Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina people and programs cited recently in the media:
National Coverage
NFL has no plans to lighten blackout rules
The Associated Press
…Marketing professors William P. Putsis and Subrata K. Sen calculated that teams in danger of having games blacked out would on average increase their revenue by up to about $400,000. They estimated that the value to all the area's fans of watching those games on TV would be much higher. …"The only way teams might do it voluntarily would be if it might make sense from a public relations standpoint," said Putsis, who now teaches at the University of North Carolina's business school.
Regional Coverage
NIH weighing lines of human embryonic stem cells for funding (Blog)
The Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, Wis.)
Scientists can now request that new lines of human embryonic stem cells be approved for use in research funded by the National Institutes of Health. …Collins also announced the formation of a new working group to make recommendations on the eligibility of human embryonic stem cell lines. …Other members of the working group are: …Terry Magnuson, professor and chairman in the department of genetics at the School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill…
Be proactive in the fight against cancer
The Statesman Journal (Salem, Ore.)
…According to "Conquering Cancer," published by the University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health each year, nearly 1.5 million Americans are diagnosed with cancer.
State and Local Coverage
UNC research scientists honored
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
Three scientists from UNC Chapel Hill have received prestigious awards from the National Institutes of Health aimed at encouraging “high-risk” research and innovation. Joseph DeSimone has been selected for a Pioneer Award, one of only 18 such honors handed out this year, while Klaus Hahn and Mark Zylka are both receiving Transformative RO1 Awards.
Related Links:
http://blogs.newsobserver.com/business/triangle-scientists-win-nih-awards
http://triangle.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2009/09/21/daily49.html
UNC Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/2898/1/
Childhood obesity grant awarded
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
Eric Hodges, an assistant professor at the UNC School of Nursing, has won a $350,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to conduct research on childhood obesity risks and how parental feeding patterns influence infant and child eating patterns later in life.
Doctors give nod to public option
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
United and ready for action, a handful of UNC doctors will host White Coats Speak Out, a press conference for local doctors and health care professionals, at noon Friday in front of North Carolina Memorial Hospital of UNC Hospitals. …Dr. Charles Van der Horst, an organizer of the press conference, said it’s high time for that 73 percent of doctors to speak up. The country is facing a crisis situation, he said, and health care reform can’t wait.
Colleges battle spreading flu bug
WRAL-TV (CBS/Raleigh)
Despite the best efforts of university administrators, the H1N1 flu virus continues to spread on area college campuses. The University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill has reported about 850 cases of H1N1, or swine flu, since classes started last month. North Carolina State University has seen about 500 cases, Duke University has seen about 350 and North Carolina Central University has seen 78 cases.
Related Link:
http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/6062727/
Chapel Hill PD, Volunteers Encourage Residents To Be ‘Good Neighbors’
WNCN-TV (NBC/Raleigh)
Chapel Hill Police are encouraging UNC students and their neighbors to develop good relationships to keep their communities clean and safe. Police and community volunteers will go door to door in neighborhoods surrounding UNC for the Good Neighbor Initiative. …Making the deliveries will be teams made up of Community Services police officers, representatives from the UNC Dean of Student Affairs Office and other University departments, UNC student government, the Chapel Hill Downtown Partnership and EmPOWERment Inc., a local nonprofit that promotes affordable housing, community organizing and economic development.
Related Link:
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/crime_safety/story/113972.html
UNC Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/2882/68/
Retirees can bring much to classrooms (Editorial)
The Daily News (Jacksonville)
Retired isn't synonymous with out-of-touch or useless. That’s the message a distinguished group of former University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill professors are trying to convey to their former employer. University officials should pay closer attention.
Strobe Talbott to speak today
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
Strobe Talbott, president of the Brookings Institution and former deputy secretary of state under President Clinton, will discuss “Obama and the World,” an analysis of the international challenges the president is facing, how he’s coping with them and what it all means for the future of American security and foreign policy, today at UNC.
UNC Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/2854/1/
Humorist Blount to appear Oct. 6
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
Humorist, writer and National Public Radio panelist Roy Blount Jr., who has 21 books to his credit, will deliver the free annual Thomas Wolfe Lecture at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 6 at in Carroll Hall auditorium on the UNC campus.
UNC Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/2890/73/
UNC joins Futurity online
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
UNC is one of 35 research universities involved in a new Web project called Futurity (www.futurity.org), which was launched earlier this month. The online research channel covers the latest discoveries in science, health, the environment and more, with stories understandable to general audiences.
UNC Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/2869/74/