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Sept. 28, 2007
Carolina in the News
Following the news of Chancellor James Moeser's planned departure in June 2008, the UNC Board of Trustees announced that Trustee Nelson Schwab will lead a 19-member committee to search for Moeser's successor. The committee will include students, faculty, staff and alumni. State and local media analyzed the chancellor's tenure in editorials and covered the beginning of the search.
A chancellor's service (Editorial)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
James Moeser came to the chancellorship of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2000 after a long search by the committee that chose him.
Moeser enhanced UNC's reputation (Editorial)
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
When he was first named chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the jewel of the state's university system, James Moeser seemed a bit of an odd choice. Plucked from the University of Nebraska, Moeser came to Carolina to take over the reins at UNC after the untimely death of Chancellor Michael Hooker. At the time, he had few connections to the university or to the state. But seven years later, as Moeser announced he would be stepping down as chancellor in June, it was clear he had made some.
A pivotal change (Editorial)
The Charlotte Observer
Leading the oldest public university in the nation is no cakewalk. Just ask James Moeser, the chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, who announced this week he will step down next year.
It's been a lovely cruise (Editorial)
The Daily Tar Heel
Farewell, fair sailor. Chancellor James Moeser will step down June 30 after eight years at the helm of UNC. The announcement came during his annual State of the University address Wednesday. Our sentiments are simple: So long, and thanks for all the memories.
Leaving his mark
The Daily Tar Heel
What defines an era at the University is more than a name. It's a man, his accomplishments and his failures that mold a tenure. Chancellor James Moeser now is in his final year. But the eight years he will have spent at the top of the University will be noted with projects that focus on accessibility, funding and physical change.
Chancellor James Moeser exclusive
WCHL 1360-AM (Chapel Hill)
UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor James Moeser says he stepping down on June 30, 2008. 68-year-old Moeser was named Chancellor in 2000. In an exclusive WCHL interview, Moeser talked about his decision to resign, and what his plans are for the future.
19 to recruit UNC chancellor
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
A 19-member committee will get to work next month in the search for a successor to UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor James Moeser.
UNC release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/sep07/chansearchcomm.htmlUNC sets up top job search
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
The search is on for UNC's new chancellor, and a 19-member search committee will do the heavy lifting.
Chancellor search begins
The Daily Tar Heel
The first steps in the search for UNC's next chancellor began Thursday with the announcement of 19 search committee members and their October meeting schedule.
Charlottean leads search for UNC Chapel Hill chancellor
The Charlotte Business Journal
Charlotte businessman Nelson Schwab III will chair a committee to find the next chancellor of UNC Chapel Hill.
For UNC News Services coverage of the Trustees announcement and for ongoing coverage of the chancellor search, visit: http://www.unc.edu/chan/special/index.php.
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Here is a sampling of other links and notes about Carolina people and programs cited recently in the media:
National Coverage
Birds can "see" Earth's magnetic field
National Geographic
To find north, humans look to a compass. But birds may just need to open their eyes, a new study says. Scientists already suspected birds' eyes contain molecules that are thought to sense Earth's magnetic field. In a new study, German researchers found that these molecules are linked to an area of the brain known to process visual information. ... "An animal that has to migrate over great distances needs to have both a compass and a map," said Cordula Mora, a biologist who recently completed her postdoctoral research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Blizzard babies suspected in Colo.
The Associated Press
Nine months after back-to-back blizzards brought life to a near-standstill in much of eastern Colorado, some doctors and hospitals say they're seeing one more bit of fallout: lots of babies. ... Even with all the anecdotal evidence, no firm numbers were available, and at least one hospital, Boulder Community, said it is on pace for a normal month. Purported booms from some past calamities have been debunked. Researchers from the University of North Carolina and Duke University showed there were no booms after a November 1965 blackout in the Northeast, or a July 1977 blackout in New York City.
Campuspeak
The New York Times
Sketchy about the lingo being spoken by today's adultalescents? As those in their late teens and early adulthood like to say, Ah-ite! ... Word-blending is big in campuspeak. "He's sort of a nerd, but he's just so adorkable" combines adorable with dork, the amalgam defined as "endearing though socially inept" by Professor Connie Eble of the department of English and comparative literature at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. ... The new slang blend submitted by members of Professor Eble's English 314 class only a few months ago is chillax, from the adjective chill, "easygoing," and the verb relax, the combo meaning "do nothing in particular," an activity widely practiced in centers of learning throughout the nation.
Regional Coverage
Chevron campaign tries to balance need for oil with global warming
The San Francisco Chronicle
Chevron's new advertising campaign, which starts Sunday, represents the oil giant's latest attempt to stake out a spot in the debate over future energy supplies. Although it touches on a topic the oil industry once hated to discuss, the ads never use the terms global warming or climate change. ... Will viewers agree? Perhaps not, said Craig Carroll, an assistant professor at the University of North Carolina who studies the relationship between big business and the media.
Cause of death unknown for young track runner
The Orange County Register (Santa Ana, Calif.)
... About 3.3 million female high school and college students participate in organized cross country nationwide, according to the National Center for Catastrophic Sports Injury Research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. During 1982-83 and 2005-06, 22 female cross country runners died from heart failure, heat stroke or other "indirect" causes of their sport, according to statistics compiled by the organization. That works out to a death rate of 0.22 percent per 100,000 female runners.
State & Local Coverage
UNC plans to fill gap in drug discovery
The Triangle Business Journal
The University of North Carolina is getting into the drug discovery business with a new interdisciplinary center to be led by former GlaxoSmithKline executive Stephen Frye. The goal of the Center for Integrative Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery is to take initial scientific discoveries of defective genes and possible treatments and create a chemical compound that is ready for Phase I clinical trials, says Robert Blouin, dean of UNC's School of Pharmacy.
Panel explores relationship between writing, dancing
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
People talk about poetry in motion. On Thursday, calligraphy in motion took center stage as choreographer Lin Hwai-min rose from his seat beside other panelists to demonstrate the circular motion of the brush that informs his dance trilogy. His company, Cloud Gate Dance Theatre, performs "Wild Cursive," the third dance in the trilogy, tonight and Saturday at UNC's Memorial Hall.
Aging expert Florence Soltys dies at 72
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Florence Soltys, known in North Carolina and across the nation as a leading expert and fearless advocate for people as they aged, died Thursday of a heart attack, her husband said. ... Before her retirement in June, Soltys had been clinical associate professor at UNC-Chapel Hill's School of Social Work, with additional appointments in the schools of medicine and nursing.
Issues & Trends
Biotech hub aims to reshape `city of looms'
The Charlotte Observer
This town whose name means "City of Looms" is watching its vanished textile heritage be replaced by a campus that many hope will grow into a premier biotech hub. The $1.5 billion North Carolina Research Campus now taking shape is the brainchild of billionaire Dole Food owner David Murdock. ... The campus is a collaboration with several universities, including UNC Chapel Hill, Duke University, UNC Charlotte and N.C. State University. Rowan-Cabarrus Community College will have a training lab there.
N.C. State to begin testing emergency alert system
WRAL-TV (CBS; Raleigh/Durham)
North Carolina State University is moving forward with an emergency notification system through text messages, e-mails and siren warnings. ... All 16 campuses in the UNC system are working on various crisis communication systems. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, for example, is working on a similar alert system and hopes to have its siren system in place before the end of the year.
Conservative group looks to finance research and teaching U of I
The Associated Press (Illinois)
Conservative commentator Robert Novak said Thursday that his Washington colleagues were stunned to learn that a group of University of Illinois alumni was setting up an organization to encourage and finance conservative studies on campus. ... The John William Pope Center for Higher Education Policy, for instance, regularly pressures the University of North Carolina about what the group considers "shallow and trendy" teaching that ignores American history and conservative principles such as limited government.
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