Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina people and programs cited recently in the media: International Coverage Autistic brains "organised differently"
The Journal (Edinburgh, Scotland)
...Autism is found within the Autism Spectrum Disorder, which includes a wide range of disorders associated with social problems and specific behaviours. Asperger’s Syndrome is also a spectrum disorder. Last month, a study run at the University of North Carolina linked autism spectrum disorders to a single protein. When tested on mice, it was found that the protein Shank3 stopped effective communication between the brain cells and resulted in behaviours associated with autism. 5 reasons men shouldn't blow off going to the doctor
The Daily Times (Pakistan)
...The deadliest form of the disease is melanoma, a cancer of the skin's pigment-producing cells that kills almost 8,000 people each year. One in 39 men (versus 1 in 58 women) will eventually develop melanoma, but don't fret. "Early detection can be difficult with other organs in the body, but not so with the skin," says Adnan Nasir, MD, a clinical professor of dermatology at the University of North Carolina. National Coverage Cities build airport cities -- 'aerotropolises' -- for growth
USA Today
..."We need to treat airports and airlines as key infrastructure to compete in a global economy," says John Kasarda, a University of North Carolina professor who is largely credited with coining the term "aerotropolis" and is pushing for the idea once again with a new book released in March, aerotropolis: The Way We'll Live Next. "It might take 50 years. But we must do that, or we're going to fall behind in competition to India, China and Brazil." Online Education May Transform Higher Ed
U.S. News & World Report
...Though wholly online programs generally target nontraditional students, established institutions that are populated by traditional, high-achieving students are starting to embrace the technology. The University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill and the University of Southern California are among the highly regarded schools that have recently adopted online-centric programs. Autism Now: Dr. Sally Rogers Extended Interview
PBS NewsHour
...I'm in a project with Sam Odom at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where we're doing exactly that, developing Internet-based materials for teachers and early interventionists so they can access the most up-to-date information and increase the power of their education and intervention to get these kinds of effects for children in the public school domain. Carolina's Students Get Educated
The Wall Street Journal
College basketball doesn't get any more glamorous than it does at North Carolina, a school that boasts one of the sport's most prestigious programs. On this campus, the basketball players are lords of the manor. But this spring, Carolina's men's team has started a new tradition, one that stands in sharp contrast to the booming prominence of the sport. Since they bowed out in the NCAA Tournament's Elite Eight last month, the players have been killing time before finals exams by showing up at outdoor courts at campus dormitories to play five-on-five pick-up games with students—just for fun. Why Did Huge Oil Plumes Form After the Gulf Spill?
National Geographic
..."Oil and water don't naturally mix," said Richard McLaughlin, an applied mathematician at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. What happened is that the dispersants broke the oil into micro-droplets that merged with the deep-sea water, then rose slowly, said McLaughlin, who was researching ocean-mixing problems like these well before the Gulf oil spill. To Give Clearer Picture of Achievement, University Adds More Data to Student Transcripts
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Starting next fall, transcripts at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will include information about the median grade in each course a student takes, along with students' rankings by percentile against their peers in every class. The move to adopt "contextualized transcripts" was approved a year ago by the university's Faculty Council. On Friday, the council approved additional legislation that defines what data will appear on the new transcripts. State and Local Coverage Cuts to system disproportionate (Letter to the Editor)
The Chapel Hill News
...At Carolina, state dollars primarily support undergraduate instruction, so absorbing permanent cuts of this magnitude - more than $75 million - would mean long-term damage to how faculty can teach students. The cuts would also require reducing the number of course sections we can offer and increasing the size of classes for our students. (Holden Thorp, Chancellor, UNC-Chapel Hill) 'Voice of the Tar Heels' signs off
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The Tar Heels' radio voice for the past 40 years is going silent. Woody Durham, the man behind the microphone for more than 1,800 of the University of North Carolina's basketball and football games - including 13 Final Fours and 23 football bowl games - is retiring, the school announced Tuesday night.
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http://www.news-record.com/content/2011/04/19/article/hardin_voice_of_tar_heels_to_go_silent
http://www.heraldsun.com/view/full_story_sports/12854384/article-Woody-Durham-
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http://tarheelblue.cstv.com/genrel/041911aad.html Cabarrus schools reach out to autistic children
The Charlotte Observer
...TEACCH is a program developed at UNC Chapel Hill specifically for autistic children. The approach focuses on a variety of instructional and student-management methods, with the goal of increasing self-sufficiency, communication skills, independence and socially adaptive behavior. Charlotte Marine finds peace through charity in Kenya
WCNC-TV (NBC/Charlotte)
The journey of a college student from North Carolina to Africa has generated an impressive charity in one of the poorest places on earth. "When you just take a short glimpse at a place like Kibera, it's very difficult for it not to be overwhelming," said Rye Barcott, founder of Carolina for Kibera. For state streams, restoration just starts the costs
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
...A recent UNC-Chapel Hill study looked at how construction affected a restored section of Ellerbe Creek running through Durham's Northgate Park. The study found that the project sent a large amount of sediment into the channel that was pushed downstream as storms hit. Ellerbe Creek is one of the Triangle's most polluted streams. It feeds Falls Lake, which is already troubled by too much sediment. Falls Lake is Raleigh's primary water supply. When wetland projects pollute
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Developers and government regulators say it would be too expensive to significantly monitor the long-term results of stream restoration projects. But researchers monitoring one wetlands restoration project have found that the projects can have unintended consequences. Since 2005, Duke professor Emily Bernhardt's team and Martin Doyle, a professor from UNC-Chapel Hill, have been testing the effects of a private wetland restoration in Tyrrell County. The 440-acre site sits on former farmland that was ditched and drained to grow corn and soybeans. N.C., too, could catch the wave (Opinion-Editorial Column)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The Japanese government has now classified the Fukushima nuclear accident as a category 7 disaster. That is the highest in the scale of the International Atomic Energy Agency and places Fukushima on the same level of seriousness as Chernobyl. (John J.W. Rogers is retired as the William R. Kenan Jr. professor of geology at UNC-Chapel Hill.) Celebrating Burmese new year with a splash
The Chapel Hill News
...Abbey Court is home to many Mexicans and Burmese. In the latter culture, people welcome the new year with a "respectful sprinkling of water to cleanse friends and family members as the Buddhist deity Tha Gyar Min descends to grade each person for the past year," according to a story in the New York Times. ..."This is our version of the Burmese Water Festival," UNC sociology professor Judith Blau said. "But it's a mixture of Burmese, Latino and American." Wendell undergrad honored at UNC
The Eastern Wake News
David Thomas Horton, of Wendell, was one of 67 University of North Carolina students honored April 12 at the annual chancellor's awards ceremony. The students were honored with awards for academic achievement and leadership activities and are considered the brightest and most dedicated students at UNC. Diet can affect the planet's health (Column)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
You may be a pro at checking the nutrient facts labels on the foods you eat. You may be in the habit of looking at the ingredient lists, too. If so, great. And someday soon, you may be adding another factor to your food decisions: You'll be checking your carbon "food-print." (Suzanne Havala Hobbs is a registered dietitian and a clinical associate professor in the department of health policy and administration in the Gillings School of Global Public Health at UNC-Chapel Hill.) Judge rules against UNC in N&O lawsuit
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill withheld documents that should have been provided to The News & Observer in response to an open-records lawsuit filed by a consortium of media groups led by The N&O and The Charlotte Observer against the university, Wake County Superior Court Judge Howard Manning ruled today.
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http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2011/04/20/qt
http://www.wralsportsfan.com/unc/story/9467815/ Bonnie Yankaskas to keep leading study after settling with UNC
The Chapel Hill Herald
A prominent UNC cancer researcher will remain in charge of a breast cancer study after settling her disagreement with the university over a demotion and pay cut following a major security breach that put personal information of about 180,000 people at risk. Student charged in fake assault report
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
A UNC-Chapel Hill freshman who claimed an unknown man burned his wrist and called him an anti-gay slur has been charged with filing a false report. Quinn Matney, 19, of Asheville, was cited on the misdemeanor charge Friday, according to a police report. Issues and Trends State workers' premiums in talks
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
State House Republican leaders and state employee groups are negotiating a compromise that could spare workers from having to pay health insurance premiums. Lacking the votes to override Gov. Bev Perdue's veto from last week, as the Senate did Thursday, the House on Tuesday fashioned a compromise bill that instructs the state treasurer to find savings to keep premiums as low as possible. That bill sped through two committee meetings and tentatively passed along mostly party lines in a 61 to 54 House floor vote. 3-state compact for offshore energy in N.C. bill
The Associated Press
North Carolina's Democratic governor would be directed to enter a three-state compact to seek energy production and exploration in offshore waters in a bill being rolled out by Senate Republicans. The proposed "Energy Jobs Act" also would set aside potential royalties from oil or natural gas production for things such as road-building, the University of North Carolina and community college systems and coastal conservation. The bill's sponsors scheduled a news conference Wednesday to discuss the measure.
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