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

International Coverage

Even a brisk daily walk can cut the risk of breast cancer
The Daily Mail (United Kingdom)
Light exercise - such as taking a stroll through the park - could reduce the risk of breast cancer, researchers say. ... Dr Lauren McCullough, of the University of North Carolina, looked for a link between recreational physical activity, done at different time points in life, and the risk of developing breast cancer.
UNC Release: http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/5401/71/

Women say weight negatively impacts their lives
The Times of India
... According to researchers from the University of North Carolina, little is known about the disordered eating behaviors among the 53 million U.S. women over age 50, and so they tried to find out. "An unfortunate assumption is that they 'grow out of' body dissatisfaction and eating disorders, but no one has really bothered to ask," the LA Times quoted lead researcher Cynthia Bulik, director of the University of North Caolina Eating Disorders Program, as saying in a statement.
UNC Release: http://news.unchealthcare.org/news/2012/june/eating-disorder-behaviors-and-weight-concerns-are-common-in-women-over-50
Related Link: http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2012/06/22/Older-women-can-have-eating-disorders/UPI-51391340423843/

MBA at UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School
The Times of India
James W Dean Jr, dean of University of North Carolina's Kenan-Flagler Business School, talks to Shashank Venkat about the institute's management programmes and inaugural global business consulting projects in India.

National Coverage

Breast cancer risk reduced 30 percent in women who exercise 10 hours per week
CBS News
Women may significantly reduce their risk for breast cancer by exercising a couple hours each day, a new study finds. The study found that even mild physical activity like walking reduced risk for the disease that strikes 227,000 new women each year. For the study, researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill compared 1,500 women with breast cancer to more than 1,550 women without breast cancer who were part of the ongoing "Long Island Breast Cancer Study Project" that looked at environmental causes of the disease.
UNC Release: http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/5401/71/
Related Links: http://healthland.time.com/2012/06/25/regular-exercise-may-lower-breast-cancer-risk/
http://health.usnews.com/health-news/articles/2012/06/25/health-buzz-exercise-may-lower-breast-cancer-risk
http://www.newsday.com/news/health/even-moderate-exercise-might-cut-breast-cancer-risk-study-1.3803207

Apple’s Retail Army, Long on Loyalty but Short on Pay
The New York Times
... “In the service sector, companies provide a little bit of training and hope their employees leave after a few years,” says Arne L. Kalleberg, a professor of sociology at the University of North Carolina. “Especially now, given the number of college kids willing to work for low wages.”

Injustice, in Kodachrome (Column)
The New York Times
On Feb. 19, 1942, two months after Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an executive order that the United States military used to remove every person of Japanese ancestry from the West Coast. (Bill Manbo (1908-92) was an amateur photographer. Eric L. Muller, a law professor at the University of North Carolina, has written two books on World War II and Japanese-Americans.)

Many older women say their weight has negative effect on their lives
The Los Angeles Times
... The study notes that little is known about the disordered eating behaviors among the 53 million U.S. women over age 50, so researchers from the University of North Carolina tried to find out. “An unfortunate assumption is that they ‘grow out of’ body dissatisfaction and eating disorders, but no one has really bothered to ask,” lead researcher Cynthia Bulik, director of the University of North Carolina Eating Disorders Program, said in a statement.
UNC Release: http://news.unchealthcare.org/news/2012/june/eating-disorder-behaviors-and-weight-concerns-are-common-in-women-over-50

Regional Coverage

Supersized servings a big concern
The Boston Globe
...We now eat nearly 300 more calories per day today than 30 years ago — about half of those calories come from sugary drinks and another quarter from portion size increases, said Barry Popkin, a professor of nutrition at the University of North Carolina.

State and Local Coverage

Report: Even mild exercise may reduce breast cancer risk
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
A new analysis done by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers has found that physical activity – either mild or intense and before or after menopause – may reduce breast cancer risk, but substantial weight gain may negate these benefits.

Water on our minds (Opinion)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
With all the other problems the world is facing, it might seem strange to some that UNC-Chapel Hill recently selected water for its first pan-university research and teaching theme. For the next two years students, faculty and staff from all over campus will be exploring various and sundry issues relating to H20 here, there, and everywhere whether in the present, future or past. (Peter A. Coclanis is Albert R. Newsome distinguished professor of history and director of the Global Research Institute at UNC-Chapel Hill.

UNC gets $10 million for autism program
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
According to a recent report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one in 88 American children has an autism spectrum disorder. And an increasing number of those children are going to high school. A five-year, $10 million grant awarded to UNC Chapel Hill’s Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute last week will help researchers design specific programs for those students.
UNC Release: http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/5392/107/
Related Link: http://www.chapelboro.com/pages/13534998.php?

UNC: Eating disorder common among women aged 50+
Triangle Business Journal
A study done by the Eating Disorders program at the University of North Carolina's School of Medicine, shows older women aged more than 50 years may have eating disorder problem that is more common than originally thought.
UNC Release: http://news.unchealthcare.org/news/2012/june/eating-disorder-behaviors-and-weight-concerns-are-common-in-women-over-50

Southern Tick Associated Rash Illness (Letter to the Editor)
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
A reader responded to a recent column about Lyme Disease with a comment about the so-called "Bull's Eye" rash associated with Lyme disease having another cause-- an illness called STARI (for Southern Tick Associated Rash Illness, also called Master's Disease. ... Marcia E. Herman-Giddens, PA, DrPH School of Public Health, UNC Chapel Hill

ASK about guns (Letter to the Editor)
The Chapel Hill Herald
June 21 was National ASK (Asking Saves Kids) Day. This annual campaign sponsored by The Center to Prevent Youth Violence educates us about the importance of asking if there are guns in the homes where our children play. ...Kristen Rogers, MD UNC pediatrics resident.

Issues and Trends

Student Aid Survives Another Year
Inside Higher Ed
The multiyear saga of dwindling state budgets has shown no sign of changing course, yet states still awarded about 2.5 percent more financial aid to students in 2010-11 than they did the previous year, according to a report released today. The National Association of State Student Grant and Aid Programs annually examines how states have distributed financial aid to students. This year’s report, which looks at the 2010-11 academic year, found that states provided about $11 billion in aid that year, up from $10.8 billion the previous year.

Question in U-Va. tumult: What should premier public universities be?
The Washington Post
In 1819, after heavy lobbying by Thomas Jefferson, Virginia’s General Assembly established the state university in Charlottesville, agreeing to spend public dollars because giving young men knowledge and skills would improve the economy for all Virginians.