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Carolina in the News

Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina people and programs cited recently in the media:

International Coverage

Breast Cancer: Positive results more likely from industry-funded breast cancer trials
Spirit India
Industry-funded studies of breast cancer therapies are more likely to report positive results than non-pharmaceutical funded studies, researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Dana Farber Cancer Institute have found. In addition, significant differences exist in the design and nature of clinical trials supported by the pharmaceutical industry compared to trials without industry involvement.

National Coverage

Hazards: Football Head Injuries, Not So Cut and Dried
The New York Times
Those bone-jarring collisions on the football field that make fans wince and players tumble like rag dolls may not always be the real ones to worry about. ...Writing in the December issue of Neurosurgery, researchers from the University of North Carolina presented their findings in three different reports looking at how hard players were hit, what position they played and whether they were playing in a practice or a game, among other things.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/dec07/gutskconcussions120607.html

Regional Coverage

Study: Mom's marital status may not indicate kids' success
The Times Daily (Florence, Ala.)
Marquita Ridgeway, a single mother "by circumstance," picked up her two sons after day care at the Holy Sanctuary Temple of God in west Florence. ..."Policies seeking to change the living arrangements of low-income children may do little to improve child well being," concluded authors E. Michael Foster, child health professor at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and Ariel Kalil, developmental psychologist at the University of Chicago.

Don't overlook effect of liquid calories
The Indianapolis Star (Ind.)
Watch those high-calorie drinks. Not only soda, but fruit drinks, alcohol and other high-calorie beverages are adding too many calories to Americans' diets, researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill found.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/nov07/popkinbev111907.html

Pig farm foes turn noses up at expansion
The Sun (Baltimore, Md.)
Mark and Diane Thomas were accustomed to farm life when they moved from Maryland into a charming 1830s log home here on 19 acres. ...In addition, a 2000 University of North Carolina survey of 155 people found increased rates of headaches, diarrhea, runny noses, sore throats, coughing, digestive problems and breathing ailments among those who lived near CAFO hog farms.

State & Local Coverage

UNC-CH picks Conrad as vice chancellor, CIO
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Larry D. Conrad, 59, associate vice president for technology integration and chief information officer at Florida State University, will be the new vice chancellor for information technology and chief information officer at UNC-Chapel Hill.
Related Link:
http://www.wral.com/business/local_tech_wire/news/story/2186463/
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/dec07/conrad121407.html

UNC will test alert system
The Chapel Hill Herald
The university's Department of Public Safety will test a newly installed UNC Emergency Alert System Siren on Wednesday between noon and 1 p.m. The siren will be used to sound an alarm and broadcast instructions about what to do during a life-threatening situation such as an armed and dangerous person in the area, a major chemical spill or hazard, or a tornado.
UNC link: http://www.unc.edu/news/alert121907.html

Complaint filed about property at homeless camp
The Chapel Hill Herald
The North Carolina chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union and the N.C. Legal Foundation are negotiating with the Orange County Sheriff in an attempt to resolve a complaint that two homeless people filed against him after they were ordered to move their campsite. ...Alistair E. Newbern, assistant director of the UNC Civil Legal Assistance Clinic, also signed that letter. She said recently that negotiations were continuing with the sheriff.