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Sept. 28, 2005Carolina in the News
Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina
people and programs cited recently in the media:National Coverage
Displaced doctors a problem for New Orleans
MSNBC
Dr. Thomas Ricketts, who led a study on the crisis facing New Orleans, is a professor at the University of North Carolina School of Public Health and Medicine. He joined MSNBC's Randy Meier on Wednesday to discuss the health crisis, and what may happen in the Crescent City. Randy Meier is a co-host of MSNBC Live which can been seen weekdays from 9 a.m. to noon.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/sep05/ricketts092605.htmHurricanes leave doctors, dentists lives in limbo
ABC News
Dr. Sid Ross and his wife of 42 years rode out Hurricane Katrina at a local hotel near their home in Moss Point, Miss., but his business was not so fortunate. ...Ross, 62, is just one of about 6,000 doctors who were displaced by Katrina, according to a new study conducted by the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.
Drugs, sex may lead to teens' depression
Reuters News Service
In many cases, teenagers' drug use and sex behaviors may precede the development of depression, new research suggests. The findings challenge the belief that depressed teenagers engage in sex and drugs as a means of "self-medicating" their mental health condition. "Sex and drug use are more dangerous in some ways, I think, than we thought," study author Dr. Denise D. Hallfors, of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill told Reuters Health.
Additional Coverage: MSNBCHow Coke Came to Be Kosher
The New York Times
Marcie Cohen Ferris knows about the South of kosher barbecue contests, African-American cooks who can keep kosher and the inventors of recipes like dirty matzoh dressing. ...chronicled by Ms. Ferris, who is an American studies professor at the University of North Carolina and associate director of the Carolina Center for Jewish Studies.
Moving innovations from research to application
The Kansas City Star
The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation today will announce a $1 million initiative to break a logjam blocking university innovations from reaching companies that could use them. Leading universities known for their success in developing technology such as Cornell University, Washington University in St. Louis, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the patenting agency of the University of Wisconsin are among those participating in the iBridge pilot project.
New Programs: Christianity, Computational Linguistics, Creative Writing, Jewish Studies, Landscape Architecture, Public Health
Inside Higher Ed
...The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is starting a new minor called the Study of Christianity and Culture. The program is housed in Chapel Hill’s sociology department and involves faculty members from a number of other disciplines.
State & Local Coverage
A new Battle Park
The Chapel Hill News
After one year, 800 volunteer hours logged and $75,000 spent, 93-acre Battle Park was rededicated Friday with new and refurbished trails. ...Friday's ceremony included a "vine cutting" meant to symbolize the ongoing efforts to eradicate invasive exotic species from the forest. It also celebrated the work of Stephen Keith, the curator, and the volunteers and UNC groundskeepers who worked forging the new trails.
Battle Park is a gem to treasure (Editorial)
The Chapel Hill News
It's with a special sense of appreciation that we welcome the official opening of the renewed trail system in Battle Park. The park has always been a gem, a patch of forest wedged between campus and surrounding neighborhoods. Just a short distance from busy campus streets, you can enter the park, walk a little way down one of the trails and in a remarkably short time feel relatively isolated and immersed in woodland.Prices drive need for affordable housing (Letter to the editor)
The Chapel Hill News
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's plan to build faculty and staff housing on a portion of a 63-acre tract has been characterized by some this past week as being for "lower-income" faculty and staff members. ...Dwayne L. Pinkney, UNC assistant vice chancellor for finance and administration.
UNC 'goes for it' at Ramshead Center
The Chapel Hill News
A large blue tarp covered the volleyball net, blocking each team's view of the players on the other side. ..."We're just trying to get people involved and have them see the new facility," said UNC Recreation graduate assistant Paul Dunlop, taking a break from the rigors of sheet volleyball. "It's just a fun activity. We don't want anybody getting too serious and too sweaty. It's more about just having fun."American Indian research is topic
The Chapel Hill Herald
Scholars, students and American Indian community leaders from across North Carolina, the United States and Canada will gather for a conference Oct. 7-8 at UNC on "New Directions in American Indian Research."
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/sep05/octconf092305.htmHow humanities, science intersect
The Chapel Hill Herald
Richard Soloway, one of the nation's leading authorities on the intersection of science and the humanities, will discuss eugenics and genetic engineering Sunday at UNC.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/sep05/soloway092205.htmHopefuls embrace Mother Earth
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Town Council candidates turned green Tuesday night as they jockeyed for the key endorsement of the local Sierra Club at a forum. ...Keeping growth -- particularly by UNC-Chapel Hill -- in check, curbing traffic and the pollution it causes, and preserving open areas are perennial campaign issues in Chapel Hill. They all got more than a few airings Tuesday night.
Candidates face off at Sierra Club forum
The Chapel Hill Herald
Sierra Club moderator Joe Capowski made a number of requests for specifics from Town Council candidates in a Tuesday forum, such as their takes on the appropriate ratio of parking spaces to employees in the planned Carolina North project.People
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
John S. Akin, Austin H. Carr distinguished professor and chairman of the economics department, led an Oxford Round Table session on elderly health care in August.Michelle Tracy Berger, an assistant professor of women's studies in the College of Arts and Sciences, recently won a best book award from the American Political Science Association for her work on women with HIV/AIDS.
Duane Brown, a professor in the School of Education, is the 2005 recipient of the National Career Development Association's Eminent Career Award, which honors someone who has made outstanding contribution to the advancement of career development.
YiJing "Mike" Lin, a UNC-Chapel Hill senior, recently won one of four worldwide scholarships given by the Actuarial Foundation.
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UNC workers will get raise
The Chapel Hill Herald
The salaries of UNC Health Care's lowest-paid workers will be raised to a minimum of $10 an hour or $20,800 a year. This change will go into effect during the payroll period beginning Oct. 9 and will show up in paychecks issued Nov. 2. The increase was made in response to a directive from UNC Health Care CEO William Roper, in accordance with a similar directive from UNC Chancellor James Moeser.
When Jewish cooking went South
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
It may sound trivial, but no doubt the invention of Crisco was the answer to the prayers of some Jewish women in the South. ...The miracle of Crisco is just one of the fascinating facts presented in “Matzoh Ball Gumbo: Culinary Tales of the Jewish South” (UNC Press, $29.95) by Marcie Cohen Ferris, associate director of the Carolina Center for Jewish Studies at UNC-Chapel Hill.
County schools system wrangles with Duke Power over new lines
The Chapel Hill News
If a sit-down this week between Duke Power and the county school system doesn't resolve a dispute over power lines, the system's third middle school may open late. ...If the school board voted on working with Piedmont Electric, no state law regarding conflict of interest would bar Copeland from voting, said David Lawrence of the UNC School of Government.
The Senate and the nominees (Opinion-editorial column)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
A closely divided Supreme Court without a vacancy for a decade meant that the candidate elected president in 2004 would in all likelihood have a chance to remake that court. ...John E. Semonche is professor of American legal and constitutional history at UNC-Chapel Hill.
UNC News Tip: http://www.unc.edu/news/newstips/2005/nomination092705.htmNo stitches in time (Editorial)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Thirty years from now, someone will ask Marcus Lee how he lost the tip of his right pinkie, and it will be understandable if he lets some of the blame fall on UNC Hospitals.
Issues & Trends
Kannapolis hopeful about Murdock, yet also wary
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
David H. Murdock is offering hope to forgotten people in a forlorn town. The billionaire owner of Dole Food Co. promises to revive Kannapolis, built by a textile mill and rocked in 2003 by the state's worst-ever layoffs. ...The University of North Carolina system will jump-start the Kannapolis project, which will be built on Murdock's property. The university plans operations there and intends to invest $16 million in equipment to get the site going. It will ask the legislature for about $25 million annually to fund the work.
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