to the campus' sustainability efforts.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/oct05/sustainability102405.htmUNC marks new plaza, stability
The Chapel Hill Herald
Hundreds of students, staff, faculty and administrators are expected to gather at Rams Head Plaza from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday to celebrate UNC's Campus Sustainability Day. ...Nancy Suttenfield, vice chancellor for finance and administration at UNC, will receive the 2005 Campus Sustainability Report at the event, and she and Roger Perry, a member of UNC's Board of Trustees, will present awards to people and programs that have contributed significantly to UNC's sustainability efforts.
The stories behind the images
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Capturing images of despair, such as those in Katrina ravaged New Orleans, and of triumph, such as those of victorious Olympic athletes, is what made Vincent Laforet one of the top names in photo journalism. Hear him tell some of the stories behind his photos tonight at Carroll Hall at UNC-Chapel Hill. At 30, Laforet, a photographer for the New York Times, has already won a Pulitzer Prize and has been named one of the most influential people in photography by American Photo in 2005.
UNC News Briefs: http://www.unc.edu/news/briefs/2005/102005.htmFed nominee wins praise in Carolinas
The Charlotte Observer
Across the Carolinas Monday, politicians and professors praised President Bush's pick for the next Federal Reserve chairman, saying it meant no change in monetary policy in the near term. ...Known for fostering debate among colleagues, the former economics professor may bring a more collegial feel to the Fed, said UNC-Chapel Hill professor Wayne Landsman.
Interest in municipal elections low
The Associated Press (N.C.)
Interest in municipal elections has fallen to its lowest point in more than a decade, a state elections official said. ..."Obviously, these people have not made what people consider grievous errors," Thad Beyle, professor of political science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
A Web of patient information (Opinion-editorial column)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Our cars receive better treatment than our bodies, which is an alarming measure of just how far our health care system has to go. New cars may come equipped with computers that tell you when they need a checkup, what the temperature is inside and out and even a Global Positioning System that tells you where you are and how to get where you're going. ...Dr. Brian Goldstein is the chief of staff for UNC Hospitals and executive associate dean for clinical affairs at the UNC School of Medicine.
Chapel Hill passes development deal
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
As expected, Town Council members approved a plan Monday night that would bring two large, mixed-use developments to the heart of downtown. ...David Godschalk, a retired UNC city planning professor and council member in the 1980s, said the council might be getting overzealous. He said it is overlooking serious risks, such as the possibility that Ram could default, and the squeeze that the projects could put on the parking supply.
Issues & Trends
UNC deserves credit for managing construction
The Chapel Hill Herald
It helps to be good. It also helps to be lucky. Fortunately, when it's come to construction money, the UNC system recently has been both. ...The UNC campus here in Chapel Hill will get a little more than $5 million of those reserve funds, not a lot of money perhaps, as these massive projects go, but not too bad either.
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