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

 

National Coverage

Graduate School Admissions Test Controversy Grows
"The Bryant Park Project" National Public Radio

Six thousand business school students might have their GMAT scores canceled because they subscribed to a test prep site that posted questions currently in use on the test. Dr. Greg Cizek, professor of Education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Education and author of "Cheating on Tests: How to Do It, Detect It, and Prevent It", was interviewed about the GMAT test and cheating in education.

Q&A: Figure out the right amount of fluids
USA Today

Barry Popkin, director of the University of North Carolina's Interdisciplinary Obesity Center, has studied the relationship between water, calories and weight loss.

Implementation Of California Hands-Free While Driving Law Starts
All Headline News (Wire Service)

There was no uniform application of the law prohibiting the use of mobile phones while driving in California. …Arthur Goodwin, a researcher from the University of North Carolina Highway Safety Research Center pointed out, quoted by the Los Angeles Times, "There's a common misperception that hands-free phones are safer when the research clearly suggests that they're both equally risky."

State and Local Coverage

Some advice for the new chancellor (Editorial)
The Chapel Hill Herald

Holden Thorp got off to an early start as the new chancellor of UNC Chapel Hill. On Tuesday, his first day in office, he met with student leaders at a 7:30 a.m. breakfast. Everything points to him getting off to a good start as well.

Welcome, Holden Thorp (Editorial)
The Daily Tar Heel

Greetings, Chancellor Holden Thorp! We're glad to have you at the helm, and we must congratulate you, as of July 1, for officially taking office. At 43, your career has been a model of upward mobility, and we're eager to see what you're capable of at this level. And, of course, we'd like to extend a hearty "thank you" to James Moeser, who served the University for eight years and will be remembered well.

Foy Has Lunch With New Chancellor
WCHL 1360-AM (Chapel Hill)

On Holden Thorp's second day as Chancellor of UNC, he and Chapel Hill Mayor Kevin Foy gathered for lunch at the legendary Sutton’s Drug Store on Franklin Street. But it wasn’t the first time the two have met. Mayor Foy said the relationship between the Chancellor of UNC and the town of Chapel Hill is critical because the two are never going to be independent of each other, nor do they want to be.

Rubbing elbows
The Daily Tar Heel

Holden Thorp smiled for a picture early morning July 1, sandwiched between grinning basketball player Marcus Ginyard and Carolina Athletic Association President Andrew Coonin. So began his first day as Chancellor Thorp.

Trustee adds to $1 million gift to creative writing grant
The Daily Tar Heel

UNC Board of Trustees member Sallie Shuping-Russell presented the creative writing department a donation that, combined with a grant from the N.C. Distinguished Professors Endowment Trust, will total $1 million. Beginning in the fall semester of 2009, the gift will allow students to work and study alongside active writers in a program called "Living Writers." This is the first gift received under new Chancellor Holden Thorp. The "Living Writers" course will be the only semester-length class offered on campus that is solely based on visiting writers.
UNC News Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/news/campus-and-community/first-major-gift-during-holden-
thorps-chancellorship-to-support-uncs-creative-writing-program.html

Boring words (Under the Dome)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)

Democrats say "offshore drilling." Republicans say "deep-sea drilling." Who's right? Kevin Stewart, a geology professor at UNC-Chapel Hill, says both terms are correct, though both also overstate their case a little.

When vegetarians meet, the food is delicious (Column)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)

Watermelon for breakfast? Throw in some scrambled tofu, home-fried potatoes, whole grain muffins, apple-berry crisp and cooked oatmeal topped with raisins, cinnamon and unsweetened, shredded coconut, too. (Suzanne Havala Hobbs is a registered dietitian and a clinical assistant professor in the department of health policy and administration in the school of public health at UNC-Chapel Hill.)

Health Net will aid area's uninsured
The Chapel Hill Herald

UNC Health Care, the UNC School of Medicine and Piedmont Health Services have agreed to work together to create a cost-effective system of care for the uninsured that gives patients access to a medical home, care coordination, medications and access to diagnostic and specialty services in a timely manner. …"Too often, the uninsured are less likely to seek care and they have poorer health outcomes," said Warren Newton, the UNC physician leading the program.

Hospitals need platelet donors
The Chapel Hill Herald

The Platelet Donor Program at UNC Hospitals is experiencing unusually high demand because of two patients in critical condition who require large amounts of platelets.

Issues and Trends

The ’60s Begin to Fade as Liberal Professors Retire
The New York Times

When Michael Olneck was standing, arms linked with other protesters, singing “We Shall Not Be Moved” in front of Columbia University’s library in 1968, Sara Goldrick-Rab had not yet been born. …When Michael Olneck was standing, arms linked with other protesters, singing “We Shall Not Be Moved” in front of Columbia University’s library in 1968, Sara Goldrick-Rab had not yet been born.

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