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

International Coverage

Is love meant to be forever?
"Ontario Today" Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
In her book Love 2.0: How Our Supreme Emotion Affects Everything We Feel, Think, Do, and Become American psychologist Barbara Fredrickson argues that love is not romantic, exclusive, everlasting or unconditional.
Note: This interview was conducted from the Carolina News Studio.

Love is Not Forever
"Davenport After Dark" Newstalk Radio (Ireland)
What is love? A lot of people have asked that question. Ella Fitzgerald. Mariah Carey. Howard Jones. Haddaway. Richie Sadlier on Off the Ball earlier in the week. And on this day, when restaurants all over Ireland look to cash in on the romantic spirit with a three-course menu for two that includes a nice bottle of Blossom Hill thrown in for only an extra €12.99, we’ll have definitive proof that the answer to the perennial question is….love is a micro-moment of positivity resonance. ...We were joined by Dr. Barbara L. Fredrickson to enlighten us with the help of her new book 'Love 2.0: How Our Supreme Emotion Affects Everything We Feel, Think, Do, and Become'.
Note: This interview was conducted from the Carolina News Studio.

Is it meant to be? Valentine’s Day: Real emotion can’t reach
across texting, plus other lessons of Love 2.0
The National Post (Canada)
...According to Love 2.0: How Our Supreme Emotion Affects Everything We Feel, Think, Do, and Become, love in reality is much more austere, though its power still resonates in a thoughtful way. It is found in the smaller, quieter moments of life, of talking to someone in person, of sharing a simple connection. This is the crux of Dr. Barbara Fredrickson argument about the emotion in her book that was published in late January. Fredrickson is a professor of psychology and the principal investigator of positive emotions and psycho-physiology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

National Coverage

Georgia To Show Off Preschool Successes
"Morning Edition" National Public Radio
President Obama visits a preschool in Decatur, Ga., Thursday morning to tout his proposal for universal preschool. Many experts say preschool is crucial to helping children, especially those from low-income families, succeed in school far beyond their early education. ...The University of North Carolina recently conducted a study of Georgia's pre-K program. It found, on average, the children who participated showed significant gains in language, math and behavioral skills. The study also recommended some improvements, including smaller class sizes.
UNC Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/5870/1/

Universal pre-school not the solution: Column
USA Today
...Given the unimpressive record of Head Start, why do we always hear that "pre-school works?" Researchers, including Nobel prize winner James Heckman, pin their hopes on a few programs, Perry Preschool, a 2 year model program in Ypsalanti, Michigan and Abcedarian at the University of North Carolina. Perry graduates have been followed for forty years and compared to a control group with similar characteristics they have been less likely to go to jail, become teen mothers, go on welfare; they earn more money.

State and Local Coverage

UNC leads way in concussion research
WRAL-TV (CBS/Raleigh)
In recent years, head injuries – specifically concussions – have spurred increasing levels of concern for players, coaches and fans of contact sports like football. ...The UNC football team is one of a handful of college teams using the “HIT System,” a program developed by UNC researchers that uses a series of helmet sensors to communicate with a computer on the sideline. “[Players] participate in their football practice or game (with the sensors in their helmets). Nothing happens until they get a big hit,” UNC researcher Jason Mihalik said.

UNC professor: Love is smaller, bigger than we think
WRAL-TV (CBS/Raleigh)
...But Barbara Fredrickson, the Kenan Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has a different take on the L-word. After two decades of studying positive emotions, she’s come up with a more complex definition. “My definition of love is a micro-moment of positivity resonance,” Fredrickson said. “Anytime you're in this great conversation when you feel like you really click and you can feel some kind of an electric charge in your conversation, that's a micro-moment of positivity resonance.”

Thorp honored with first Nourish International Impact Award
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
Over the group’s signature Hunger Lunch of beans, rice and cornbread on Tuesday, Nourish International presented its first Impact Award to Chancellor Holden Thorp of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The group honored Thorp and co-founder Sindhura Citineni as part of the celebration of its 10th anniversary. Thorp was recognized for his work with innovation and student entrepreneurs.
UNC Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/5868/1/

At last, foreclosures here heading south
The Triangle Business Journal
Figures compiled by the North Carolina court system indicate the home foreclosure problem is on the wane in the Triangle. ...Janneke Ratcliffe, executive director of the UNC-Chapel Hill Center for Community Capital, assess the situation in much the same way. “It does seem like we have come off the bottom,” she says, adding, however, that foreclosures remain elevated in a state with a persistently high unemployment rate.

UNC Dance Marathon kicks off 15th year
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
More than 1,600 students have signed up to compete in the 15th Annual UNC Dance Marathon to raise money for patients and families of N.C. Children’s Hospital. The 24-hour dance marathon kicks off today at 7:30 p.m., in UNC’s Fetzer Gym on South Road. “I’m excited that we’ve seen more and more interest this year from dancers and the surrounding community,” said Overall Coordinator David Zittrouer in a statement. “I’m excited they are helping us make the difference and they get to experience the difference for themselves.”

Bad data cited in rejection of bids from UNC, Johnston
The Triangle Business Journal
The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services rejected applications from UNC Health Care and Johnston Health to add rehabilitation beds largely because the hospital systems based projections on unrealistic or unreliable data.