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Oct. 24, 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
In motherhood, age is not wearisome
The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)
Anne Steiner, at the University of North Carolina, and Richard Paulson, at the University of Southern California, carried out surveys measuring parental stress and the mental and physical health of women over the age of 50 who conceived after treatment with donor eggs and compared them with women in their 30s and 40s who conceived through IVF.
National Coverage
Older moms equal in parenting skills to younger mothers
The Associated Press (National)
Older mothers are just as good at parenting as women who give birth at a younger age, according to a study released Monday by researchers at USC and the University of North Carolina. The study found that women who give birth in their 50s have parenting skills that are equal to women who become parents in their 30s and 40s.
New York City Council panel considers banning aluminum bats
The Associated Press (National)
But Frederick Mueller, a professor of exercise and sports science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the director of the National Center for Catastrophic Sports Injury Research, said that baseball is an extremely safe sport overall.
Middle-aged people can walk off extra weight
USA Today
As you age, walking can keep the pounds away, according to new research presented at the annual meeting of the Obesity Society, an organization of weight-loss researchers and care providers...In the second study, University of North Carolina researchers did an analysis of data on young adults, ages 18 to 30, over a 15-year period and found those who walked four or more hours a week were the least likely to gain weight as they aged.
Wishful Thinking (Commentary)
The Chronicle of Higher Education
A year ago, in preparation for my first year on the market, I had collected some sample cover letters from other graduate students in English. Although they were undoubtedly fine examples of the genre, I did not find them altogether comforting...Nora L. Corrigan is a doctoral candidate in Renaissance literature at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Concussions in young athletes
The Washington Post
A 2003 UNC Chapel Hill-led study found that enduring a concussion boosts the chance that college football players will suffer a second concussion in the same season.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/nov03/guskie111803.htmlRegional Coverage
Preschool: Part lab, part opportunity
The Sacramento Bee (Calif.)
Similar practices -- plus a parent committee that screens all research plans -- have worked well for decades at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, said Maggie Connolly, director of child care at the school's well-known Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute. While the idea of research-based child care may repel some parents, it seems to attract many who are drawn by opportunities for special assessments and new insights into their children...
A surge in immigration is spawning a backlash
Philadelphia Inquirer (Pa.)
A study by the University of North Carolina this year concluded that the state's Hispanics contributed $61 million less in taxes than they cost in services. But the study also concluded that the deficit was more than outweighed by economic benefits of Hispanic labor, such as keeping wages and costs down.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/jan06/economicimpact010306.htmLatest research, new tests
The Free Press (Detroit, Mich.)
There are 11 breast cancer deaths in black women under 50 for every 100,000 women, compared to 6.3 deaths for every 100,000 white women, according to research by Dr. Lisa Carey of the University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/jun06/breastcancerjama060206.htmWanted: A better water quality test
The Union-Tribune (San Diego, Calif.)
“We need (a test) that is inexpensive, rapid, specific and sensitive,” said Denene Blackwood, a professor at the University of North Carolina. A dip-and-detect method similar to over-the-counter pregnancy tests would be ideal, but nothing that simple is on the horizon.
Weight loss headed for a makeover
The Indianapolis Star (Ind.)
Busy people need portable tools like PDAs and cell phones to quickly get the information that will enable them to make the best food choices, especially in restaurants, said Deborah Tate. The assistant professor of nutrition at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill is presenting research on this topic at the obesity meeting.
State and Local Coverage
John Bunting (Editorial)
The Winston-Salem Journal
With the exception of politicians, it's never nice to see someone lose his job. Especially not a dedicated, hardworking and enthusiastic coach like John Bunting of the North Carolina football Tar Heels. Bunting was told over the weekend that he would be fired at the end of this season.
A good man on way out (Editorial)
The Charlotte Observer
In several respects, UNC Chapel Hill football coach John Bunting is one of the best men the Tar Heels ever had on the field. He was a tough, tenacious ACC linebacker with a love of the game in the early 1970s. When he came back to Chapel Hill to coach the Tar Heels six years ago after a successful career as a pro player and an assistant coach, he retained his boyish enthusiasm and his zest for competition.
In college sports, you've got to win (Editorial)
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
Tar Heel football coach John Bunting learned that this week after it was announced that this would be his final year. The end came after a disappointing 1-6 start, 0-4 in the ACC, capped by a 23-0 loss to Virginia on Thursday. The spanking by UVA was especially bitter because it was against one of the worst teams in the ACC and was televised to a national audience on ESPN.
UNC, Bunting move on
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Even as he walked off the Scott Stadium field Thursday night -- jaw clenched, eyes somber after a nationally televised 23-0 defeat at Virginia -- North Carolina coach John Bunting said he had not lost confidence in his 1-6 team.
Heels must decide importance of football (Commentary)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
When Dick Baddour met John Bunting before Monday's news conference, the athletics director joked that the football coach had forgotten his tie. "I only wear ties to funerals," Bunting said, "and this is certainly not a funeral."
A good guy, just wrong guy for UNC (Commentary)
The Charlotte Observer
John Bunting needed to be fired. No way around it. North Carolina's football team is more fit for Division I-AA. The 1-6 Tar Heels are awful, and they have been pretty bad for most of Bunting's six seasons, and it was time for Bunting to go.
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http://www.newsobserver.com/759/story/502220.htmlUNC picks SUNY-Stony Brook VP to fill finance position
The Triangle Business Journal
The vice president for administration at the State University of New York at Stony Brook has been named the chancellor for finance and administration at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The UNC Board of Trustees has approved Richard Mann for the post, effective Nov. 27.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/oct06/mannvcfinance102006.htmUniversity study links race, income with N.C. landfill locations
The Associated Press (N.C.)
"We found that permitted solid waste facilities are more prevalent in nonwhite communities than white communities," Steven Wing, an epidemiology professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, told panel members during their first meeting.
Committee tackles most important issue (Editorial)
The Chapel Hill Herald
Now, finally, we’re getting to the meat of the question. The Carolina North Leadership Advisory Committee has begun to look at the question of housing. The committee, charged by university chancellor James Moeser with developing guiding principles for the planned research campus on the Horace Williams Tract, has been meeting since early this year.
Note: This article is unavailable online.Immigrants' dreams vs. out-of-state tuition (Opinion Column)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Even at a reasonably priced public university, out-of-state tuition is staggering. At the UNC-Chapel Hill, one of the best-value public universities in the nation according to Kiplinger.com, annual out-of-state tuition is $18,103 compared to $5,033 for in-state. This hefty price tag does not include other college expenses -- room, board and books. Out-of-state tuition at community colleges can reach up to $10,536 a year.
Carolina's enchanted isles
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Bland Simpson's passions are enduring. A creative writing teacher at UNC-Chapel Hill, he has written other books, notably "Into the Sound Country: A Carolinian's Coastal Plain" and "The Ghost Ship of Diamond Shoals," about this region that stitches the water to the land. Indeed, ghosts play prominent parts in these new tales.
Ackland show links photos past and present
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The Ackland Art Museum's current photography exhibition sounds academic: "Depth of Field: Expanding Perspectives in 20th Century and Contemporary Photography." But its lesson comes more from "show" than "tell," and as it gauges the influence of mid-20th-century photographers on more contemporary followers, it creates a sampler of practices and aesthetics that range from scientific to documentary to abstraction.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/oct06/ack100206.htmIssues and Trends
Policymakers Get Cross-Border View of Immigration
National Public Radio
Worried about the cost of health care and social services, [Rick] Givens made local headlines when he wrote a letter to federal immigration officials, asking them to come to his state, round up illegal Mexicans and send them home. Then Givens took part in a program called the Latino Initiative, which was then just getting under way. It's run by the University of North Carolina's Center for International Understanding, and the highlight is a weeklong visit to Mexico. That's when Givens says his "aha" moment came.
Radio station may build public media center
The Winston-Salem Journal
Many public-radio stations are "trying to determine what they will be," Banks said, and WFDD is facing increased competition for listeners - and donors - in the eastern part of its coverage area. WUNC, the NPR station affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has been beefing up its local reporting and expanding its reach across the state.
U.S. House candidates debate Iraq, immigration reform
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
David Price and Steve Acuff, candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives, both hail originally from East Tennessee, but they came from different directions Monday on topics from Iraq to immigration at a debate at UNC.
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