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Sept. 26, 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
Anorexia symptom
Reuters
Excessive exercise is one of the general warning signs of an eating disorder, but the problem may be particularly common among anorexic women who vomit or use laxatives to lose weight, a study shows... For the current study, researchers led by Dr Cynthia M. Bulik of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill used data from three international studies of women with anorexia, bulimia or both. The women completed standard questionnaires on eating disorder symptoms, personality traits and exercise habits.
National Coverage
Virginia Ends Early Decision
Inside Higher Ed
Blackburn said he expects other public institutions to make similar moves. In June, the University of Delaware announced plans to drop its early decision program. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill eliminated its binding early admissions program in 2002 but has kept its nonbinding early action program. Steve Farmer, UNC’s assistant provost and director of undergraduate admissions, said the university yielded 2 percent fewer students in the first year after cutting its binding program — but that the yield is now up above where it was before 2002.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/apr02/eardec042502.htmUniversity to end early admissions program
The Associated Press (National)
The University of Virginia will drop its early decision admissions process, becoming the third prominent university this month to cancel such a program...The University of Delaware also dropped early decision this year, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill did the same in 2002, although it maintained a nonbinding admision program.
BU moves up Kiplinger's list
The Star-Gazette (Elmira, N.Y.)
"UNC (University of North Carolina) and U-Va. (University of Virginia) both increased by more than $1,000 for in-state tuition," she said. Because BU's tuition did not increase as much as other schools, it moved up the list. DeFleur said officials have been working to keep financial aid packages intact and are also trying to establish more scholarships. Since the January list, there was slight movement, with the same four schools topping the list, said Alyson Mazzarelli, a spokeswoman for the magazine. Topping the list again was the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Sounding Taps
The National Review
Military history still clings to a few fortified positions. The service academies continue to teach it; cadets at West Point, for example, must take two semesters of military history during their senior year. ROTC students are also required to pass a course in military history, though the quality of these classes can vary dramatically. “We prefer a member of the regular faculty to teach them, and for these courses to include battle analysis,” says Army Lt. Col. Gregory Daddis, the ROTC battalion commander at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. “But not every campus has a faculty that can handle this.” When a school can’t satisfy this requirement — or doesn’t want to — the instruction is left to ROTC officers. Elsewhere, students may take “military history” courses that are more likely to concentrate on the quilting patterns of Confederate war widows than Stonewall Jackson’s flanking maneuver at Chancellorsville.
Regional Coverage
U.Va. drops its early-in program
The Times-Dispatch (Richmond, Va.)
The University of Virginia is following the lead of Harvard and Princeton universities by dropping its early-admissions program. Some believe the programs favor affluent students...Elsewhere, the University of Delaware ceased its early-decision program this year. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill dropped its program in 2002, though it kept an early-action system that is nonbinding.
Related Link: http://www.charlottesvillenewsplex.tv/news/headlines/4230146.html
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/apr02/eardec042502.htmDiet or not, beverages add up
The Toledo Blade (Ohio)
Barry M. Popkin, director of the University of North Carolina's Interdisciplinary Center for Obesity, is actively counting the calories in soda pop and soft drinks to see how they add up to obesity. He's concerned that beverage consumption over the past 40 years has increased so much that we are consuming 227 more calories per day in beverages. "Biologically we're engineered so when we consume a beverage, we don't make an adjustment of the food we consume," he said at the Association of Food Journalists' annual meeting in Charlotte in mid-September.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/mar06/healthybeverage030806.htmBrush up on good health
The Indianapolis Star (Ind.)
The periodontal disease that's giving you a toothache might not only be hurting your gums; it could also be affecting other aspects of your health, from your heart to your blood sugar, a growing body of research suggests... Periodontal disease might also have a hand in preterm births, many experts believe. Infections in other parts of the body, such as the urinary tract, have been known to travel to the placenta and cause inflammation, which could play a role in low birth weight and early labor, notes Ray White, a professor of oral and maxillofacial surgery at the University of North Carolina.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/sep05/whiter091605.htm
State and Local CoverageKiplinger's names UNC best value
The Chapel Hill Herald
Kiplinger's Personal Finance once again has named UNC the best value in public colleges. Carolina has topped the list each time the magazine has surveyed public colleges. The ranking rates the top 50 values in public colleges, using a quantitative ranking system, to find schools where students can receive a top education without accumulating significant debt.
Town, gown leaders hope to learn from UW-Madison
No longer 'the 1,000-pound badger'
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor James Moeser said that the thorough vetting process that plans get at the neighborhood level in Madison seems to ease their passage when they reach the city council. "It creates for them a process, rather than just having the city council respond to the loudest dissenting voice," he said.
The Chapel Hill Herald
The town-gown session was among several that 100 or so officials, business people and nonprofit leaders from Orange County attended in a visit to Madison that ends today. Participants' reasons for being on the trip vary from person to person, but clearly the campus growth at UNC Chapel Hill and the vision for the Carolina North research campus are part of the backdrop. Like Carolina, the university in Madison is dotted with construction cranes putting up new buildings for academic functions and other needs.
Related Links: http://www.newsobserver.com/102/story/490778.html
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http://www.heraldsun.com/orange/10-773028.htmlDisease’s battles become victories
The Fayetteville Observer
For black women, the risks are even greater. Doctors aren’t sure why it happens, but two recent studies by researchers at the University of North Carolina have shown that black women diagnosed with breast cancer are more likely to die than white women who have the disease. Black women are not more likely to develop breast cancer in the first place, but they are more likely to develop a more aggressive kind of tumor that increases the chances of death.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/jun06/breastcancerjama060206.htmSex assault, media subject of panel
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
he Orange County Rape Crisis Center will host a panel on sexual assault and the news media at its annual meeting at 7 p.m. today at the Siena Hotel, 1505 E. Franklin St. The panel will be moderated by Jane Brown, a professor at the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Journalism and Mass Communication. The panelists are Frank Stasio, host of The State of Things on WUNC-FM; Linda Williams, a deputy managing editor at The News & Observer; and Irving Joyner, a professor at the N.C. Central University School of Law.
USC scores high on sex survey
The Charlotte Observer
The Trojan Sexual Health Report Card ranked schools by the level of services they provide to prevent the spread of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases. The University of South Carolina was ranked No. 11 and received a score of 3.0 of a possible 4.0. The survey graded the schools in seven categories...Among other Southern schools, Duke University was ranked No. 8, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was ranked No. 14, the University of Georgia was ranked No. 25, and North Carolina State University was ranked No. 37.
Issues and Trends
Higher Ed Panel Calls for College Database
National Public Radio
A commission assembled by Education Secretary Margaret Spellings finds that college is too expensive. The panel says students and parents would benefit from a common database that explains what different schools offer.
When students are left behind (Opinion)
The San Francisco Chronicle
The Media have been abuzz over the critical question of whether Ivy League and other elite universities will follow Harvard's lead and do away with early admissions. Who cares? There is a much more pressing issue that very few people in the media, government or even academia are talking about: It's the fact that, despite massive increases in school spending and one task force after another and countless stabs at education reform, nearly 1 out of 3 public high school students won't make it to graduation.
UNC names physician-in-chief for cancer hospital
The Triangle Business Journal
The University of North Carolina Health Care System has appointed Dr. Richard Goldberg as physician-in-chief of the North Carolina Cancer Hospital. Goldberg now will be responsible for developing the hospital's cancer care system, as well as overseeing translational research, multidisciplinary patient care and educational opportunities.
Related Link: http://www.newsobserver.com/104/story/490882.htmlRetention Rate
The Fayetteville Observer
Earlier this month, UNC President Erskine Bowles ordered universities to improve retention rates. Bowles said the Board of Governors would provide resources to help universities increase graduation percentages. It’s a smart mandate that could save the state a bundle of money. It costs a lot less to retain students than to recruit new ones. Graduating more students at higher rates creates slots for more students to benefit from a public education.
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