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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:

National Coverage

Kiplinger’s ranks UNC 1st for quality academics, affordability 7th time in a row
Carolina is the best value in American public higher education, according to Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine. It is the University’s seventh consecutive No. 1 ranking since the magazine started publishing its periodic analysis in 1998.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/jan08/kiplinger010708.html
Related Links including a UNC mention:
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20080108_West_Chester_Univ__makes_
Kiplinger_list_of_top_100_best_value_public_colleges.html
http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2008/012008/01092008/347010
http://www.sptimes.com/2008/01/09/Business/Talk_of_the_bay__Flor.shtml
http://www.dailypress.com/news/local/dp-news_collegevalue_0109jan09,0,6689561.story
http://www.wtopnews.com/index.php?nid=316&sid=1323222

State & Local Coverage

Noted psychiatrist to help UNC-CH start forensic field
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
A nationally prominent forensic psychiatrist who evaluated "Unabomber" Ted Kaczynski and would-be presidential assassin John Hinckley has been recruited to help establish a new forensic psychiatry program at UNC-Chapel Hill. Dr. Sally C. Johnson, who profiled famous prisoners while serving as chief psychiatrist and associate warden of health services at the Federal Correctional Institute in Butner, will be one of two forensic psychiatrists on the new program's three-person faculty.
UNC Healthcare Release: http://unchealthcare.org/site/newsroom/news/2008/Jan/forensic

Grant to extend study of poor children
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Researchers at UNC-Chapel Hill have received a $12.8-million federal grant to continue a major study of how life in poor, rural areas affects children's development. ...The study is being conducted by the FPG Child Development Institute and the School of Education at UNC-CH.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/jan08/fpgfamilylifegrant010807.html
Related Links:
http://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2008/01/07/daily14.html
http://www.heraldsun.com/orange/10-913780.cfm

Students to help cover UNC hoops
The Chapel Hill Herald
When the Carolina men's basketball team takes on UNC Asheville tonight at the Smith Center, the athletes won't be the only students on the floor honing their skills. A crew of 16 students from the UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication will join the ESPN production team to cover the game between the Tar Heels and the Bulldogs that will air on ESPNU at 7 p.m.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/jan08/espnu010808.html

Photos highlight child slavery
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
Photographs taken by UNC Chapel Hill senior Angela Harper, telling the stories of child slaves in Ghana, will be exhibited through Feb. 25 in the FedEx Global Education Center at UNC. ...Harper, an international studies and sociology major from Raleigh, took the pictures last summer while working for APPLE, the Association of People for Practice Life Education.
UNC News Brief: http://www.unc.edu/news/briefs/2008/010708.html

FFHS takes first step in global relationship
The Outer Banks Sentinel (Nags Head)
During First Flight High School Principal Arty Tillett and English teacher Jane Shipman's trip to Wuxi, China, they learned an abundance of information about Meicun Senior Middle School, the Chinese culture and the future of the partnership formed through the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill program, the Center for International Understanding.

Issues & Trends

SAT scores fall at NCCU
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The average SAT score for freshmen at N.C. Central University last fall was 842 -- an 18-point drop from the prior year and the largest decrease among UNC-system campuses. ...At UNC-Chapel Hill, the average topped 1,300 for the first time, hitting 1,302.

House has history
The Chapel Hill News
The film that brought Chapel Hill's Edward Kidder Graham house to the big screen was not an Academy Award contender, to put it mildly. ...The sorority house, in reality the Battle Lane house built by former UNC president Edward Kidder Graham, is in danger of being torn down.