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Oct. 23, 2007
Carolina in the News
Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina people and programs cited recently in the media:
International Coverage
Teamwork makes a world of difference
Financial Times (London)
Ninety students from the three campuses of the University of Pittsburgh’s Joseph M Katz Graduate School of Business – Prague, São Paulo and the eastern US city itself – are descending on the beautiful Czech spa resort of Karlovy Vary today for the start of their first Global Executive Forum...OneMBA, which has just started its fifth annual intake, has five partner schools: the Chinese University of Hong Kong Faculty of Business Administration, RSM Erasmus University in Rotterdam, Mexico’s Tecnológico de Monterrey Graduate School of Business Administration and Leadership, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Kenan-Flagler Business School...Part-timers have more opportunities
Finacial Times (London)
The business school careers office used to display a firmly-closed door to EMBA students...But times are changing. Penny Oslund, executive director of the EMBA program at Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, says the change took place at the beginning of the decade.National Coverage
Warning Issued Over Human Egg Freezing
The Associated Press (National)
Don't count on freezing eggs to offset a ticking biological clock just yet. So say new guidelines for fertility specialists that conclude the procedure remains highly experimental even though it is increasingly offered...''There are far fewer published outcomes for ... thawed previously frozen eggs than many might believe,'' cautions Dr. Marc Fritz of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, who led the ASRM's deliberations.For Love and a Little Money
The New York Times
By the time Frederick A. O. Schwarz Jr. retired from Cravath, Swain & Moore in 2002, he was financially set...But increasingly, even the wealthiest retirees insist on being paid for doing good. “Even a small check is a symbol that what they are doing really makes a difference,” said Ben Rosen, a management professor at the University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School.Gain a spouse and you'll likely gain some pounds, too
USA Today
Young adults might want to change their wedding vows to say they are taking each other "for better or girth"..."The weight gain in this age group is frightening," says Penny Gordon-Larsen, an assistant professor of nutrition in the school of public health at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.On specialized websites, candidates home in
The Boston Globe
Barack Obama is glad he found BlackPlanet.com, and the social networking site for African-Americans is thrilled it found him..."These social networking sites are easy to start, but the hard part is attracting people to them," said Fred Stutzman, an adjunct professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill who teaches a course on social networking and was a technology consultant for the Wesley Clark and John F. Kerry presidential campaigns in 2004.Regional Coverage
Blackwater may have dodged taxes, lawmaker says
The Star-Telegram (Fort Worth, Texas)
The congressman leading an investigation into embattled security company Blackwater said Monday that it may have evaded tens of millions of dollars in federal taxes and sought to hide its tax practices...William Turnier, a professor of tax law at the University of North Carolina law school in Chapel Hill, said employees, by definition, are subject to the control of their employers, which decide when and how work must be done.Reducing infant mortality is goal
Richmond Times-Dispatch (Richmond, Va.)
Merry-K. Moos, a family nurse practitioner, has for years preached taking care of women before they are thinking of getting pregnant as the best way to reduce infant deaths...Moos, a research professor in obstetrics and gynecology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, said the current medical model typically cares for women from the time they learn they are pregnant.Cash incentives may motivate employees to lose weight
The Times Leader (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.)
People will lose weight for money, even a little money, suggests a study that offers another option for employers looking for ways to cut health care costs...Finkelstein and co-authors Laura Linnan and Deborah Tate, professors at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of Public Health, are currently analyzing data from a follow-up study that observed about 1,000 participants for a year.Mules steal show at N.C. fair
The Sun News (Myrtle Beach. S.C.)
But on the last day of the State Fair, the star that shone brightest was an animal from farming's past - the noble mule..."To people interested in agriculture and history, the mule holds a special significance," said professor Bill Ferris, of the UNC-Chapel Hill Center for the Study of the American South and a mule aficionado.State & Local Coverage
Smoking ban starts on New Year's Day
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
A campus wide smoking ban at UNC-Chapel Hill will take effect Jan. 1. Chancellor James Moeser announced the ban, which would create a 100-foot no-smoking boundary around all university buildings, in e-mail sent to faculty, staff and students Monday.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/oct07/smoking.htmlCelebrating sustainability
The Chapel Hill Herald
Food, drink and rides on a Segway people mover are just part of the celebration of Campus Sustainability Day Friday at UNC.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/oct07/sustanibility102207.htmlFlex appeal
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Anna Millar and Meghan Gosk have advice for anyone looking for more flexibility at work: Know what you want, and don't be afraid to ask for it. That's what they did three years ago, submitting a proposal to share the demanding full-time job of associate director of the MBA program at UNC's Kenan-Flagler Business School in Chapel Hill.Redouble AIDS effort (Letter to the Editor)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
In an Oct. 15 op-ed piece, Richard Holbrooke rightly argued that we cannot treat our way out of the global AIDS pandemic. Holbrooke concluded that earlier HIV detection through widespread testing is of paramount importance (Myron S. Cohen, M.D., Director, UNC Institute for Global Health and Infectious Disease & Margaret E. Bentley, Ph.D., Associate Director, UNC Institute for Global Health and Infectious Disease, School of Public Health, UNC-CH).Senate candidate: Sexuality no big deal
The Charlotte Observer
North Carolina could have its first openly gay nominee for the U.S. Senate. Jim Neal, a Democrat challenging Republican U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole in 2008, says he is gay...Ferrel Guillory, director of the Program on Public Life at UNC Chapel Hill, said Neal will have to work quickly to define himself broadly and on his terms.Heels suspend pair
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
North Carolina starting cornerback Jermaine Strong and reserve offensive tackle Andre Barbour have been suspended indefinitely from the team for violating team and university policies.Issues & Trends
Safe on campus (Editorial)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
No one will accuse the University of North Carolina system of failing to take seriously the issue of campus safety. The system seems headed in the right direction in the wake of the Virginia Tech tragedy.Chancellor: Tuition increase a must
N.C. State University Technician (Raleigh)
Chancellor James Oblinger said his reason was simple. The UNC-system president, Erskine Bowles, felt strongly that each university's tuition increase needed to be reflective of the legislature's treatment of it. Though it's not a zero-percent increase, as Chancellor James Moeser recommended for UNC-Chapel Hill, Oblinger said he thinks it's fair.County OKs $42M RTI package
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
The Durham County Commissioners plan to secure $42 million in bond funding for the Research Triangle Institute (RTI) to allow the nonprofit organization to build a new office building and parking deck...An RTP tenant since 1959, the institute is a nonprofit research organization that was founded by Duke University, N.C. State University and UNC.
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