Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina people and programs cited recently in the media:
International Coverage
In defense of Jezebel (Book Review)
The Jerusalem Post (Israel)
This fascinating illustration of revisionist history at its best is most advantageously read alongside the few pages in I and II Kings that mention Jezebel. Based on those laconic references, her own translations, the archaeological evidence, her travels to the places named and, perhaps most of all, her fertile imagination, Lesley Hazelton has reconstructed the story of Jezebel. (Morton I. Teicher is the founding dean of the Wurzweiler School of Social Work, Yeshiva University and dean emeritus, School of Social Work, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.)
National Coverage
Kidney Cancer Cells Tricked Into Killing Themselves
"Morning Edition" National Public Radio
A researcher has found a potential new therapy for patients with kidney cancer, which historically hasn't responded well to treatments such as radiation and chemotherapy. …"Autophagy has been really troublesome as (to) whether it's a mechanism that keeps the cells alive or it's a mechanism that you can utilize to promote cell death," says Kimryn Rathmell, who studies kidney cancer at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Obesity in China Becoming More Common
The Wall Street Journal
In a development with implications for China's work force and economic growth, a new study says more than 25% of adults in the country are overweight or obese and that the number could double over the next 20 years. …In addition, 12 million to 14 million adults are becoming at risk for diabetes and hypertension annually, says study author Barry Popkin, director of the obesity center and professor of global nutrition at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
2 Foundations Pledge an Additional $11-Million for Journalism Education
The Chronicle of Higher Education
As newspapers around the country announce cutbacks and declining profits, two foundations—the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the James S. and John L. Knight Foundation—on Monday pledged an additional $11-million to their efforts to reinvigorate journalism education and train a generation of journalists with the skills to adapt to and shape a changing industry. …The foundations also announced that three more journalism schools will join the list of benefiting institutions. The newcomers—Arizona State University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the University of Nebraska at Lincoln—will bring the number of participants to 12.
Related Link:
http://insidehighered.com/news/2008/07/08/qt
UNC News Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/news/business/carnegie-corp.-knight-foundation-select-
unc-journalism-school-for-initiative.html
Regional Coverage
Winging It: Cities with major-airline hubs lure firms, boost local economy
The Philadelphia Inquirer (Pa.)
Airline hub airports are places travelers love to hate when they're socked in by snow or thunderstorms. …Both business and government leaders, he said, believe in the vision of urban planner John Kasarda, creator of the concept of the "aerotropolis," or a city unto itself that generates as much economic development as actual flights do. (John Kasarda is the Director of Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise and Kenan Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurship at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.)
State and Local Coverage
UNC spinoff TheraLogics wins federal grant
The Triangle Business Journal
A company spun out of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has received a two-year, $800,000 federal grant to study treatments for a common side effect of bone marrow and cord blood transplants. UNC professor Jonathan Serody, co-leader of the immunology program at UNC's Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, won the award in collaboration with four-year-old UNC spin-out TheraLogics.
Foundation invests in journalism education
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The Carnegie Corp. of New York and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation have chosen the UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication to join 10 other top journalism schools in a three-year program to adapt journalism education to the challenges of a struggling news industry. With an initial $250,000 grant to UNC-CH, the Carnegie-Knight Initiative on the Future of Journalism Education encourages experimental projects, curriculum enhancement and collaboration with other academic disciplines and institutions.
UNC News Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/news/business/carnegie-corp.-knight-foundation-select
-unc-journalism-school-for-initiative.html
'Unforgettable' (Under the Dome)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
A UNC-Chapel Hill student working in Kenya blogged about her soaked encounter with U.S. Rep. David Price during his trip to the region last week. Alisa Eanes was among the guests — she estimated 2,000 of them — at a Fourth of July bash at the home of the U.S. ambassador to Kenya. Eanes is working with Carolina for Kibera, a program in Kenya run by university students.
Trader Joe's, program team up to help autistic find jobs
The Chapel Hill Herald
Every day is a good day. That is the motto of Ryan, one of the employees at Trader Joe's in Eastgate Shopping Center. …Ryan is a client of the Supported Employment Program of UNC's TEACCH — Treatment and Education of Autistic and Communication Handicapped Children.
Congressman hopes to ease pump pain
The Rocky Mount Telegram
U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge hopes to curb growing oil prices by cracking down on market manipulation, he told motorists Monday at a Nash County Kangaroo gas station. …One factor in the price surge is rapidly growing demand in India and China, where consumers continue to buy more and more cars, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill economics professor Stanley Black said.
Duke, UNC await word on cheating
The Herald-Sun (Durham)/The Chapel Hill Herald
Duke and UNC Chapel Hill MBA officials are awaiting word on whether students cheated on the schools' entrance exam. They, along with graduate business schools across the nation, are grappling with what to do if they learn that graduate business students accessed early versions of questions to the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT).
Issues and Trends
State OKs $21.4 billion budget
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
North Carolina will have a $21.4 billion budget that requires no tax increases, but includes modest pay raises for teachers and most state employees and a hefty $857 million in borrowing for construction projects. The House and Senate tentatively approved the spending plan Monday night.
Worth it for students (Editorial)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
As the General Assembly completes the state budget, the University of North Carolina system has been seeking $11.7 million in annual money and $17.5 million in one-time funding to bolster campus safety. Positions in campus security offices would be filled and staff would be provided to help students who seek psychological counseling.
Carson suspects get new charges
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
An Orange County grand jury on Monday indicted the two men accused in the slaying of Eve Carson on charges of armed robbery, first-degree kidnapping, felonious larceny and possession of stolen goods. …Both men were indicted March 31 on first-degree murder charges in the March 5 slaying of the UNC-Chapel Hill student leader.
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