September 21, 2004

Carolina in the News

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

National Coverage

For Women Worried About Fertility, Egg Bank Is a New Option
The New York Times
Grace Drake still hopes that someday she will meet Mr. Right and have a family the old-fashioned way...."The A.S.R.M. feels it's premature to openly market this now, but these technologies are quickly evolving and the limited body of evidence we have is encouraging," said Dr. Marc Fritz, professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of North Carolina and chairman of the society's committee on the topic.

Yearly Checkups
Time Magazine
The surprising thing about the annual checkup is that most medical experts now agree it's a waste of time...."The problem with the old way of doing the annual checkup is that it's one size fits all," says Dr. Russell Harris, director of the program on prevention at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine.

Democrats: A Hill Too Far?
Business Week
Not so long ago, Democrats were bragging that they could win back the Senate this November -- and it didn't seem like bravado...."The polarization we sense this election year could be prolonged in the U.S. Senate, as it already is in the House," says politics professor Ferrell Guillory of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

No Train, No Gain?
Entrepreneur
Like many entrepreneurs, Chris Stone has a training budget...."We see companies that have a belief in [certain training programs]," says James W. Dean Jr., associate dean of executive education at University of North Carolina's Kenan-Flagler Business School in Chapel Hill.

Regional Coverage

Discriminating against you (Editorial)
The Indiana Digital Student
A fraternity at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is suing the University on the basis that signing UNC's required nondiscrimination policy violates the fraternity's First Amendment rights.

Facing the truth
The Post and Courier (Charleston)
School is back in full swing...."These numbers on the human and financial costs of STDs in youth should be a wake-up call for the nation," says Joan Cates, principal investigator of a comprehensive STD project for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

State & Local Coverage

Johnston school gets word on health
The News & Observer
Researchers from UNC-Chapel Hill roamed the cafeteria dressed as watermelons, tomatoes and grapes...."It's such an important study because we're combining the thoughts of lots of well-known researchers and putting it all together in this school," said project coordinator Vivian West of the UNC-CH School of Nursing.

Exhibit sets precedent for Stone Center
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
One exhibition and one building cannot right the wrongs of three centuries, but it can go a long way toward moving black identity and cultural issues toward an optimistic future. In the Triangle this process began a few weeks ago with the opening of the new Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History on the UNC Chapel Hill campus.

Panel tackles UNC suicides
The Chapel Hill Herald
While UNC isn't to blame for a recent spate of student suicides, the university still needs to improve its methods of screening for depression and other mental health problems, a new campus report states.

Aurora hosts child safety clinic
The Daily News (Washington, NC)
Under cloudy skies and a steady drizzle of rain, the Aurora Fire Department opened its doors to the public in coordination with the Aurora Police Department's child safety clinic at 9 a.m. Saturday.....Black said the Washington Police Department began training a select group of officers to become traffic safety technicians last April, using a grant from the University of North Carolina Highway Safety Research Center.

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