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International Coverage

Stretching better than walking to cut pre-eclampsia risk during pregnancy
Thaindian News (Thailand)
Stretching exercises may be better than walking when it comes to reducing the risk of preeclampsia for pregnant women who were physically inactive before pregnancy, and who have already experienced the condition, according to a new study. ...These results seemingly contradict the conventional wisdom that walking is the best protection pregnant women have against developing preeclampsia, said Dr. SeonAe Yeo, a womens health specialist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing.
UNC News Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/news/health-and-medicine/stretching-exercises-
may-reduce-risk-of-preeclampsia-during-pregnancy.html

National Coverage

Baseball still missing the call on instant replay
USA Today
The words "instant replay" are to Major League Baseball today what the words "performance-enhancing drugs" were 10 years ago: a trend to run away from, an issue to avoid at all costs. ..."Instant replay will be a wonderful thing for baseball," said John Sweeney, director of the sports communication program at the University of North Carolina.

Regional Coverage

ADHD and developmental delays
The Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, N.Y.)
Recent findings from a National Institute of Mental Health study suggest that attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may stem from a developmental delay that children could outgrow, rather than a cognitive deficit. ...That depends, says William Coleman, professor of developmental and behavioral pediatrics at the University of North Carolina and chairman of the Committee of Psychosocial Aspects of Child and Family Health at the American Academy of Pediatrics.

UF researchers develop improved gene therapy agent
The Sun-Sentinel (Palm Beach, Fla.)
Replacing one amino acid on the surface of a virus that shepherds corrective genes into cells could be the breakthrough scientists have needed to make gene therapy a more viable option for treating genetic diseases, such as hemophilia, University of Florida researchers say. ...They also are teaming with University of North Carolina researchers to test the vectors in dogs with hemophilia. If these studies are successful, the vector could be used in human-gene therapy trials.

State and Local Coverage

Industry expertise will aid Thorp
The Daily Tar Heel
When Holden Thorp first pitched an idea for a company to his brother, Clay, they both were cautiously optimistic. It was the mid '90s, and neither Thorp had ever started a company. Holden had developed a gene-based screening technology in his UNC lab, and the question was whether to license it to an existing business or to spin off one of their own.

The Beats and Beyond
"The State of Things" WUNC-FM
San Francisco and New York may claim ownership of the counterculture poetry movement, but it’s not a stretch to think of North Carolina as an incubator for the Beat Generation. Publisher Lawrence Ferlinghetti began his literary exploration at UNC-Chapel Hill, and Black Mountain College gave the world a manifesto for avant-garde writing. It all comes together in the exhibit, “The Beats & Beyond: Counterculture Poetry, 1950-1975” going on now through July 3rd at the Wilson Library on the campus of UNC-Chapel Hill. Curator Sarah Fass, Beat Generation Biographer and Allen Ginsberg Archivist Bill Morgan, and Charles McNamara, director of the Wilson Library’s Rare Book collection, ,join host Frank Stasio to discuss the significance of the Beats in North Carolina and beyond.
Note: "The State of Things" is the statewide public affairs program airing live at noon weekdays and rebroadcast at 9 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays.
UNC News Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/news/humanities-and-social-sciences/exhibit-programs-
to-examine-counterculture-poetry-1950-1975.html

Falls spur prevention effort
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
In a collision of trends, the number of people over the age of 65 in North Carolina is getting larger and more are suffering falls. ..."The trend for falls is going up, and the trend, population-wise, is getting older," said Ellen Schneider of the UNC Institute on Aging, a Chapel Hill think tank.

Core Lab to name leader by July 1
The Charlotte Observer
The Core Lab at the center of the North Carolina Research Campus should be getting its first boss soon. ...The UNC system members are Leath, vice president for research with the system; Steven Lommel, assistant vice chancellor for research and graduate studies at N.C. State University; and Tony Waldrop, vice chancellor for research and economic development at UNC Chapel Hill.

WUNC's Rose to head CED
The Triangle Business Journal
Joan Siefert Rose, the general manager at public radio station WUNC, has been named the new president of the Council for Entrepreneurial Development. ...Since coming to WUNC, Rose has raised the ambition of the station, whose license is held by the board of trustees at UNC-Chapel Hill. WUNC now produces more national programming, including segments for the "Marketplace" business program as well as the syndicated program "The Story With Dick Gordon."
Related Link:
http://www.newsobserver.com/business/story/1088706.html

Summer shows at Waterworks feature globalization and women's issues
The Salisbury Post
Feminism, globalization, women's issues, and female craft traditions all feature prominently in the Waterworks Visual Arts Center's summer exhibits. From May 30 – September 6, the Center will display the work of three women artists: California fiber artist Cathy Breslaw, Chapel Hill photographer and mixed-media artist Susan Harbage Page, and Florida sculptor Kathleen Holmes. ...Page teaches photography at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Duke shows off YouTube channel
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
...But a growing number of universities -- UNC-Chapel Hill has a YouTube channel too -- are using YouTube's extraordinary reach to trumpet academic discovery. ...It makes sense to replicate material, said Paul Jones, a UNC journalism professor who specializes in Internet communications. "It need not be in one place," Jones said. "The more access, the better."

Choose versatile, nutritious carrots (Column)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The simple carrot -- staple of party trays and salad bars -- is in season from now until fall. That may be news to most of us, because we've grown accustomed to carrots being available year-round. Most are grown in California and shipped throughout the country. (Suzanne Havala Hobbs is a registered dietitian and a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Health Policy at UNC-Chapel Hill.)

Emergency fair today at UNC Hospitals
The Herald-Sun (Durham)/The Chapel Hill Herald
An Emergency Preparedness Fair will be held today and Friday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the lobby of the N.C. Children's Hospital at UNC Hospitals.

Issues and Trends

Head of Human Genome Institute to Step Down
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Francis S. Collins announced today that he would step down on August 1 as director of the National Human Genome Research Institute. He has led the organization, part of the National Institutes of Health, since 1993 and headed up the Human Genome Project until it concluded a decade later.
Related Link:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aShHxiegsTH8&refer=us

Service bill honors Eve Carson, Mahato
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Those seeking a bachelor's degree in the state's public and private colleges and universities would be required to spend 20 hours a semester tutoring or mentoring students in public elementary, middle or high schools if legislation introduced by Senate Majority Leader Tony Rand becomes law. Rand's legislation seeks to honor two students recently killed by gunfire in the Triangle: UNC-Chapel Hill student body president Eve Carson and Duke University graduate student Abhijit Mahato.
Related Links:
http://www.newsobserver.com/print/thursday/city_state/story/1088640.html
http://www.wbtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=8392373
http://www.wral.com/news/state/story/2953232/

Bills allow illegal immigrants in colleges (Under the Dome)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Illegal immigrants would continue to have access to state universities and community colleges under legislation filed this week by Democratic Reps. Pricey Harrison, Paul Luebke and Rick Glazier. Their bill would prevent the UNC Board of Governors and the state Board of Community Colleges from requiring prospective students to disclose their immigration status.

Study examines work-force gaps
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
North Carolina's community colleges provide the fastest and most cost-effective way for the state to meet its critical work-force shortages in nursing, teaching and biotechnology, a new study says. ...More can be accomplished, the center said, when community colleges tackle work-force shortages through partnerships with UNC campuses, the business community, private foundations and the legislature.