Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina people and programs cited recently in the media:
National Coverage Game Day Forecast
The Weather Channel
Meteorologist Adam Berg started a special segment today highlighting Carolina as part of weather forecasts for the UNC-Duke football game. Student Body President Jasmine Jones appeared live with Berg today and Chancellor Thorp will be interviewed tomorrow at 9:40 a.m. The network launched the “Game Day Forecast” feature this year and that has included live reports from places like Georgia Tech, Florida State, Penn State, Notre Dame and Florida. Rare Disease Treated Using Gene Therapy
NPR
Researchers in France have successfully treated two young boys with a rare but fatal genetic disease. This marks a high point for the field of gene therapy after several well-publicized setbacks. ...Other researchers are impressed with the French team's results. Jude Samulski, director of the gene therapy center at the University of North Carolina, says it should change the way ALD is treated. "It's going to start a flurry of activity," says Samulski. Even though it's a rare disease, he says that at the University of North Carolina, they see a lot of kids with the disease. "And now that we know there's an approach that might work, we'll start trying it. Because if they can't get a bone marrow transplant, they've got nothing."
State and Local Coverage UNC heart research center renamed for alumnus
News 14 Carolina
A new center at UNC Chapel Hill could provide research to find a cure for one of North Carolina's deadliest diseases. State and university leaders officially opened the UNC McAllister Heart Institute Wednesday. A $7 million donation from Dr. Chip McAllister made the facility for cardiovascular research possible. UNC Chapel Hill researchers say 2.5 million North Carolina adults suffer from some type of heart or vascular disease. They say cardiovascular diseases kill about 21,000 people in our state each year.
UNC Release: http://www.med.unc.edu/www/news/dedication-of-the-unc-mcallister-heart-institute-marks-new-era-in-heart-research/ Duke, UNC get research boosts
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
The federal stimulus program launched by President Obama and the Congress earlier this year had many aspects. ... The flood of money has been concentrated. Over about the past six months, researchers at Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have garnered nearly a quarter-billion dollars for more than 500 research projects. To put that in some context, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Congress passed last February -- the stimulus package -- earmarked $15 billion for scientific research.
UNC bringing back homecoming parade
The Chapel Hill Herald/The Herald-Sun (Durham)
The UNC Homecoming Parade, which apparently wandered off course 16 years ago, will be returning Saturday to downtown Chapel Hill. It’s been a while since the streets have been filled with marching bands, floats, flashy cars and bouncing cheerleaders, but UNC Student Body President Jasmine Jones decided she wanted the parade to come back to Chapel Hill and set about reviving the tradition.
In seeming reversal, UNC-CH welcomes clash of ideas (Guest Columnist)
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
Last April, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill appeared to the nation as an affront to freedom and civil society. YouTube videos showed an angry crowd of protesters overcrowding a small lecture hall to shout down former U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo, calling him a racist for his stance against illegal immigration, and chasing him from the podium. ... Yet half a year later, Chapel Hill seems more like a shining beacon of free speech than a repressive state imposing an extreme version of political correctness. In a recent two-week period, student groups and faculty supporters of free speech brought to campus a veritable feast of alternative views.
Coach Williams' New Book Released
WCHL 1360-AM (Chapel Hill)
Roy Williams admits he owes a debt of gratitude for his new autobiography to co-author Tim Crothers, who helped shoulder the load of writing it. The book is entitled “Hard Work: My Life On and Off the Court,” and it came out Tuesday. Coach Williams had been approached to write a book before, but he said Crothers and UNC Sports Information Director Steve Kirschner had convinced him that the time was finally right.
UNC Release: http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/3044/107/ E.R. can be a good place for teaching
The Chapel Hill Herald
Patients fill the exam rooms and line the halls of the UNC Hospitals Emergency Department, or E.R., as most people call it. It's about 3 a.m. on a Friday morning. Ben Leacock, a third-year chief resident in emergency medicine, hasn't taken a break yet, even though it's halfway through the night shift. ... "We do a lot of education here," says Dr. Janet Young, assistant professor of emergency medicine at UNC. Most patients have little health knowledge, so E.R. doctors must explain what symptoms, tests and diagnoses mean.
Issues and Trends Rand leaving N.C. Senate for parole board
Charlotte Business Journal
Sen. Tony Rand, an 11-term veteran of the N.C. Senate and one of the most powerful politicians in the state, is leaving the General Assembly to assume an appointment by Gov. Beverly Perdue. Rand, a Fayetteville Democrat, will become head of the Post-Release Supervision and Parole Commission, Gov. Perdue’s office said.
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http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local_state/story/175629.html
http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2009/nov/06/regional-briefs/
http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/local&id=7103075
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