September 26, 2003

Carolina in the News

Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina
people and programs cited recently in the media:

National News Coverage

The Best Business Schools
Forbes Magazine
UNC Kenan-Flagler was listed eighth in the magazine's
third annual ranking of MBA programs.

Want to Go to Harvard Law?
The Wall Street Journal
... To compile our list of the most effective feeder colleges, we researched
the background of more than 5,000 students starting at more than a dozen
top business, law and medical schools this fall, including names like Harvard
Law and the Wharton MBA. Our survey canvassed grad-school admissions
offices, spoke to officials at more than 50 colleges ... Then we put it all together,
factoring in the class size at each of the undergraduate colleges so that small
schools wouldn't be penalized.

UNC appears in a sidebar story, "How State Schools Did."
(Note: Available by subscription only.)

The Heavenly Appeal of MoonPies
National Public Radio, "Morning Edition"
William Ferris, former head of the Center for the Study of Southern
Culture at the University of Mississippi, said the MoonPie, which recently
turned 85, "is more than a snack. It is a cultural artifact."

State News Note

Kurt Ribisl and Adam Goldstein, faculty members in the schools of public
health and medicine, respectively, will appear in the documentary, "North
Carolina's Dependence on Tobacco," airing statewide Sunday at 8 p.m.
on UNC-TV. The program will explore the economic and medical impacts
of smoking and tobacco.

State and Local Coverage

Money lures 53 profs from UNC
The Chapel Hill Herald
The lure of higher salaries, better facilities and other resources convinced
more than 50 UNC faculty members to leave Carolina for other universities
during the 2002-03 school year.
Related story: http://newsobserver.com/news/story/2896792p-2667816c.html

Keep the stadiums free from advertising (Editorial)
The Chapel Hill Herald
We are not naïve. We understand that college athletics is big business,
and has been for years -- even here at the pristine University of North
Carolina.

Peeling the Orange
The Chapel Hill Herald
UNC Chapel Hill sent a 10-member team of grounds workers east
to the struggling northeastern North Carolina campus which, at the
time they put out their distress call earlier this week, was closed and
without phone service.

Parent Upset With UNC Justice System After Daughter's Assault
WRAL-TV
The Honor Code is a part of campus life for students at the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and it is being tested after a student's
suspension was overturned.

Charlotte area's forest, farmland disappearing
The Charlotte Observer
The Charlotte region lost more of its forest cover -- 20 percent -- than any
other N.C. region over the past two decades, says a report Thursday by the
N.C. Public Interest Research Group....Even fully funded, state conservation
programs would need an additional $1.2 billion over the next seven years to
reach the 1-million-acre goal, the Environmental Finance Center at UNC
Chapel Hill has calculated.

County getting picky on fences
The Charlotte Observer
What started out as a dispute between neighbors -- including a county
commissioner -- may now result in a countywide ordinance prohibiting
using tarps as fences, screens or roofs....Public officials are legally allowed
to bring up and vote on issues, even if they affect them personally like this
one, said Frayda Bluestein, public law and government professor with the
Institute of Government at UNC Chapel Hill.

Issues and Trends Affecting Carolina

U.S. House Panel Approves Bills on International and Graduate Education
The Chronicle of Higher Education
A U.S. House of Representatives committee unanimously approved
legislation on Thursday that would give the federal government greater
oversight over federally financed international-studies programs at
American colleges.
(Note: Available by subscription only.)

NC gets $13M bioterrorism grant
Triangle Business Journal
North Carolina will receive more than $13 million to continue a year-
old bioterrorism hospital preparedness program....The grant is the latest
the federal government has awarded to help protect North Carolina from
bioterrorism. Earlier this month, Duke University and UNC Chapel Hill
split $45 million for the creation of a regional center for biodefense and
infectious disease research.
(Note: Also appeared in the Charlotte Business Journal.)

ACC still at 11
The News & Observer
With ACC athletics directors preparing to meet next week in Charlottesville,
Va., league and school officials said Thursday that there is no plan in place to
add a 12th team....UNC athletics director Dick Baddour and other officials
also said that they had not been involved in any new talks to add another school.

Note: If you have any questions about Carolina in the News, please call Russell Campbell at News Services, (919) 962-2091, russell_campbell@unc.edu, or Mike McFarland in University Communications, mike_mcfarland@unc.edu

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