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Sept. 19, 2006
Carolina in the News
Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina people and programs cited recently in the media:
International Coverage
Sleep assessment should be part of medical care: doctors
The Canadian Broadcasting Corp
People should have their sleep assessed as a standard part of their medical care, doctors propose..."The foundations of good health are good diet, good exercise and good sleep, but two out of three doesn't get you there," said Dr. Anne Calhoun, a neurology professor at the University of North Carolina.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/jun06/migraine062206.htmMalig: EYA on LPL--an excellent choice
The Sun Star (Phillipines)
It was the well-recognized Professor John Kasarda of the University of North Carolina's Kenan-Flagler Business School himself who introduced the concept to EYA sometime in late 2001. The professor visited EYA at Clark to offer for adoption the aerotropolis model as an effective method in transforming Clark into an internationally competitive investment haven. Upon reviewing the model, EYA decided to make aerotropolis his vision for Clark.
When white supremacists stopped the progress of black Americans (Column)
The Jamaica Observer
Professor John Haley of the University of North Carolina, who was a member of the commission, spoke of the psychological effects the violence still has on African Americans in Wilmington. Until today they are reluctant to discuss the event with strangers.
National Coverage
Princeton drops early admissions
The Associated Press (National)
Princeton University said Monday it will drop its early admission program, echoing Harvard College's announcement last week that it would eliminate its program and admit all applicants in a single process...It's not clear whether a sea change is in the works. But the University of Delaware announced in June that it would drop its early deadline, and the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill eliminated its binding plan in 2002. Harvard officials said last week they hoped other institutions would make a similar change.
Shirley Neeley: State is taking the lead on test security
The Dallas Morning News
Schools must follow strict, detailed procedures for test security before, during and after each test administration. Greg Cizek, a professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill who is considered the national expert on cheating, reviewed these procedures and concluded that Texas is "among the leaders in test security procedures in K-12 educational achievement testing programs."
Study: Aging May Be Defense Mechanism Against Cancer
Fox News
Research teams from three medical schools examined the role of p16INK4a in cells collected from different parts of the body in mice. One team, from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, looked at the gene's role in pancreatic islet cells, which produce and secrete the hormone insulin and which are defective in persons with Type 1 diabetes.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/sep06/cellaging090106.htmlA TV News Newbie, but Ready for Her Close-Up (Column)
The Washington Post
No, she's not a pageant queen -- though her mom hosted an annual Miss America party for her friends. "No, no, no," says Brown. "I'm trying to get away from that." The 22-year-old blonde graduated in May with a journalism degree from UNC-Chapel Hill, where she was a reporter on the university's "Carolina Week"; in summer 2004 she interned for Sen. Hillary Clinton. A family friend suggested Channel 8 would be a good place to launch her career; she started as a general assignment reporter three weeks ago.
State and Local Coverage
When Harvard Acts (Opinion)
The Winston-Salem Journal
But Harvard's new policy won't change the situation at its campus in Cambridge, Mass., because Harvard doesn't demand the commitment before financial-aid packages are released. UNC Chapel Hill doesn't either. Bok's contention that the move will reduce stress for applicants is debatable. For those who are accepted, either of the early-admission options relieves stress. They know by mid-December and need not apply to multiple schools. Therefore, they can enjoy the second half of 12th grade with less stress.
UNC's library science program marks 75 years
The Chapel Hill Herald
It's fitting that the theme of UNC's School of Information and Library Science's 75th anniversary is "Illuminating the past, imagining the future!" The field has evolved from card catalogues and World Book Encyclopedias to online indices and Wikipedia. Although the discipline's tech-heavy future gets the most attention these days, a few of the library school's earliest graduates gathered on Monday to trade tales about the field's past.
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UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/sep06/silsanniv091206.htmState's low math goal gives up easy scores
The News and Record (Greensboro)
Ninety-three percent of North Carolina's fourth-graders passed year-end math tests in 2005. But only 40 percent were considered proficient on the National Assessment of Educational Progress. The disparity between North Carolina's evaluations and its placement on the NAEP is wider than any other state's except West Virginia.
NIH honors UNC chemist
The Daily Tar Heel
Chemistry professor Gary Pielak likes to think of himself as a pioneer. He even has a fake raccoon-skin cap to prove it. The National Institutes of Health showed that it agreed this morning, when it made Pielak the first UNC scientist to receive the Pioneer Award - a research grant worth $2.5 million spread throughout a five-year period. Pielak was recognized for his research about the role of proteins in neurodegenerative disorders, including Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases. He said he was selected as a recipient from a field of 500 applicants - of which more than one receives an award.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/sep06/nihtotal091306.htmNew hope on tropical diseases (Opinion)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Five years ago a UNC-led consortium was brought together to discover and develop new drugs for the treatment of human African trypanosomiasis (HAT, or sleeping sickness) and visceral leishmanisis. Both are among the world's most neglected diseases, with virtually no advances toward the development of new drugs in the past half-century.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/sep06/gates091406.htmVocational U? (Letter to the editor)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
In Arnold Packer's Sept. 7 Point of View article "Updated education" he proposes improving higher education by making universities accountable for student retention and for assessing their acquisition of certain skills that meet the expectations of potential employers. ... Donald C. Haggis, professor of classical archaeology and director of Undergraduate Studies, department of Classics, UNC-Chapel Hill.
UNC clinics provide hands-on education, quality dental care for less
The Chapel Hill Herald
Jane Koontz, 56, wasn't hugging "her" student, but she clearly was happy to see him, in spite of the fact he soon would be sticking a plastic form in her mouth filled with goop like wet plaster to get a mold of her teeth. And considering she was more than twice his age, the student was just "Tyler" to her, as in Tyler Collins, a third-year student at the UNC School of Dentistry who grew up in Pembroke as the son of a dentist.
UNC Dental School Uses Team Effort To Tackle Cleft Palate
WRAL-TV (CBS, Raleigh)
For some patients, problems in the mouth need the attention of many different specialists. It may involve everyone from dentists to surgeons and psychiatrists. That team approach to dentistry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill can make a difficult situation easier on families.
State faces lawsuit over video poker ban
The Associated Press (Raleigh)
The ban is written so that games at arcades or children's restaurants that generate tickets to be turned in for prizes could be shut down. "There is much confusion about the new law as written," the lawsuit said. One of the player plaintiffs is Walter R. Davis, a longtime benefactor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has considered getting into video poker business but can't under the new law, the lawsuit said.
Geddings attempting to raise doubts about what Black knew
The Associated Press (Raleigh)
During the past week, Geddings, now a radio station owner in Florida, has said several times that he never attempted to hide his business ties to Scientific Games from Black. That could help him persuade a jury that he's guilty only of a simple paperwork error instead of fraud, a law professor said. "In some ways it does not seem to be about a distraction but a sustainable defense," said Richard Myers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill law school. If Geddings' attorney can prove his client told others about his connection to Scientific Games, Myers added, "it will harder to prove that he committed fraud."
Kumbaya? Not yet (Opinion)
The Charlotte Observer
David Salvesen of UNC Chapel Hill's Center for Urban and Regional Studies offered that assessment last week at a symposium here on school design and construction. Here's the bizarre way it works -- and this is tricky, so stay with us: In North Carolina the state pays most of the cost of running school systems, though it doesn't build schools. County commissioners must find funds to build schools. But elected school boards -- not the commissioners -- run schools and decide where and what to build.
Gross receipts-based license system is contentious
Jacksonville Daily News
Bannerman and other businesses have questioned the city’s authority concerning the privilege license fees since the bills started going out in late summer. Contentious forums and hearings have been conducted on the complex issue. City officials, guided by the Institute of Government at the University of North Carolina, say they’re right. Others aren’t so sure.Creek at Memorial Hall
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Nickel Creek takes the stage tonight at Memorial Hall at UNC-Chapel Hill. Brother and sister Sean and Sara Watkins formed the progressive bluegrass group with Chris Thile in 1989 when the three were preteens taking music lessons together in San Diego. The trio landed a record deal with Sugar Hill Records in 1998. Since then, the young musicians have released several albums including their latest, "Why Should the Fire Die?"
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/aug06/ncreek081806.htmIssues and Trends
Columbia University Says Low-Income Graduates Will Be Debt-Free
Bloomberg News Wire
Columbia University, the most expensive of the U.S. Ivy League colleges, is changing its financial aid policy to ensure that all undergraduates from low- income families emerge from college debt-free. ``Our goal is to try to provide students across the board with the kind of financial freedom to make life choices so that they're not burdened by loans,'' Columbia President Lee Bollinger said in an interview.
UNC chancellors escape penury …
The Wilmington Star
As North Carolina's students and their families strain, work and borrow to pay the fast-rising cost of college, the worthies who run our public colleges have gotten raises of up to 10 percent. If this keeps up, the salaries of some chancellors might get within sight of the salaries of some basketball and football coaches. The chancellors of the 16 UNC campuses now make between $200,000 and $337,800 a year. UNCW's Rosemary DePaolo got a 9 percent boost, to $249,610. That's in addition to a house and other benefits.
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