Carolina in the News Carolina in the News: Wednesday, March 26, 2008
| Carolina in the News: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 |
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| Wednesday, March 26, 2008 | |
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Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina people and programs cited recently in the media: International Coverage Oriental Morning Post (Shanghai, China) In a feature report on airport construction, John Kasarda of the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill commented on the current wave of airport expansion and the role of airports as centers of competition for countries all over the world. National Coverage What Types Of Exercises Are Best To Prevent Heart Disease? ABC News Online Sidney C. Smith Jr., M.D., professor of medicine and director of the Center for Cardiovascular Science and Medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill answered questions online. New procedure may offer fibroid option McClatchy News Women with noncancerous tumors that cause pain and profuse bleeding are beginning to seek out a new, nonsurgical treatment that may spare them from having a hysterectomy. ... John Steege, an obstetrician at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, said the procedure would benefit a subset of patients -- women past childbearing age, whose fibroids are in certain parts of the uterus, and who have few tumors. Regional Coverage Munchies from milk? The Journal Star (Peoria, Ill.) There is no hallucinatory effect from hemp milk and it's legal, but the nutritional breakdown of this relatively new product is almost mind boggling. ... Dr. Amy Lanou, assistant professor at the University of North Carolina and senior nutritionist with the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, said cow's milk is not superior to plant-based milks. State and Local Coverage Biggest Scare Factor in Business Today? Keeping Competitive Edge, UNC Professor Says WRAL-TV (CBS; Raleigh) In this Internet age and in a world flattened by global competition, UNC Professor Jay Swaminathan sees a future in which companies will have to fight harder than ever to keep their edge. UNC Kenan-Flager Team Makes Ericsson/Boston University Business Case Finals WRAL-TV (CBS; Raleigh) A team of four MBA students from the Kenan-Flagler Business School at UNC-Chapel Hill is among the 16 finalists in the third annual International Tech Strategy Business Case Competition. Closed search for leaders not the norm (Editorial) The Chapel Hill Herald If you include the roll call, the entire open session of the UNC Chancellor Search Committee meeting Tuesday lasted perhaps 90 seconds. When the roll call was done, committee Chairman Nelson Schwab noted, "I have really no comment in open session," and then the committee retired to, of course, closed session. Danger lurks in early births The News & Observer (Raleigh) Children who are born prematurely are at increased risk of death well past the toddler years, and are significantly less likely to have children of their own. ... "We have many more survivors but we have many more survivors with some degree of health problems," said Dr. Kate Veness-Meehan, a neonatologist at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill who was not involved in the study. Therapy could replace medicine The Chapel Hill News Elizabeth Moore, 68, used to shave her head every year. A Zen priest who lives at the Zen Center in Chapel Hill, Moore did the ritual as a form of self sacrifice -- a Buddhist way of renouncing material pursuits. ... "Deep brain stimulation is all about quality of life," said Dr. Eldad Hadar, Moore's neurosurgeon at UNC Hospitals. UNC to test siren system today The Chapel Hill Herald UNC will test new emergency sirens today between 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. The test will focus on sirens that would be used in case of a life-threatening emergency such as an armed and dangerous person on or near campus, a major chemical spill or a tornado sighting. People outside campus may hear the sirens as well. Related Links: http://www.chapelhillnews.com/news/story/13499.html http://news14.com/content/top_stories/594227/ unc-to-test-emergency-siren-system/Default.aspx UNC News Release: http://uncnews.unc.edu/news/students/ university-to-test-sirens-march-26-to-launch-alert-carolina.html Nobel winner gives winnings to 4 schools The Daily Tar Heel UNC's Nobel Prize-winning professor has decided to give part of his award back to the institutions where he worked and studied. Oliver Smithies, a professor of pathology and laboratory medicine at UNC, and his colleagues, Mario Capecchi of the University of Utah and Sir Martin Evans of Cardiff University, were awarded a prize of about $1.6 million. Global village offers tastes of the world The News & Observer (Raleigh) Music, street performers and ethnic foods will enliven a global village Thursday at the FedEx Global Education Center at UNC-Chapel Hill. From 5 to 8 p.m., the atrium of the center, at McCauley and Pittsboro streets, will be transformed into a village with markets like those common in Africa, Europe, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean. Related Link: http://www.chapelhillnews.com/news/story/13504.html UNC Event Brief: http://uncnews.unc.edu/news/campus-and-community/ global-center-to-create-open-air-market-thursday-march-27.html UNC to present symposium on Civil War The Chapel Hill News Scholars and authors from as far away as England and as close as Chapel Hill will discuss aspects of the Civil War in a free public symposium Saturday, March 29, at UNC. UNC Event Brief: http://uncnews.unc.edu/news/campus-and-community/ unc-to-host-civil-war-symposium.html Moeser meets students for his last open house The Daily Tar Heel Students walking into the fishbowl lounge of the Student Union Tuesday afternoon got to see Chancellor James Moeser assist a rock band with his piano skills. Moeser kicked off his last open house Tuesday by using his mastery in the musical arts to perform with the local student band The Friday Afternoon Jam. Etheridge: Board tourism decisions may violate law The Daily Advance (Elizabeth City) When Currituck commissioners voted to spend $1.55 million on the new Moyock welcome center, did they do so as the county's commission board or as its Tourism Development Authority? ... David M. Lawrence, a professor of public law and government at the University of North Carolina's Institute of Government in Chapel Hill, said in most counties, someone other than the board of commissioners sits as the tourism authority. Former N&R managing editor named to public records panel The News & Record (Greensboro) A former managing editor of the News & Record is among the people Gov. Mike Easley has named to a panel that will review policies concerning the retention of e-mail messages under North Carolina's public records law. ... Ferrel Guillory, the founder of the Program on Public Life and a member of the faculty of the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Journalism and Mass Communication, was previously named to the panel. Issues and Trends College-Town Record Stores Shuttering The Associated Press You need a college, of course, but that's not the only ingredient in a good college town. ... A few years ago on just one block of Chapel Hill's Franklin Street, the main drag in what's been called America's ideal college town, four or five such places catered both to locals and University of North Carolina students. Related Link: http://www.chapelhillnews.com/news/story/13501.html Is This Biotech-Pharma Hotbed Due to Cool? The Wall Street Journal A gleaming 10-story headquarters for Quintiles Transnational Corp., scheduled to be completed this year in North Carolina's Research Triangle, will be the latest addition to the hotbed of biotechs and pharmaceuticals. ... Jon Bell, a principal at Steven D. Bell & Co., generally favors the apartment sector nationwide but also likes the Triangle's wealth of universities, such as Duke University and the University of North Carolina, which attract young people and help stoke apartment demand. Probation officer never met Lovette The News & Observer (Raleigh) The probation officer in charge of keeping track of Laurence Alvin Lovette never met with the teenager, according to probation records. Officer Chalita N. Thomas, pulled off the case in early March because of a drunken-driving charge, went by Lovette's mother's home in Durham once in late February, according to the probation records, but he was not there. Related Links: http://www.newsobserver.com/opinion/editorials/story/1013344.html http://www.chapelhillnews.com/opinion/letters/story/13519.html http://www.wral.com/news/news_briefs/story/2629419/ Groups create sex assault guidelines The Chapel Hill Herald To make sure each and every victim of a sexual assault receives the best and most consistent care -- whether from a nurse, crisis counselor, police officer, investigator or the district attorney -- members of the Orange County Sexual Assault Response Team have created a set of extensive guidelines that details each person's duties and responsibilities to the victim and each other. ... The team consists of 15 groups, including the police departments of Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Hillsborough, UNC and UNC Hospitals ... |