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Sept. 18, 2007

 

Carolina in the News

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

National Coverage

Changes in Florida Keys coral reefs studied in undersea lab
The Associated Press

A nine-day mission that began Monday in the world's only permanent working undersea laboratory is like living in a fishbowl in more ways than one: Anyone with an Internet connection can watch the researchers work and hang out 60 feet below the surface … A school in Florida and another in Michigan are getting direct interactive feeds, as are the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and UNC's Institute of Marine Science in Morehead City.
UNC Media Advisory: http://www.unc.edu/news/media/2007/aquarius091207.html

China gears for Special Olympics
The Wall Street Journal

At a school grounds in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou, Shi Hang and his 44 softball teammates have been training vigorously for five hours a day as they prepare for their Olympic debuts. … Volunteer students from the University of North Carolina and Shanghai's Fudan University are being assigned to videotape each individual athlete and upload the performances to an Internet site.

AP veteran Morris Rosenberg dies
The Associated Press

Rosenberg, who earned his journalism degree from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill in 1940, returned to the city in 2004 for retirement. He continued reaching out to the next generation of journalists, conducting seminars on overseas reporting at the UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

Big-money donors move to curb colleges' discretion to spend gifts
The Wall Street Journal

For generations, wealthy alumni have donated big money to their alma maters with near-religious devotion. … The new group includes the Pope Foundation, which has made gifts to conservative and libertarian groups such as the Federalist Society and the Cato Institute, as well as gifts to universities including the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Regional Coverage

Germ wars
The Columbus Dispatch

Bacteria that cause cholera and bubonic plague turn from harmless to deadly with the flip of a genetic switch. … "Even in the U.S., there are 2 million hospital-acquired infections each year," said Matt Redinbo, professor of chemistry, biochemistry and biophysics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/jul07/redinbo070907.html

State & Local Coverage

Brunswick may get early flood alert
The Wilmington Star-News

… Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI), a collaborative venture of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Duke University, North Carolina State University and the state of North Carolina, plans to install a series of water-level sensors in Brunswick in the next few months to give officials real-time flooding data.

Family of accused calls for review
News 14 Carolina (Raleigh-Durham)

The family of a man charged with murder wants the North Carolina State Bar to investigate the handling of his case. … “I think what happened here was, once Meeks named him they were determined to try to convict him,” said Richard Rosen, a UNC Chapel Hill law professor who works The Innocence Project to free wrongly convicted people.
Related link: http://www.wilsondaily.com/LocalNews/Story/Supporters_attend_rally__

Blog highlights negative impact of immigrant labor
The Herald-Sun (Durham)

Suzanne Cameron, the voice behind a Chapel Hill blog on immigration issues, wants to make one thing clear: she is not a racist. … A 2006 study from UNC's Kenan-Flagler Business School reflects Cameron's concerns.

UNC students to join "Jena 6" rally
WNCN-TV (Raleigh)

Students from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill will be loading up buses headed to Louisiana to attend a rally in support of the "Jena 6." The group from UNC will be one of several college groups headed to the south to Jena, Louisiana for the civil rights rally in support of Mychal Bell.

Your right to know: closed meetings
The News & Observer (Raleigh)

Ah, the old "consulting with the attorney" excuse. … David Lawrence, a sunshine law expert at the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Government, said public officials are not supposed to ponder privately such policy questions as: "Is this a good idea? What is this going to do to development? What is this going to do to our tax base?"

Marker to be placed at scene Of fatal mill strike in Gastonia
WSOC-TV (Charlotte)

The strike broke out in the biggest mill in the South's largest textile center. … Years after the strike, Ragan's father, Caldwell Ragan, was interviewed for a UNC Chapel Hill's Southern Oral History project on textiles.

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