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Oct. 12, 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
Few clues about African ancestry to be found in mitochondrial DNA
Innovations Report (Germany)
Bert Ely, from the University of North Carolina, and colleagues from other Universities in the USA analysed a database of the human variable region, or HVS-1 region, of mitochondrial (mt) DNA sequences from sub-Saharan Africa. They then compared two samples of African American mt DNA sequences to the database, to identify exact matches to the sub-Saharan sequences.
National Coverage
Needy Students to Get Free Ride at U. of Washington Starting Next Year
The Chronicle of Higher Education
The program, slated to start in 2007, would give a free ride to as many as 5,000 students on the university’s three campuses, and it would be guaranteed, regardless of the size of tuition increases...The initiative follows others announced in recent years by elite private colleges and leading public institutions, including the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of Virginia.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/apr02/eardec042502.htmStudy seeks lower student diabetes risk
The Associated Press (National)
In recent years, it's been challenging for public health advocates to get schools to spend more time talking about health and put their students in gym class longer and more often, said Joanne Harrell, a nursing professor at UNC Chapel Hill and lead investigator of the North Carolina portion of the study.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/oct06/healthy100206.htm6th-Graders Get $50 For Two-Year Diabetes Study
The Associated Press (National)
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.htmBlues on the green
The Economist
Golf still reigns unchallenged as the corporate sport of choice. But it is often perceived as exclusive, so firms may prefer other forms of social activity in today's diversity-conscious climate, reckons Susan Amey, of the University of North Carolina's Kenan-Flagler business school. She also notes the rise of more inclusive “scramble” golf, in which everyone makes a shot, but the next shot is taken from the spot of the best player.
Note: This article is unavailable online.Regional Coverage
5,000 to get free UW tuition
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer
The University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill was the first public university to cover tuition for low-income students, said Shirley Ort, director of scholarships and student aid there. Started two years ago, the "Carolina Covenant" serves students whose families are at 200 percent of the poverty level.
Very Dirty Laundry
The Los Angeles City Beat
“We still don’t have a lot of information that would be important for estimating health impacts from leakages from the site,” said panel co-chair Dr. Steven Wing, associate professor of epidemiology at the University of North Carolina. “For example, Rocketdyne operated a weather station on the site and we, the experts on the panel, were denied the information on which way the wind was blowing during the 1959 accident at the Sodium Reactor Experiment.”
Health is in the 'Guiding Stars'
The Barre Montpelier Times Argus (Vt.)
Hannaford Bros. Co., a Scarborough, Maine-based grocery store chain, hired a scientific advisory panel which includes physicians, nutrition scientists and public health experts from several leading universities including Harvard, Tufts and the University of North Carolina.
All you can eat -- up to a point (Opinion Column)
The Sun-Herald (Charlotte County, Fla.)
It would be nice to try out a new place to eat. And with The University of North Carolina, which was located in Chapel Hill, being our school's bitter rival, it was always comforting to go into enemy territory accompanied by four muscle-bound 350-pounders.
State and Local Coverage
Broadcast Note: Scott Carr of State Government Radio will feature Jack Evans, Professor of Operations, Technology and Innovation Management (OTIM) at the University of North Carolina, concerning Carolina North on October 13th, 2006. The interview will air at 7 a.m., 9 a.m., 1 p.m., 5 p.m. and 9 p.m.
University holds fast to its mission
The Daily Tar Heel
A university is an evolving entity - constantly seeing new life breathed into it - whether it comes in the form of new students, faculty or campus buildings. Though the faces passing by the stone walls continue to change, the University has remained committed to three founding principles: teaching, public service and research...As the University celebrates its 213th birthday, campus leaders will gather to recognize these connections and remember the past.
University Day Website: http://www.unc.edu/universityday/
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/sep06/uday092006.htmClass is clued in on science career
The Fayetteville Observer
That is the essence of the mobile lab program, [Jane} Wright said. The biology department at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill sends its two buses, Discovery and Destiny, to schools to give students an up-close look at science.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/media/2006/destinyfayettesax100906.htmUNC researcher receives $4 million grant
WCHL-AM (Chapel Hill)
Four million dollars – the largest grant given out by the National Institutes of Health – is going to a UNC researcher. The money is underwriting UNC chemist Michael Ramsey’s development of what he calls a “lab on a chip.” The circuits would conduct lab tests on a microscopic level, simplifying the traditionally expensive and difficult genetic analysis.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/oct06/ramseynih101006.htmEdwards Panel: U.S. Financial System Trapping Poor
The Associated Press (N.C.)
[John] Edwards is a former U.S. senator from North Carolina and has held similar events across the country. He is director of a poverty study center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
UNC-Chapel Hill to honor Rocky Mount natives
The Rocky Mount Telegram
Three Rocky Mount natives will be deemed distinguished in the eyes of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Angela Bryant, Dr. Valerie Batts and Bill Harrison are slated to receive the Distinguished Alumna and Alumnus Award today during UNC-Chapel Hill's University Day, which is also the university's 213th birthday.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/sep06/uday092006.htmDiscussion aims to improve SE Raleigh
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
James H. Johnson Jr., director of the Urban Investment Strategies Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, will speak. He was hired by Raleigh to study opportunities for and threats to economic development in the city's southeast neighborhoods.
UNC bestows Chancellor's Award
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Five UNC-Chapel Hill employees have received the 2006 Chancellor's Award.
UNC Health Care paid $2.5M in bonuses
The Herald-Sun (Durham) / The Chapel Hill Herald
William Roper, the CEO of UNC Health Care, dean of the university School of Medicine and vice chancellor for medical affairs at UNC Chapel Hill tops the list, having received a $110,010 bonus for the fiscal year ending June 30. Roper's base salary, according to a report dated Aug. 24, was $489,030 and in July, he received a salary increase of $23,280.
Take aim at breast cancer
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
"What we always tell patients is the best thing is to get to know your own breasts and do your breast self-exam regularly," says Delma Armstrong, a nurse at the UNC Department of Medicine in the Breast and G.I. Cancer Departments. "And if you have any questions, then you can come to a medical professional."
Bench candidates square off
The Chapel Hill Herald
The candidates always have been congenial with one another. But when given the chance to ask a question for all of them to answer during at a forum at the UNC Law School, a few queries were clearly designed to show the weaknesses of opponents.
Panthers’ Morgan done for year, maybe career
Freedom News Services
A recent medical study by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill said players who’ve suffered multiple concussions are three times more susceptible to additional concussions than players who have never had one. So even with a year off, there’s no guarantee that if Morgan returns to the field next year he’ll be able to remain healthy.
Locals Help Boost Morale With Cookies
NBC-17 (Raleigh)
All day long, Bob Krueger bakes for his customers at the Great Harvest Bread Company. Every few months, he and his crew set aside a day to make big chocolate chip cookies for U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan...Krueger had the idea after hearing that Chapel Hill neighbor, UNC professor Bob Connolly, coordinates troop care packages.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/may06/conolly052606.htmOperator to sell Carolina Club
The Chapel Hill Herald
The 7,200-square-foot Carolina Club is on the campus of UNC in Chapel Hill. The facility, which has a meeting capacity of 800, has seven private rooms, a club dining room and a grill. ClubCorp said the sales are expected to close by year end.
Read labels to find best popcorn (Commentary)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Only a year ago, microwave popcorn was notoriously rich in artery-clogging trans fat. But now that the federal government requires manufacturers to reveal the trans fat content of packaged foods, food companies have been busy removing partially hydrogenated oils and filling supermarket shelves with more healthful alternatives ...Suzanne Havala Hobbs is a registered dietitian and a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Health Policy at UNC.
Issues and Trends
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 University of North Carolina Board of Governors.
Freeze tuition (Letter to the Editor)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
UNC President Erskine Bowles' proposal to cap annual tuition and fee increases at 6.5 percent (news story, Oct. 3) falls far short of fulfilling North Carolina's constitutional obligation to provide students with a free college education "as far as practicable."
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