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Oct. 19, 2006
Carolina in the News
Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina people and programs cited recently in the media:
National Coverage
The Early Admissions Loophole
Inside Higher Ed
Coaches may be told that an athlete will be admitted if he or she continues at the current level of academic achievement, is sure to be rejected, or may be admitted under certain circumstances. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, which abandoned early decision several years ago and like Virginia is a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference, has a similar policy.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/apr02/eardec042502.htmHold the phone — and the fries
The USA Today
Busy people need portable tools such as PDAs and cellphones to quickly get the information that will enable them to make the best food choices, especially in restaurants, Deborah Tate says. The assistant professor of nutrition at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill is presenting research on the topic at the obesity meeting.
Breast-Cancer Patients Need Data on Risk of Relapse, Panel Says
Bloomberg News
Breast-cancer patients should be told in prescribing information for the drug tamoxifen that a certain genetic profile or specific antidepressants might raise their risk of a relapse..."All of us feel that action should be taken to put this information out there,'' said Howard McLeod, a member of the subcommittee and director of the University of North Carolina Institute for Pharmacogenomics & Individualized Therapy in Chapel Hill.
Panel Suggests Brown U. Atone for Ties to Slavery
The New York Times
Extensively documenting Brown University’s 18th-century ties to slavery, a university committee called Wednesday for the institution to make amends by building a memorial...The report cites examples of steps taken by other universities: a memorial unveiled last year by the University of North Carolina...
Note: This article is available by subscription only.Congress's Dismal Grades (Opinion Column)
The Washington Post
The editors of National Journal, a respected and independent Washington publication, had the smart idea of inviting 11 distinguished economists to fill out a score card on the economic performance of the Republican Congress...James F. Smith is a professor at the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina.
Edwards Faced Public Trials, Private Sorrow With Equal `Grace' (Opinion)
Bloomberg News
Edwards and her husband got together when Elizabeth's father, a navy pilot, was sent to head up the ROTC program at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. It's at law school there that the girl who'd already seen the world met John Edwards, a small-town kid who'd studied textiles to go into the family business and had never ventured outside his native South.
Regional Coverage
At some schools, SAT scores don't seal the deal
The Sacramento Bee (Calif.)
More than 200 students and parents had crowded into seats and lined the walls to hear admissions representatives from Northwestern and Emory universities and two top public schools -- the University of Virginia and the University of North Carolina, which are those states' equivalent of University of California, Berkeley. Out-of-state students face intense competition to get in.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/apr02/eardec042502.htmState and Local Coverage
UNC-Chapel Hill examines race and history
The Independent Weekly (Durham)
...On the opening page of the University of North Carolina's new virtual museum, a photograph of Merritt, a college servant in the 1880s and likely a slave before that, sits beside portraits of UNC founder Davie (1756-1820) and Spencer (1826-1908), an ardent university supporter who vehemently opposed giving blacks the vote after the Civil War.
GAA category includes young graduates
WCHL-AM (Chapel Hill)
It used to be that alumni had to have grey hair before their work was recognized. Now, there’s a GAA category for young graduates. This year, the winners are Rye Barcott and photojournalist Andrea Bruce....We have profiled Barcott’s work before – he established Carolina for Kibera, a health clinic in East Africa’s largest slum, and kept it running while getting two degrees at Harvard.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/oct06/youngalumni101706.htmDisability doesn't slow runner
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Nearly 8,000 babies are diagnosed with the disorder each year, according to the UPC Web site. Dr. Debbie Thorpe, a physical therapist and pediatric specialist at the University of North Carolina, has spent 20 years treating the condition.
Local farmers grow trust as well as food (Opinion Column)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Ask a local farmer and he or she will tell you farmers do more than grow food. They cultivate trust. Trust is a feature sometimes discovered missing in a food-supply system characterized by mass production and gap-toothed regulatory schemes. Suzanne Havala Hobbs is a licensed, registered dietitian [and professor at the University of North Carolina]. Her new book, "Get the Trans Fat Out" was published this month by Three Rivers Press.UNC to lay off dental techs
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
John Jordan has put in nearly 30 years as a dental technician at the UNC School of Dentistry… Jordan and 14 other dental technicians have been informed that they will be laid off Nov. 27 as the school moves to outsource its technician services.
Immigration remains hot topic
The Times-News (Hendersonville)
Hispanics contribute about $756 million in taxes while costing North Carolina $817 million per year. The breakdown was public education ($467 million), health care ($299 million) and corrections ($51 million). That amounts to a net cost of $61 million, or $102 per Hispanic resident, according to a study by the Kenan-Flagler Business School of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/jan06/economicimpact010306.htmZoning discussion continues
The Daily Dispatch (Henderson)
Zoning is a tool that can help counties avoid incompatible land uses, a University of North Carolina professor told Vance County commissioners Wednesday. David Owens, a lawyer and planning expert at UNC's School of Government, was making his second public appearance in Vance in less than three weeks.
Open-meetings puzzler left unsolved
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
... David Lawrence, one of the state's leading experts on the Open Meetings Law, said he thinks it already means that when a mayor votes only to break ties, a meeting of three of the other five board members would be an official meeting open to the public. "There's no case law on it," said Lawrence, a professor at UNC-Chapel Hill's School of Government. "But the logic of it seems to be pretty clear that since they can control the Town Council, they're a majority."
Council in no rush to fill Ward 1 seat
The Rocky Mount Telegram
If Knight receives an injunction to allow him to sit on the council during the appeals process, he may still vote during the process. And any votes Knight makes will not be subject to being overturned if he loses the appeal, said David Lawrence, an expert on municipal government at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill's Institute of Government.
Joan Martin keeps up fight
The Charlotte Observer
It was a defining moment in Joan Martin's life without her husband...And tonight she'll deliver her speech -- invoking quotes from his past speeches -- after accepting the first Hugh McColl Jr. Legacy Award for her late husband. The award, to be given annually by local alumni of the Kenan-Flagler Business School at UNC Chapel Hill, recognizes people for their vision and leadership.
Issues and Trends
Tuition increases could be campuswide
The Herald-Sun (Durham) / The Chapel Hill Herald
Instead of just setting tuition increases on their own, UNC's professional schools would be subject to general campuswide increases, under a plan that many members of a Carolina task force on tuition and fees endorsed on Wednesday.
Tuition by the numbers
The Independent Weekly (Raleigh)
The big story out of last week's UNC Board of Governors meeting was the approval of a new tuition strategy. The plan, announced ahead of the meeting by UNC President Erskine Bowles, sets an annual 6.5 percent ceiling on tuition hikes at all 16 institutions.
Study urges changes in Kannapolis to prepare for biotech center
The Associated Press (N.C.)
The state's three major research universities - the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina State University and Duke University - plus the nearby University of North Carolina at Charlotte have all said they plan to create research facilities at the campus.
V Foundation awards nearly $8M in grants
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
The V Foundation for Cancer Research has awarded nearly $8 million in research grants for 2006, V Foundation CEO Nick Valvano announced Wednesday.
College student volunteerism up sharply, study shows
The Associated Press (National)
Some call them lazy, more interested in partying hard than helping out. But a new study shows college students volunteer at a rate that has grown sharply over the past few years.
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