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Oct. 11, 2006
Carolina in the News
Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina people and programs cited recently in the media:
International Coverage
High reinjury rate for high school athletes
United Press International
One sports injury can lead to another, according to a study of more than 15,000 high school varsity athletes in North Carolina. Players who have ever sustained an injury are more than twice as likely as uninjured players to be hurt again, according to study leader Dr. Sarah Knowles of the Palo Alto Medical Foundation Research Institute in Palo Alto, Calif. Knowles did the study at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/oct06/hsinjuries100606.htmNational Coverage
Study Seeks Lower Student Diabetes Risk
The Associated Press (National)
They winced while their blood was drawn and fidgeted as the blood pressure cuff tightened. But the sixth-graders were excited about becoming test subjects in a nationwide diabetes study, if only to score the $50 gift card being offered....Last week, researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill helped coordinate initial health screenings at Overhills Middle School in Spring Lake, about an hour south of Raleigh.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/oct06/healthy100206.htmRich and red, tomatoes may help cut your cancer risk
CNN
Using a major European study and analysis of other research, a University of North Carolina report found that men with higher blood-lycopene levels than other men were less likely to have heart attacks, and Harvard researchers found that women with high blood levels of lycopene had a lower risk of heart disease. Lycopene may also play a role in reducing blood pressure and lowering LDL, or bad.
Regional Coverage
Giant screen, bold visions
The Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.)
Henry Fuchs, a computer science professor at the University of North Carolina who is familiar with Jaynes' and Webb's work, called their creation "a new milestone" for projection systems.
N'west scores with teams
The Detroit News
"Flying these teams is building Northwest's brand," said John D. Kasarda, a distinguished professor of management at the University of North Carolina and an expert on airline infrastructure. "It can build customer loyalty by flying all these athletes around. It's the same reason Nike wants that little logo with the teams -- it's an association between the team and the airline."
State and Local Coverage
UNC's mobile lab cruises into county
The Thomasville Times
The Destiny bus, which is a traveling science laboratory operated out of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, stopped by the Lake Drive campus to give these students some laboratory experience not available at the high school. Two ninth grade honors biology classes taught by Evelyn Allen were given the opportunity to do some DNA work and check out some imaginary suspects of an imaginary crime.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/media/2006/destinylexin092506.htmBank aids UNC leadership program
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
RBC Centura has pledged $1 million to the Leadership Initiative at UNC-Chapel Hill's Kenan-Flagler Business School. The gift will help expand the experience-based program begun in August 2005. The initiative develops students' leadership skills blending their classroom learning with real-world applications.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/oct06/rbckfbs101006.htmUNC initiative gets $1M pledge
The Chapel Hill Herald
RBC Centura has pledged $1 million to the Leadership Initiative at the UNC's Kenan-Flagler Business School. The gift will allow for expansion of the experience-based program launched in August 2005. The initiative assesses and develops students' leadership skills in a way that integrates their classroom learning with real-world applications.
Related Link: http://www.wchl1360.com/details.html?id=1945It's time to apply to college (Question-answer)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Then there is early action. The student still applies early, but any decision to attend is nonbinding. You could apply to, say, UNC-Chapel Hill at its early action deadline, find out in January whether you were accepted and not decide until May 1.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/apr02/eardec042502.htmReflections on another University Day (Opinion)
The Chapel Hill Herald
As UNC marks University Day Thursday, I'm thinking of another celebration 45 years ago, when President John F. Kennedy came to Chapel Hill... In my pictures, the notables on the speaker's stand - JFK, President William Friday Chancellor William Aycock and Gov. Terry Sanford - were mere pin-pricks.
Note: This article is unavailable online.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/sep06/uday092006.htm
Ackland brings different eras together
The Chapel Hill News
Comparing the work of mid-20th-century photographers to that of more recent artists is the theme of an exhibition that opened Sunday at the Ackland Art Museum. "Depth of Field: Expanding Perspectives in 20th Century and Contemporary Photography" will be displayed though Dec. 31 at the museum on the UNC campus.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/oct06/ack100206.htmAfrica, graveyard of hope (Opinion column)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Unfortunately, my optimism doesn't apply universally. A few days ago I came across a newspaper account about Duke, UNC-Chapel Hill and Bennett College students trying to raise $1.5 million to help an African village through the United Nation's Millennium Project. A noble endeavor for sure, but these students might want to find another subject for their considerable time, talent and energy.
Evangelist drums up support for Sudan
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Last week, more than 500 UNC-Chapel Hill students held a daylong fast to bring attention to starvation in the Sudan. "We've seen a lot of activity and leadership from the faith community," said Alex Meixner, policy coordinator for the Save Darfur Coalition.
Armfield Festival to bring prize-winning poets to UNC
The Chapel Hill News
The first Armfield Poetry Festival, featuring free public readings by four major prize-winning American poets, will be hosted by the Creative Writing Program at UNC Nov. 8-9.
Many relate to Edwards' loss
The Chapel Hill News
If it came while she sat in a restaurant, she'd run for the ladies' room. She'd let the tears fall, she said, then wash her face. "Then, I'd wait for someone to come in the door, and when they did, I would pounce on them," Edwards told a crowd earlier in the day at a book signing at UNC's law school, where she graduated in 1977.
Chamber to bestow leadership awards
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce and its Foundation for a Sustainable Community will present a community sustainability report and leadership awards at 6 p.m. Thursday at UNC-Chapel Hill's Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History.
Business, residents to receive awards
The Chapel Hill News
Public service officers of the year will be recognized from the following departments: Carrboro Police and Fire, Chapel Hill Police and Fire, Orange County Emergency Management, Orange County Sheriff and UNC Public Safety.
Triangle users glued to an evolving YouTube
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
When he's doing research, looking for images or editing photos, the UNC-Chapel Hill employee and student turns to Google. The $1.65 billion marriage of the two companies announced Monday combines YouTube's grass-roots approach to videos with Google's populist approach to, well, everything.
Issues and Trends
Task Force Approves UNC Tuition Cap
The Associated Press (Regional)
A proposed cap on tuition increases for the University of North Carolina's 16-campus system has been approved by a Board of Governors task force. If the full board approves the measure Friday, UNC campuses would be allowed to increase tuition by 6.5 percent annually for the next four years.
Panel OKs Bowles' limits on tuition
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
In-state tuition and fees at the state's public universities will be held to a maximum 6.5 percent-a-year increase for the next four years under a plan expected to win approval this week from the UNC Board of Governors.
Bowles presents plan to cap tuition increases
News 12 (Time Warner Cable - Charlotte and Raleigh)
University of North Carolina President Erskine Bowles is pushing a big tuition plan, a 6.5 percent cap for all in-state students at all 16 colleges and universities in the system for the next four years.
No Undergrad Left Behind (Op-Ed)
The New York Times
Like it or not, the No Child Left Behind Act passed under President Bush has transformed the conversation about American public education. The law has its flaws, but the nation has benefited from its focus on results and its willingness to confront gaps in educational achievement.
School safety, economics and crime
The Hickory Record
Candidates were asked how they would ensure money is secured for the fledgling new engineering center in Hickory. The state contributed $300,000 this year after private donations totaled $1.6 million. Current N.C. Sen. Austin Allran said it would be easier to attain needed funds in next year’s budget. The University of North Carolina system will take over ownership of the center in 2007. Therefore, funding will become part of the system’s regular budget, he said.
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