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Sept. 1, 2005
Carolina in the News
Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina
people and programs cited recently in the media:National Coverage
Health threats grow in New Orleans
The Associated Press (National)
As a public health catastrophe unfolded Wednesday in New Orleans, hospitals in the Crescent City sank further into disaster, airlifting babies without their parents to other states and struggling with more sick people appearing at their doors. ..."You can think of floodwaters as diluted sewage," said Mark Sobsey, a professor of environmental microbiology at the University of North Carolina.
Gulf states face rebuilding their economies as well as their structures
Newsday
Oil rigs washing up on beaches. Casinos ripped from their moorings. ...Businesses moved inland to Houston, said James F. Smith, a finance professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He said the same fate could await New Orleans if people decide that a city below sea level isn't worth the risk.
Poll: Public Divided on Evolution
The Associated Press (National)
Americans are divided over whether humans and other living things evolved over time or have existed in their present form since the beginning of time, according to a new poll. ...Warren Nord, a professor of philosophy at the University of North Carolina, said it's important for students to learn about evolution in context with culture generally.
Is monogamy dead?
MSNBC
At the recent World Congress of Sexology in Montreal, noted sociologist Pepper Schwartz, a professor at the University of Washington in Seattle, made a startling argument. ...Now, though, about one-quarter of women ages 18 to 24 are boinking more than one guy at any given time, according to a University of North Carolina study.
State & Local Coverage
Health center unveiled
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
UNC-Chapel Hill scientists have a new home for intricate research on SARS vaccines, cancer risks, environmental hazards and other public health problems. On Wednesday, the university dedicated its $38.6 million Michael Hooker Research Center, named for the chancellor who died of cancer in 1999 at the age of 53.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/aug05/mhrc083105.htmResearch Center Dedictated To Memory Of Former UNC Chancellor
WRAL-TV (CBS, Raleigh)
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's School of Public Health dedicated a new $38.6 million state-of-the-art research facility Wednesday in honor of its former chancellor. The Michael Hooker Research Center was named in memory of UNC Chancellor Michael Hooker, who died in 1999 at the age of 53 after a battle with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/aug05/mhrc083105.htmUNC-Chapel Hill to honor achievements in performing arts
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
UNC-Chapel Hill will present its first lifetime achievement awards for the performing arts to Richard Adler, Andy Griffith and Maxine Swalin during opening gala events Sept. 10 marking the official reopening of Memorial Hall.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/aug05/lifetimeachieve083105.htm3 will receive arts awards
The Chapel Hill Herald
UNC will present its first lifetime achievement awards for the performing arts to Richard Adler, Andy Griffith and Maxine Swalin during opening gala events Sept. 10 that will mark the official reopening of the renovated Memorial Hall.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/aug05/lifetimeachieve083105.htmLocal area joins Katrina relief effort
The Chapel Hill Herald
While communities along the Gulf Coast are dealing with the extraordinary damage done by Hurricane Katrina, local individuals and agencies have joined an unprecedented national relief effort. Representatives from university departments and service organizations met at UNC Wednesday to set a strategy for helping families affected by the hurricane. Jennifer Mallory, president of the Campus Red Cross Club at UNC, told the group that the focus of their relief efforts should be in the form of fundraising.
Triangle hospitals ready for Gulf Coast patients
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
As many as 110 patients from hurricane-ravaged areas may be flown to Triangle hospitals today and Friday under a national emergency medical program. ..."We are just waiting for the word if in fact UNC Hospitals will get patients, and how many," said Stephanie Crayton, spokeswoman for UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill. "But we are making preparations for receiving patients."
Related Link: http://www.nbc17.com/news/4921895/detail.htmlOne student went to New Orleans while another left
The Herald-Sun (Durham)/The Chapel Hill Herald
They crossed paths as they were opening new chapters in their young lives. One student left Durham last week to start graduate school at Tulane University in New Orleans while the other came here from New Orleans to start undergraduate school at UNC.
Lottery will be Easley's legacy
The Greensboro News & Record
Gov. Mike Easley was just leaving the old House chamber in the state Capitol after signing the state lottery into law. ...But will average voters make that distinction? Not likely, said Thad Beyle, a political science professor at UNC-Chapel Hill.
Aldermen display a bit of provincialism (Letter to the editor)
The Chapel Hill News
As a candidate for alderman in Carrboro, I was invited to attend the campus tour hosted by Chancellor James Moeser on Aug. 23. I found the new Rams Head Plaza a wonderful and inviting use of space and was, in general, very impressed with the facilities on the tour.
Book reminds us of a great injustice (Letter to the editor)
The Chapel Hill News
"Blood Done Sign My Name" is an incredible book that is required reading for freshmen coming into UNC this year. You featured a review of this book by D.G. Martin in his "One on One" column.
Sediment run amuck (Letter to the editor)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
I was pleased to see your Aug. 30 article on waterway pollution by sediment. The photograph on page B1 was taken from my property at the junction of Dry Creek and the Haw River a day after a summer rain. ...James A. Swenberg is Kenan distinguished professor of environmental sciences and engineering at UNC-Chapel Hill.
Issues & Trends
Finding next UNC president will be a challenge (Opinion-editorial column)
The Chapel Hill News
Who will be the next president of the 16-campus University of North Carolina system? Some recent news stories have indicated that the selection of businessman, former top White House staffer, and U.S. Senate candidate Erskine Bowles is a foregone conclusion. ...D.G. Martin is the host of UNC-TV"s "North Carolina Bookwatch," which airs on Sundays at 5 p.m.
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