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Oct. 17, 2007
Carolina in the News
National Coverage
Of 'Knockout' Mice and the Men Who Developed Them
Voice of America News
This year's Nobel Prize in medicine will go to three researchers who found a way to learn about the duties of individual genes. They discovered how to inactivate, or knock out, single genes in laboratory animals. The result is known as "knockout mice"...Oliver Smithies was born in Britain in nineteen twenty-five and also became an American citizen. He is a professor at the University of North Carolina.Business Watercooler Stories
The New York Times
ENTREPRENEURIAL SCHOOL SPIRIT: Colleges and universities across the nation are increasingly offering programs in entrepreneurship, and the cream of the crop increasingly are including hands-on experience, according to recent rankings by Entrepreneur magazine and The Princeton Review...The University of Southern California offered the No. 1 graduate program, with Babson College, the University of Arizona, the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, and DePaul University in
Chicago rounding out the top five.Study says pill doesn't cause cancer
The Chicago Tribune
Out of the mishmash of hormone studies researchers have been serving up lately comes some good news: Birth control pills do not cause cancer...U.S. experts said the British study's results, though not surprising, were reassuring. "The findings are not way out of line with what we already knew," said Dr. Russell Harris of the University of North Carolina.Predicting the Likelihood of Disease
National Public Radio
Guests: Susan Davis, senior producer of “The State of Things” at North Carolina Public Radio, WUNC; produced a radio story about genetic testing. The original WUNC story included comments by Jonathan Oberlander, associate professor of social medicine and health policy and administration at UNC-Chapel Hill.
Related link: http://wunc.org/tsot/archive/sot1016a07b.mp3/viewRegional Coverage
Vision for Gateway Airport keeps on growing
The Arizona Republic
It has been studied by some of the nation's most respected land-use experts and they say its potential is unlimited. Now "aerotropolis" is being used to describe the future of Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport and the nearly San Francisco-sized area around it...John D. Kasarda, Kenan Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurship at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, will share his ideas during a "visioning workshop" at the Mesa Convention Center.UVSC lecture targets history of lynchings
Deseret Morning News (Las Vegas)
An expert on the American South will discuss the history of lynchings during a Turning Points in History lecture at Utah Valley State College...W. Fitzhugh Brundage, a professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, will speak Oct. 29 at 7 p.m. in the Liberal Arts Building, Room 101. Brundage, who earned a doctorate degree at Harvard University, is interested in white and black memory in the South since the Civil War.Righting the wrongfuls
Metro Times (Detroit)
A national movement to prevent, reverse or remedy wrongful convictions has swept into Michigan's Legislature this term with six bills that would reform police investigations, change DNA testing procedures, compensate those improperly imprisoned and clear their records...That's what happened in North Carolina where all five of the reforms exist and nine exonerations have occurred, according to Richard Rosen, a professor of law at the University of North Carolina and a founder of that state's Innocence Project.Tax soft drinks, not water (Letter to the Editor)
The Chicago Sun-Times
Mayor Daley proposed a $293 million tax increase. This includes a a 10-cent tax on bottled water...According to a study conducted at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, soft drink consumption has increased by 135 percent since 1977.State & Local Coverage
Firm picked to help find chancellor
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The committee looking for the next chancellor at UNC-Chapel Hill will have some high-powered help. After interviewing three consultants Tuesday, the 21-member panel voted to seek a contract with Dallas-based R. William Funk & Associates, an executive search firm that specializes in higher education.Chancellor search firm chosen
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
A committee charged with finding a successor to UNC Chancellor James Moeser took a significant step Tuesday, recommending an executive search firm specializing in higher education to act as a consultant during the process. The 21-member Chancellor Search Committee decided to negotiate with Dallas-based R. William Funk & Associates after interviewing three final candidates for the job.Your chance to speak up (Editorial)
The Daily Tar Heel
What has Chancellor James Moeser been doing these past seven years in South Building? That's a question that we hope students will be able to answer when it comes time to contribute to the search for UNC's next chancellor...A chancellor search committee already has been formed, but with only two student representatives, Student Body President Eve Carson and Graduate and Professional Student Federation President Lauren Anderson.UNC needs ‘truth in hiring’ policy (Opinion)
Asheville Citizen-Times
As the search committee formed by the Trustees of UNC Chapel Hill begins the process of searching for a replacement for Chancellor James Moeser, we would like to offer a suggestion to help them and the candidates they interview. UNC should institute a “truth in hiring” policy.
Related link: http://www.wchl1360.com/details.html?id=4856Moment of truth
The Chapel Hill News
She didn't have a visible belly button. So, it struck them at first that the only appropriate -- and obvious -- name for her was Eve...Later, the name "Eve" became more symbolic. She was the group's first "patient" on their paths to becoming doctors...Montross, 34, spoke to more than 300 people Monday morning at the UNC School of Medicine.
County official will teach at UNC-CH
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The county's tax administrator, Kenneth Joyner, is resigning at the end of the year to teach at UNC-Chapel Hill's School of Government, according to a news release...At UNC-CH, he will teach mass appraisal and assessment administration, the release said.House bill gives reporters the right to protect sources
The Charlotte Observer
Confidential sources who tip journalists off to corruption, wrongdoing or other information would be protected from having their identities revealed in federal court under new media protections advanced Tuesday by the House...Philip Meyer, the Knight professor of journalism at UNC Chapel Hill, said he's not convinced the law is necessary. "You have to have a definition of who is a journalist, and that comes close to licensing journalists, and we don't want to do that," Meyer said.What does the future hold for The Herald?
The Herald (Smithfield, Ohio)
The Herald has seen lots of changes in its 125 years as the local newspaper, and it will likely see more changes in the future...Jock Lauterer, who knows a lot about community newspapers, agrees. There's something appealing about having a newspaper to carry around, says Lauterer, who teaches community journalism, photojournalism and news-writing classes at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.OPEN/net
North Carolina is transforming its classrooms by increasing efforts to incorporate global education in school curriculums. There are various programs available throughout the state for both teachers and students to study global issues and strengthen international education.
Note: Tara Muller, Coordinator, Carolina Navigators, Center for Global Initiatives, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was featured in the broadcast.
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