Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina people and programs cited recently in the media:
National Coverage
Study: Sin taxes promote healthier food choices
Time (Blog)
A recent study examining the potential impact of sin taxes—increasing the cost of junk food, in particular—as a means to promote healthier choices found that, in a lab setting at least, when unhealthy foods cost more, people tended to eat them less. … Along with colleagues, lead author Kiyah J. Duffey, from the Department of Nutrition at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, points to the results as possible evidence supporting the use of taxes as a means to promote healthier eating habits.
UNC Release: http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/3410/1/
Katie Couric's Notebook: Snacking
CBS News (Blog)
Snack wraps. Snack cups. Snack packs. They're everywhere. … The report, from the University of North Carolina, says American kids are "moving toward constant eating," a scary notion when more than 30 percent are already overweight or obese.
UNC Release: http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/3396/71/
Health Buzz: 1 in 6 Americans Has Genital Herpes
US News & World Report
The sexually transmitted strain of herpes simplex virus infects 1 out of every 6 Americans, HealthDay reports. … Bradley Gaynes, associate professor of psychiatry at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, notes that a positive result doesn't mean you have a psychiatric illness. But it does mean you're "having some distressing psychiatric symptoms" and might benefit from expert attention.
State and Local Coverage
Carney gets Thorp nod as UNC provost
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
In a surprise move Wednesday, UNC Chancellor Holden Thorp named interim provost Bruce Carney to the permanent job. Thorp’s decision to name Carney provost came in spite of a national search that saw the university narrow its list to three candidates, all of whom appeared on campus in recent weeks for public lectures and question and answer sessions. Thorp said in an e-mail message to students and faculty that none of the candidates proved to be a good match.
Carney earns UNC-CH provost job
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
UNC's new provost is the same as the old provost. Bruce Carney, who has served as interim provost since Bernadette Gray-Little left the post last year, has been given the position. The university did a national search that netted three finalists. But none really fit, UNC-CH Chancellor Holden Thorp said in a letter to the campus community.
Pulitzer Prize winner to read, speak at UNC
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
Author Edward P. Jones, winner of the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize for "The Known World," will read on March 24 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The free public reading will be at 7:30 p.m. in Carroll Hall auditorium, off Cameron Avenue near South Columbia Street. Jones will take questions from the audience after his reading.
UNC Release: http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/3419/1/
Issues and Trends
Woodson eager to invigorate NCSU
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
After heavy budget cuts from the state and an unprecedented leadership crisis last year, N.C. State University has become "risk averse," said incoming NCSU Chancellor Randy Woodson, vowing to jolt the university out of that defensive posture. Speaking to a group of News & Observer editors and writers Wednesday, Woodson said he'll lead a campuswide discussionover the next year about what directions the university should take, with an emphasis on lifting its national and international reputation.
Saunders: Dispel March sadness
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The palpable sense of gloom and ennui enveloping some parts of North Carolina stems not from the cold, winter weather that seemed as though it would never leave – OK, some of it does – but from the cold shooting, lackluster defense and inability to hit the open man on the give-and-go of the UNC Tar Heels men's basketball team.
Tar Heel fans sing the blues
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Bo Butler has cheered the UNC Tar Heels at 43 straight ACC men's basketball tournaments, but this year's woeful team had Butler originally planning to skip the journey to Greensboro. The seven-hour drive from his home in Chattanooga, Tenn., seemed like too much of a haul, especially since many expect a one-and-done affair for North Carolina. So in mid-February, Butler placed an ad on a Tar Heel message board and offered his two sets of tournament ticket books at face value, $792 for the pair.
Subpoenas quashed in Atwater case
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Media companies across North Carolina successfully fought attempts by federal defense attorneys to force them to hand over copies of anything that has been published about the Eve Carson homicide case. U.S. District Judge James A. Beaty Jr. agreed on Wednesday to quash subpoenas seeking such information, saying that granting such a request would be unduly burdensome and expensive for media organizations.
Related Link: http://www.heraldsun.com/view/full_story/6650600/article-Carson-case-judge-sides-with-the-media?