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

International Coverage

Red meat raises risk of all kinds of death
Reuters (Wire Service)
People who eat the most red meat and the most processed meat have the highest overall risk of death from all causes, including heart disease and cancer, U.S. researchers reported on Monday. ...Barry Popkin, an expert in nutrition and economics at the University of North Carolina, said the study was unusually thorough and careful.

National Coverage

The Growing Case Against Red Meat
Time Magazine
In more news that has steak lovers feeling deflated, a study published in this week's issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine finds that people who indulge in high amounts of red meat and processed meats, including steak, bacon, sausage and cold cuts, have an increased risk of death from cancer and heart disease. ...Dr. Barry Popkin, a nutrition epidemiologist and economist who directs the interdisciplinary obesity program at the University of North Carolina, would use a term other than Sinha's "modest."

Study Links Red Meat To Cancer, Heart Disease
"All Things Considered" National Public Radio
Eating lots of red meat increases the chances of dying prematurely of cancer and heart disease. Previous research had found a link between red meat and an increased risk of heart disease and cancer. ...But Barry Popkin, director of the obesity center at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, believes the findings are still significant. "It's a lot of deaths you save if you go from eating a Whopper once a day to once a week instead," he says.

Expert says Reid, Ensign likely didn't break rules
The Associated Press
Harry Reid's clout as Senate majority leader makes it important that he explain and justify the calls he made to banks on behalf of a large casino company seeking loans, an ethics expert said Tuesday. ...Douglas MacLean, a philosophy professor at the University of North Carolina, said it's hard to make a judgment about the appropriateness of the calls without being privy to the words used and the tone.

Internship Hiring Is Tanking
Business Week
...Internship hiring at the MBA level is hurting as well. Admissions directors at many schools say companies are scaling back, forcing schools to reach out more aggressively to corporate contacts and alumni. At the University of North Carolina's Kenan-Flagler School of Business, the staff of the MBA Career Management Center act as consultants, working with companies to create internships for MBA students. "Turning into a consulting organization has been much, much better received than we could have thought," says Jeff Fisher, the center's director.

Regional Coverage

Is your job killing you? How work influences longevity
Newsday (Long Island, N.Y.)
In an attempt to live longer and protect against health problems, you may have given up trans fats, started to monitor your cholesterol, or learned to work the elliptical trainer at the gym. But there's increasing evidence that another factor may be just as important: your job. ...Our work is intricately tied up with our well being, says Nortin Hadler, a professor of medicine and microbiology and immunology at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and an attending rheumatologist at that university's hospitals.

Treasury’s New Plan Stirs Markets, Draws Variety of Predictions (Blog)
Kansas City InfoZine.com
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner hurtled past criticisms calling for his resignation Monday and put forth the government's plan to revive credit and housing markets. ...Edward Van Wesep, assistant professor of finance at the University of North Carolina, said the Treasury Department's announcements are a "selective way of describing what happens. ... The government would be bearing most of the downside losses. Taxpayers lose more in downside, but share in upside."

State and Local Coverage

Public to see Carolina North's final fiscal impact report
The Chapel Hill Herald
The consultants who prepared the fiscal impact analysis for Carolina North will present their final report to the public on Tuesday at UNC. The fiscal impact study looks at how the research and academic campus of Carolina North, to be built off Martin Luther King Boulevard 2 miles north of the main campus, might affect Carrboro, Chapel Hill and Orange County under two different development scenarios.
UNC News Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/news/campus-and-community/consultants-to-present
-carolina-north-fiscal-impact-analysis-final-report-march-31.html

Arts series announces acts for new season
The Herald-Sun (Durham)/The Chapel Hill Herald
Jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins, Indian sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar with his daughter, Anoushka, and Brazilian singer-songwriter Gilberto Gil will be among the featured artists during the Carolina Performing Arts series 2009-2010 season at UNC's Memorial Hall.
Related Links:
http://triangle.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2009/03/23/daily24.html?surround=lfn
http://www.wchl1360.com/details.html?id=9860
UNC News Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/2346/107/

Rollins to headline Carolina Performing Arts' 2009-2010 season
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
When saxophonist Sonny Rollins last played UNC's Memorial Hall in 2001, he joked about not buying too many bananas at his age. Rollins, 70 at the time, made that self-deprecating quip just before what was intended to be the final piece of the night. ...Rollins, an elder statesman of jazz and considered one of the most inventive improvisers ever, returns to Memorial Hall Sept. 22 as part of Carolina Performing Arts' 2009-2010 season.

He helped build RTP - and so much more
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Oh, the things Bill Little nurtured. Gardens. A wine collection. A far-flung army of thousands of chemists. WUNC public radio. The UNC-Chapel Hill chemistry department. The giant research institute RTI International. Research Triangle Park itself. William F. "Bill" Little, who died late last month at 79, will be remembered in a ceremony Friday, but the speeches are unlikely to cover everything that the gardener of people and institutions sank his hands into.
UNC News Brief:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/news/campus-and-community/family-friends-colleagues-and-
students-to-celebrate-visionary-professor-administrator.html
UNC News Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/news/campus-and-community/visionary-revered-former-
chemistry -professor-and-administrator-william-f.-little-dies.html

Jablonski To Step Down As Vice Chancellor
WCHL 1360-AM (Chapel Hill)
It wasn’t that long ago that Peggy Jablonski was singing the praises of her role as Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs. Jablonski said as much during a February edition of Who’s Talking Today with D.G. Martin. On Tuesday, Jablonski surprisingly announced her resignation as Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, effective in May 2010.

Pomegranate: Fresh is best (Column)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Bulbous bottles of pomegranate juice beckon from end-aisle displays in the supermarket. Pomegranate tea, sauces, supplements, pom-infused wine vinegar and a long line of other pom-ified products pop out at every turn, it seems. Restaurants are even serving pomegranate martinis. (Suzanne Havala Hobbs is a registered dietitian and a clinical assistant professor in the department of health policy and administration in the Gillings School of Global Public Health at UNC-Chapel Hill.)

UNC won't give free parking
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Holden Thorp has scrapped a plan to give free campus parking passes to former university trustees. ...The plan would have given former members free, all-access parking passes, a golden ticket of sorts on a congested campus. Such passes are designated for high-level administrators and would cost between $753 and $1,615 next year.
Related Link:
http://blogs.newsobserver.com/campusnotes/no-go-on-free-parking-for-former-unc-trustees

Free lecture on African diaspora
The Chapel Hill Herald
Anthony Bogues of Brown University will discuss "Reconceptualization of the African Diaspora: The End of Exodus? New Flows and Motions," on April 7 at UNC. The free public lecture will be at 7 p.m. at the Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History off South Road.
UNC News Brief:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/2338/107/

Seminar to foster green strategies
The Chapel Hill Herald
A May seminar from UNC Executive Development will be aimed at helping companies create green strategies and practices that will have a positive impact on the environment and their organizations' bottom line. "Becoming Green: Effective Strategies for You and Your Organization" will share ways that sustainable practices can make a positive social and environmental impact while fostering a wave of innovation to help companies grow.
UNC News Brief:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/2339/107/

Cancer survivors get help
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
UNC-Chapel Hill, in partnership with the YWCA of the Greater Triangle, will offer a free interactive workshop for breast cancer survivors Saturday from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The event will be at the YWCA at 554 E. Hargett St. in Raleigh. The Get Real & Heel Breast Cancer Program focuses on teaching participants to use exercise and recreation therapy to manage cancer treatment-related symptoms and to improve quality of life.

Charity golf event is set
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
The first annual Butch and Tammy Davis Tailgate Golf Tournament to benefit the SECU Family House at UNC Hospitals will take place April 24 at UNC Chapel Hill's Finley Golf Course. All proceeds from the tournament will benefit the house that provides affordable housing for patients undergoing treatment for critical illness or trauma. Butch Davis is UNC's head football coach.

Issues and Trends

UNC president pushing furloughs to save money
The Associated Press
University of North Carolina system President Erskine Bowles took his criticism of Gov. Beverly Perdue's budget proposal directly to state senators Tuesday, warning that up to 500 jobs would be eliminated and suggested furloughing workers would be a better option. Bowles sounded the most displeased in a line of state education leaders speaking to the chamber's chief budget-writing committee, concerned about the impact of more than $500 million in spending reductions at universities, community colleges and K-12 schools.

Bowles protests cuts, pushes for furloughs
News 14 Carolina
UNC System President Erskine Bowles says Gov. Bev Perdue's proposed budget cuts to the 16-campus system are too deep. He says he would rather have the option of furloughing employees to make up for the budget shortfall. ...To illustrate the effects of the cuts, Bowles said if he is forced to make the layoffs, he would have to reduce enrollment at UNC-Chapel Hill by the equivalent of an entire UNC-CH freshman class to maintain the student-to-faculty ratio. He says that's not an option.
Related Links:
http://www.ncnn.com/content/view/4142/26/
http://www.wral.com/news/state/story/4800576/
http://orange.mync.com/site/Orange/news/story/30369/unc-system-chief-vows-budget-fight/

Drug discount idea scuttled
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The state Senate passed a major fix for the State Health Plan on Tuesday that eliminates a competitive threat to independent pharmacists but puts taxpayers on the hook for $53 million more while raising premiums for the dependents of state workers, teachers and retirees. Pharmacists had stalled passage of the bill over concerns that deep discounts they would have been required to provide to belong to a new pharmacy network. component would drive them out of business.

Murdock on 'Oprah' this afternoon
The Independent Tribune (Kannapolis)
Dole Food Co. owner David Murdock will be on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" this afternoon, as part of an episode about longevity and nutrition. ...A production crew from "The Oprah Winfrey Show" was in Kannapolis March 1 to shoot interviews with researchers from UNC-Chapel Hill, Duke University and Appalachian State University for the episode.