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Friday, April 11, 2008
Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina people and programs cited recently in the media:

International Coverage

UK move worsens maternal habits
BBC News
Women from ethnic minorities are more likely to smoke or drink during pregnancy the longer they have lived in the UK, researchers have found. ... In an editorial in the BMJ, Professor Krista Perreira of the University of North Carolina, said increasing migration to developing countries meant changes in smoking and drinking habits would have an impact on women's health in pregnancy.
Related Link: http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/pages/live/articles/
news/news.html?in_article_id=558745&in_page_id=1770

Regional Coverage

Backing autism fight
The Daily Iowan (University of Iowa student paper)
A little rain and threats of tornadoes didn't stop the attendees of the first-ever Iowa Cares fundraiser for the Autism Society of Iowa from having a good time Thursday night. More than 120 guests at Old Brick, 26 E. Market St., enjoyed food and activities including live music, a silent auction, and a documentary about a family living with autism. ... Autism researchers at the fundraiser provided information to families about their various studies with the disorder. Dr. Molly Losh from the University of North Carolina is studying the early language abilities of autism family members to find possible genetic links to the disorder.

State and Local Coverage

Student health clinic turning 40
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
A Carrboro-based health clinic run by UNC students -- the oldest such operation in the United States -- is marking 40 years of service with a birthday party at the Carrboro ArtsCenter Sunday. Every Wednesday night, students from the UNC schools of Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing, Pharmacy, Public Health and Social Work, along with volunteer physicians from the Medical School's department of family medicine, transform the Carrboro Community Health Center into the free SHAC (Student Health Action Coalition) clinic.
UNC News Release: http://uncnews.unc.edu/news/health-and-medicine/
unc-student-run-free-health-clinic-celebrates-40-years-of-service.html

Cartoonist will speak at UNC
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
Political cartoonist John Branch will speak about his career in "A Tar Heel Cartoonist in Texas: Drawing the Line in the Lone Star State" at 5:45 p.m. April 17 in UNC's Wilson Library. Branch has been the editorial cartoonist of the San Antonio Express-News since 1981. He graduated in 1976 from UNC, where he launched his cartooning career at the Daily Tar Heel. Branch's work has been reprinted in The New York Times, USA Today and Newsweek, and he has published two collections of his work: "Out on a Limb" (1976) and "Would You Buy a Used Cartoon from this Man?" (1979).
UNC News Release: http://uncnews.unc.edu/news/arts/
cartooning-at-unc-topic-of-april-17-lecture-exhibit.html

UNC business incubator starts
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
UNC's Kenan-Flagler Business School has launched a business accelerator to speed the growth of firms with environmental and social objectives. The UNC Business Accelerator for Sustainable Entrepreneurship (BASE) will connect entrepreneurs to a range of sustainability resources -- from expertise to capital -- with the aim of accelerating their growth and impact.
UNC News Release: http://uncnews.unc.edu/news/business/
unc-kenan-flagler-launches-first-sustainable-business-accelerator.html

Moore hasn't tried to hide from big battles
The Charlotte Observer
The smell of coffee fills Claudine's restaurant, where deer heads stare from paneled walls as Richard Moore works the morning crowd. ... This year, the rating agency Standard & Poor's reported that the state has the second highest level of pension funding in the country. Greg Brown, finance-area chair at UNC Chapel Hill's Kenan-Flagler Business School, credits Moore with moving to "more progressive and increasingly popular investment strategies."

Gomes' Connections to the Triangle
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Peter Gomes is no stranger to Duke University or UNC-Chapel Hill. About 20 years ago, he was invited to give the baccalaureate address at Duke by Pelham Wilder, a Harvard alum and a professor of chemistry. ... In 1993, Gomes spent a sabbatical year at Duke. In 2005, Gomes gave the commencement address at UNC-Chapel Hill.
Related Link: http://www.newsobserver.com/105/story/1032927.html
UNC News Release: http://uncnews.unc.edu/news/humanities-and-social-sciences/
religious-scholar-gomes-to-present-annual-keohane-lecture-april-9.html

Youth's idealism refreshes (Column)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Ed and Erika Rosenberger were impressed with the UNC students who interviewed them recently. You've got to be impressed with the idealism of youth. For the past few months, five students from UNC's School of Public Health have been doing a community assessment of the Brentwood and Mini City areas of northeast Raleigh. They've been going around asking people what improvements the neighborhoods need.

Doctor: Hug, don’t shake children
The Daily Southerner (Tarboro)
f the saying "life is fragile" holds true, then the life of a baby is extremely delicate. That's why babies need gentle care – and can't afford to be shaken. It's part of a message from experts at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Injury Prevention Research Center and School of Medicine who is taking on a statewide shaken baby prevention project. Health care professionals in Edgecombe County take the message that seriously, too.

Issues and Trends

Arts school wants new name
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The N.C. School of the Arts wants a name change. The residential arts school in Winston-Salem, a member of the UNC system, wants to be known as the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.

Durham presses hard on Lovette
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Prosecutors are proceeding with murder charges against a teen accused of killing a Duke University graduate student even though he might not have pulled the trigger. Laurence Alvin Lovette, 17, is accused of first-degree murder in the slaying of Abhijit Mahato, who was found shot to death in January in his off-campus apartment. Lovette is also accused of murdering Eve Carson, the UNC-Chapel Hill student body president found shot to death March 5.