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

National Coverage

Leaner, Meaner State U.
Inside Higher Ed
...Presenters from the University of California at Berkeley and San Francisco, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Emory University talked about how corporate-style analysis tools had helped administrators identify areas of the university’s administration to cut or information they could bring to decentralized decision makers to influence their conversations. “When you have that data and make it a part of the conversation, it changes the way people approach budgeting,” said Joe Templeton, a professor at UNC who helps lead Carolina Counts, the university’s institutional effectiveness initiative.

Families of Athletes to Sue Over Heat-Related Deaths
The New York Times
...In a period of less than 20 years, 40 high school football players have died from heat stroke, according to the National Center for Catastrophic Sport Injury Research at the University of North Carolina. The numbers have increased in the past decade, the center found.

Joseph DeSimone on being an inventor
EarthSky
Joseph DeSimone has applied his expertise in chemistry to a range of fields including green manufacturing, medical devices and nanomedicine over the course of his career. Dr. DeSimone is the Chancellor’s Eminent Professor of Chemistry at University of North Carolina and the William R. Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering at North Carolina State University.

State and Local Coverage

UNC Hospitals Rank In Top Three Of AHA Quest For Quality Prize
WCHL 1360-AM (Chapel Hill)
The American Hospital Association has ranked UNC Hospitals among the best in the nation for their quality, safety, and patient care. UNC Health Care News Director Jennifer James says UNC Hospitals was named a finalist for the AHA McKesson Quest for Quality Prize—one of only four hospitals in the country to receive that high of a distinction.

‘Carolina’ always on our mind (Column)
The Chapel Hill News
...James Taylor’s classic song has been popular throughout the country, but it means much more to North Carolinians. It is our unofficial state song and tied to our geography. In his book, “Grounded Globalism: How the U.S. South Embraces the World,” UNC professor Jim Peacock uses “Carolina in My Mind” to illustrate the special role of home and place in Southern culture.

Grand jury indicts Wager on nine charges
The Salisbury Post
... Janet Mason, a public law and government professor at the University of North Carolina School of Government in Chapel Hill, said she’s not aware of any legal requirement to report abuse in a case like this. Law at that time required schools or other institutions to report if they suspected a child was being abused by a parent, guardian, custodian or caretaker, she said.

Horace Williams Airport To Stay Open Another Year
WCHL 1360-AM (Chapel Hill)
Horace Williams Airport in Chapel Hill was scheduled to close sometime this year, but due to a delay in the Carolina North project, it's now set to remain open at least until the summer of 2013. The project consists of two areas of focus: the programming and design of the infrastructure of the area, and a seven-story, 260,000 square foot collaborative science building.

Avocados are high in healthy fat (Column)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
No need to fear avocados. As oily, fat-rich foods go, this one’s a winner. If you don’t already include them in your diet, they’re a good addition and are versatile, too. (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.)

Alarms sound (Editorial)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
A report by three faculty members from a committee looking into the academic fraud scandal at UNC-Chapel Hill won’t surprise current faculty and staff familiar with the power and influence of “big-time” athletics. They’ve long known that Chapel Hill’s traditionally sound academic world has sometimes been at odds with athletics and all the pressures it brings to bear on professors, students and “the system.”

Issues and Trends

New interim NCCU leader introduced
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
Charles Becton, who will take over next week as the interim leader of N.C. Central University, pledged Tuesday “to travel the very smooth road paved by Charlie Nelms.” Speaking to a hastily called meeting of the university’s Board of Trustees following Nelms’ unexpected decision to step down as chancellor, Becton promised “that I will listen to you, will listen to the people in Chapel Hill and to anyone who has this university at its heart.”
Related Link:
http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/07/31/2236253/nccu-trustees-meet-on-personnel.html

Bill Friday to tape another year of UNC-TV shows
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
UNC President Emeritus Bill Friday has signed on for another year of hosting UNC-TV’s longest-running original program, “North Carolina People with William Friday.” The 42nd season of the show will debut Friday night with an interview that Friday conducted with retired Gen. Hugh Shelton.

UNC President's House To Get $933,000 Upgrade
WCHL 1360-AM (Chapel Hill)
The 105-year-old building that has been home to each UNC system president since its construction is getting much-needed renovations. UNC System Vice President Joni Worthington says the house is a meaningful part of UNC and Chapel Hill’s history.