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Jan. 3, 2008
Carolina in the News Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina people and programs cited recently in the media: International Coverage Low cancer risk for those with Down syndrome
Reuters (Wire Service)
People with Down syndrome suffer cancer less than most other people and a study in mice published on Wednesday gives one possible explanation — they produce higher levels of a certain protein. ...Dr. David Threadgill of the University of North Carolina agreed that Ets2 might be used as the basis of a drug, but said far more research is needed because the protein also appears to help cancer spread, or metastasize, when it does develop. Good Business Runs in the Family
The Epoch Times
With so much news about struggling, large multinational corporations, it's easy to overlook the fact that America's small businesses are thriving. More than 90 percent of all businesses in the United States are family-owned, and almost 35 percent of all Fortune 500 companies are family-controlled, according to a University of North Carolina study. National Coverage The Most Valuable College Basketball Teams
Forbes
Highway I-40, known as Tobacco Road, connects the universities of North Carolina, Duke and North Carolina State. These schools sit within a 25 mile radius of each other in a region where college basketball is religion. ...The North Carolina Tar Heels basketball team is the most valuable in the country, worth $26 million.
Related photo feature link:
http://www.forbes.com/2007/12/27/college-basketball-valuations-
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Related Links:
http://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2007/12/31/daily12.html
http://www.wchl1360.com/details.html?id=5504 Regional Coverage No solution in sight (Editorial)
The Times-Union (Jacksonville, Fla.)
While health care has become a key part of the debates of presidential candidates, key parts are lacking. ...Democrats have crafted more detailed proposals, as Jonathan Oberlander wrote in the New England Journal of Medicine. Oberlander is associate professor of social medicine and health policy and administration at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Currituck County commissioners to appoint new economic development board
The Virginian-Pilot (Hampton Roads, Va.)
Currituck County commissioners plan to appoint on Monday a new economic development board, a citizens advisory group that disbanded without fanfare nearly nine months ago. ...Also, the University of North Carolina is expected soon to release a study that names, among other things, industry categories most suited for Currituck. State & Local Coverage Destiny provides 'crucial' learning
The Caswell Messenger (Yanceyville)
Students from one of Sandra Hylton's honors BYHS chemistry classes and one of her academic chemistry classes recently performed a lab exercise called "The Crucial Concentration" aboard "Destiny," a traveling science learning program bus. ...The Destiny program is a science education outreach initiative of Morehead Planetarium and Science Center at UNC-Chapel Hill that serves pre-college teachers and students across North Carolina.
UNC News Release:
http://www.unc.edu/news/media/2007/destinycaswell121107.html Addicts' brains
"The State of Things" WUNC-FM
A new study by UNC-Chapel Hill psychologist Charlotte Boettiger suggests that brain wiring might be different among alcoholics and nonalcoholics. She joins host Frank Stasio to explain what she saw in her subjects’ brain scans and what the implications of her findings might be for substance abuse treatment.
Note: "The State of Things" is the statewide public affairs program airing live at noon weekdays and rebroadcast at 9 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays. Thursday a big day for John Edwards
The Times-News (Burlington)
...The conventional wisdom on former U.S. Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina is that he won’t have a shot at being the Democratic nominee without a win Thursday in Iowa. ...Win or lose, Edwards has helped shape the presidential race, said Ferrell Guillory. Guillory is director of the program on Southern politics, media and public life at the Center for the Study of the American South at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Kenya's unrest halts UNC aid
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
A Kenyan aid organization that a UNC-Chapel Hill student founded to bring together rival tribes in Africa's largest slum has been shut down by tribal violence. Carolina for Kibera serves 25,000 people a year through a health clinic, a summer youth sports program staffed by UNC-CH volunteers and other programs.
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http://www.newsobserver.com/1565/story/857618.html Chapel Hill water filters save Cambodians
The Chapel Hill Herald
Ka Har, 55, a mushroom grower from the Angkor Ban village in Cambodia, lives on the banks of one of the world's longest rivers -- the Mekong of Southeast Asia ...Mark Sobsey, an environmental scientist at the School of Public Health at UNC, wants to prevent Cambodian children from dying of diarrhea. Sobsey heads the project aimed at promoting inexpensive, household water purifiers in rural Cambodia. Give diet resolution a chance to succeed (Column)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Chances are good that you're considering at least one diet or fitness-related resolution for the new year. And pumped as many of us are about a fresh start, you may doubt your ability to make good on this year's promises. (Suzanne Havala Hobbs is a registered dietitian and a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Health Policy at UNC-Chapel Hill.) Everyman's book exhibit to open
The Chapel Hill Herald
The gilt floral spines and petite dimensions of the Everyman's Library book series are familiar to anyone who has frequented used bookstores or explored a dusty attic. ...UNC's Wilson Library will examine the 102-year history of Everyman's Library in the free public exhibit "The ABC of Collecting Everyman's Library: Archives, Books, Collections."
UNC News Release:
http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/jan08/everyman010208.html Economist will speak at UNC
The Chapel Hill Herald
Oxford University economist Paul Collier, who wrote "The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries Are Failing and What Can Be Done About It," will give a free public talk at 7 p.m. Jan. 10 at UNC. The speech in the university's FedEx Global Education Center will be drawn in part from Collier's research on the economies of 48 poor countries, 70 percent of them in Africa.
UNC News Release:
http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/jan08/collier010208.html Issues & Trends University of Oregon releases new details on tuition plan
The Associated Press
The University of Oregon on Wednesday rolled out new details of its ambitious plan to cover the costs of tuition and fees for lower-income students, starting with next year's freshman class. ...Only a handful of selective public universities have similar programs in place, including the University of North Carolina, and the University of Washington.
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