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

National Coverage

AIDS specialists release "road-map" for HIV cure
The Associated Press
...One new attempt uses drugs to wake up the dormant HIV so the immune system can spot and attack it, what Deeks called the "shock and kill approach." Last spring, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, researchers reported that a drug normally used for lymphoma made some latent HIV rapidly detectable in six patients. Deeks has a similar study under way using an old anti-alcoholism drug.

Science sets its sights again on an AIDS cure
USA Today
... "The burden of treating millions of people for 40, 50, 60 years is unbearable, untenable," says David Margolis, a professor at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and a member of the International AIDS Society, which on Thursday released its strategy for a cure. "The cure agenda needs to be put forward in a serious way."

Sepsis: How Doctors Miss Signs of Dangerous Infection
ABC News
..."It's hard to apply sepsis criteria mentioned in there to pediatric patients," says Dr. Abhi Mehrotra of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. "Vital sign criteria are age-appropriate. It's difficult to take criteria out of the clinical population in which they were developed and apply them to another."

Libor Scandal Shows Many Flaws in Rate-Setting
New York Times
... Now, regulators and investors are questioning whether the benchmark should play any role in determining borrowing costs. Top central bankers will meet in September to discuss potential reforms. “Why continue with something you know has a substantial amount of wiggle room?” said Alexander T. Arapoglou, a professor at University of North Carolina’s business school. “It is just opinions that people could disagree with or manipulate.”

UNC Courts Its MBA Alumni to Go Back to School Online
US News and World Report
B-school may be out for the summer, but the latest foray in alumni outreach—what administrators call "lifelong learning"—is one business school's advice to its graduates: Go back to school online. Officials at the University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill's Kenan-Flagler Business School, home of the online MBA@UNC program, are telling alumni that re-enrolling in paid, for-credit online MBA courses can help them remain current in their fields.

HOUSECALL FOR HEALTH: TREATING EGG ALLERGIES WITH… EGGS
Fox News Radio
For kids with egg allergies, the answer may be eating eggs. That’s right, a major study from the University of North Carolina found that children who are allergic to eggs may get relief by eating small, increasing doses of egg protein called oral immunotherapy.

Regional Coverage

Serious injury hasn't curbed Kelso teen's passion for competitive cheer
The Daily News Online (Longview, WA)
...That same year, a 25-year study by the National Center for Catastrophic Sports Injury Research at the University of North Carolina concluded that cheer is by far the most dangerous female sport, accounting for 65 percent of catastrophic injuries among female high school athletes.

State and Local Coverage

UNC Students Spend Summer "Kicking 4 Hunger"
WNCT-TV (CBS/Greenville)
While many college students are spending the summer working, vacationing or taking summer classes, a group of students from UNC Chapel Hill decided to spend part of the summer making a difference in communities across the state. Kicking 4 Hunger may look like just another youth soccer camp, but a closer look shows its for a great cause. The camp is run by a group of students from UNC and provides free instruction in exchange for a canned good.

UNC research guides improvements to floodplain management planning
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
A comprehensive evaluation by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will help communities develop better floodplain management plans and reduce flood insurance premiums. Based on the UNC study, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will implement changes that its National Flood Insurance Program will use to rate communities’ preparedness in 2013.

Archaeologists make big discovery in Galilee
The Chapel Hill Herald
Portions of a stunning mosaic floor decorating the interior of a synagogue dating back to the late Roman and Byzantine periods recently were discovered by UNC staff and students during excavations in an ancient Jewish village in Israel’s Galilee.
UNC Release: http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/5411/107/

Kenan Institute appoints new director
The Chapel Hill Herald
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise has appointed Joseph M. DeSimone as its new director. DeSimone is the Chancellor’s Eminent Professor of Chemistry at UNC and William R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering at N.C. State University and of Chemistry at UNC.

UNC Hospitals honored for quality, safety, patient care
The Chapel Hill Herald
UNC Hospitals was among four U.S. hospitals recognized Thursday for quality care and patient safety by the American Hospital Association (AHA). The hospital was honored as a finalist for the coveted American Hospital Association-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize, which recognizes health care organizations committed to creating a culture of quality patient care and developing successful approaches to quality improvements.

UNC panel begins review of academic fraud case
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
A five-member UNC Board of Governors panel began its review Friday of UNC-Chapel Hill’s investigation of academic fraud in the African and Afro-American Studies department. The panel is expected to meet much of the day Friday in what could be a lengthy review of how no-show classes and courses heavily attended by athletes.
Related Link: http://www.wral.com/news/news_briefs/story/11335704/

Judge: Decision will come later on UNC football records
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
State Superior Court Judge Howard Manning reserved decision Thursday in a public records battle related to the lengthy NCAA investigation into UNC-Chapel Hill's football program.
Related Links: http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/07/19/2208614/judges-ruling-on-unc-documents.html
http://www.herald-sun.com/view/full_story/19461288/article-Lawyers-battle-over-release-of-UNC-records?
http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/07/20/2208481/documents-go-through-the-laundry.html

UNC star Nicks ineligible during 2008 season, records show
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Hakeem Nicks, one of the all-time great football players at UNC-Chapel Hill, played his final season in 2008 while ineligible to be on the field, the university acknowledged Thursday.

Issues and Trends

A new plan ahead for Research Triangle Park
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
Research Triangle Park was founded in 1959, in a groundbreaking public-private partnership that brought global companies to our patch of North Carolina soil. Today, Research Triangle Park is host to more than 170 companies on 7,000 acres. Eighty percent of Research Triangle Park is located in Durham County.