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

International Coverage

Study: Key protein aids in DNA repair
United Press International

U.S. scientists say a protein called Ku is adept at healing damaged DNA — a finding that may advance treatment of cancer and other age-related diseases. It's been long known DNA damage over one's lifetime is key to development of cancer and other age-related diseases. Although the body has multiple ways of repairing such damage, the mechanisms behind certain kinds of DNA repair have not been well-understood. In the study, researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center have shown Ku employs a unique mechanism to repair a particularly drastic form of DNA damage.
UNC Release:
http://unchealthcare.org/site/newsroom/news/2010/April/key-protein-aids-in-dna-repair

National Coverage

UNC schools, graduate programs ranked by U.S. News & World Report
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill appears on multiple lists of schools, programs and specialty areas newly ranked in 2010 by U.S. News and World Report magazine for its 2011 edition of “America’s Best Graduate Schools.”
UNC Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/3543/1/

From Ben Roethlisberger to Tiger Woods: Why Nike Didn't Flee
ABC News

One disgraced sports star. Two corporate sponsors. Two rather different reactions. Days after Tiger Woods' much-dissected Nike commercial hit the airwaves, the scandals tainting NFL star Ben Roethlisberger have shined another spotlight on the inconsistent nature of the sports endorsement business. …Standing by a disgraced athlete is a gamble, but "Nike has the ability to have a long-term investment in these athletes — they can wait out the storm, stomach the volatility," said Boyce Watkins, a faculty affiliate at the College Sport Research Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. "They felt that these guys were eventually going to get back to the top and they were ultimately correct."

Licenses Drive Gene Debate
The Wall Street Journal

Genetic research holds the promise of pinpointing a person's risks for diseases. But Duke University researchers, in a study published Wednesday, said the practice of granting exclusive licenses on individual genes could slow down or even derail that promise. …James P. Evans, editor-in-chief of Genetics in Medicine and a genetics professor at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, said he worried about fragmentation when technology increasingly allows researchers to look at the entire genome. In an editorial accompanying the Duke study, he wrote, "In the end, we must ask ourselves whether a given policy is ultimately in the best interests of patients.''

How to Get In: University of North Carolina School of Law
U.S. News & World Report

We posed questions to admissions officials at the University of North Carolina School of Law regarding the application process, what they look for in applicants and what sets their school apart. These are their responses: …UNC School of Law is proud of the dedication that even our most distinguished faculty members bring to teaching and the mentoring of students. The school provides a rich curriculum that allows students to study almost any area of the law and that will prepare them to practice law in virtually any professional setting. UNC School of Law has a vibrant and involved student body who participate in more than 50 student organizations. Virtually all students will find like-minded colleagues at Carolina Law who are interested in similar career paths or public service opportunities.

Regional Coverage

Indy airport to spend first $400K on marketing plan
The Indianapolis Star (Indiana)

The Indianapolis Airport Authority board may vote to spend $400,000 for marketing, public relations and to gather ideas from the community for a $2 million long-range master plan for development around its airports. …Also Friday, the board is expected to consider a fourth related contract for $65,000 to University of North Carolina professor John Kasarda, an internationally-known consultant on airport planning around the world. A prolific writer about airport planning and development, Kasarda coined the term “aerotropolis” to describe a concept with an international airport as the center of an “airport city” of economic and community activity and growth.

State and Local Coverage

U.S. News: Duke, UNC grad programs remain among the very best in nation
The Herald-Sun (Durham)

…Meanwhile, UNC Chapel Hill appeared on more than 15 lists of schools, programs and specialty areas newly ranked by U.S. News. Its School of Medicine ranked second in primary care and 20th in research. Among individual medical specialties, UNC ranked third in family medicine, seventh in rural medicine, eighth in AIDS and tied for 10th in women's health. Its Kenan-Flagler Business School tied for 21st overall in master of business administration degree programs and tied for 10th in accounting and 10th in executive MBA specialties.
UNC Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/3543/1/

Area students inducted into UNC honor society
The Fayetteville Observer

Seven local students were recently inducted into a prestigious honor society at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Phi Beta Kappa inducted 156 UNC students, according to a release. Less than 1 percent of college students qualify. …To be considered, students must have completed at least 75 hours of course work and maintained a 3.85 GPA or better. Students who are studying liberal arts or sciences must complete at least 105 hours and have a minimum 3.75 GPA. Membership is open to undergraduates in the College of Arts and Science and students in professional degree programs.
UNC Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/3526/75/

Sanford answers Wallace in 1963
The News & Observer (Raleigh)

A long-lost eight-minute film of Gov. Terry Sanford calling for racial equality in a 1963 speech – a rare declaration by a Southern governor in that era – will be shown publicly for the first time tonight in Chapel Hill. … The film came to light last fall, when Robert Korstad, a public policy and history professor at Duke University, decided he wanted to see the speech, delivered to the N.C. Press Association at The Carolina Inn on Jan. 18, 1963. Korstad and James Leloudis, a UNC-CH history professor, had just completed a book in which they had quoted Sanford's speech from a written copy, but Korstad thought surely someone had recorded it. Korstad finally found the film in a collection of Sanford's items at Wilson Library at UNC-Chapel Hill.

Humane and safe(Letter to the Editor)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)

Regarding the April 12 editorial "Dogs and hogs." the groundbreaking gene therapy research that UNC's Bingham Facility currently supports, and will support far better with its expansion, brings new hope daily to people with hemophilia, muscular dystrophy and cardiovascular disease. The animals involved in the research are treated humanely, often far exceeding the life expectancy of those with the same genetic diseases outside the research environment. The National Institutes of Health showed its confidence in this research with its $14.5 million investment. (Bob Lowman, Associate Vice Chancellor for Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill)

Urban and misplaced (Letter to the Editor)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)

If you designed for growth in the Triangle, would you place an area resembling Boston on the rural edge in close proximity to your drinking water? This is the question facing Durham County with the upcoming rezoning decision on the 751 South development. If rezoning is approved, there will be 1,300 housing units (including 750 apartments and condos) on one-quarter square miles. ( Marc Howlett, Ph.D. student, City and Regional Planning, UNC-Chapel Hill, Durham)

Issues and Trends

Atwater murder trial to stay in N.C.
The News & Observer (Raleigh)

A federal judge has denied a change of venue request from Demario Atwater, one of the two suspects accused of killing Eve Carson, the former UNC-Chapel Hill student body president. Judge James A. Beaty entered his order Tuesday.
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