Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina people and programs cited recently in the media:
National Coverage
All-USA College Academic winners defy expectations
USA Today
…In some ways, that sums up the attitudes of all 20 members of USA TODAY's 2010 All-USA College Academic First Team, which includes Markham. Yes, they study hard, serve their communities and are role models on campus. But at their core, they are solution-oriented thinkers who aren't afraid to dare. And in defying standard notions of what it means to be a student, they set a high bar for what the undergraduate experience looks like. …And Elizabeth Longino, 22, who majored in English and public policy at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, is more than a student; this spring, she taught an undergraduate course on the root causes of human trafficking, drawn from her work in Taiwan, Cambodia, Vietnam, South Africa and Bosnia-Herzegovina.
UNC Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/3682/1/
College academic all-star runners up include Rhodes Scholar, volunteers, inventors
USA Today
Meet the undergraduates named to the second, third and honorable mention teams in USA TODAY's annual college academic competition, compiled by Maria Dubuc. …Henry Spelman, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill; home: Swarthmore, Pa.; major: classical languages. Founded a program to help prepare underprivileged teens for the SAT. Created a course syllabus and co-wrote a 50-page workbook for the initiative. Lauren Teegarden, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill; home: Lake Oswego, Ore.; majors: Latin American studies, Spanish. Spearheaded fundraising campaigns for the Scholars Latino Initiative, a mentoring program that prepares Latino high school students for college and raises scholarship money for them.
UNC Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/3682/1/
BP Under Fire: Highlights From The Opinion Pages (Blog)
Forbes Magazine
In the 49 days since the Deepwater Horizon’s fiery explosion, a media firestorm has indicted everyone from Transocean to environmentalists, from George W. Bush to President Obama. But the consensus culprit is BP, and rightly so. How has the oil giant weathered the storm? The company that was praised for its corporate social responsibility following its image overhaul in 2000 (when it started calling itself Beyond Petroleum) is now being scorched from all sides. (Seth Cline is an editorial intern with Forbes and an undergraduate at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of Journalism and Mass Communications.)
GM’s Treasury-Led IPO May Hand Bankers Lowest Fees Since 1999
Businessweek
Wall Street bankers may be pushed to charge the lowest fees in at least a decade to arrange the Treasury’s sale of General Motors Co. in what could be the second-largest initial public offering in U.S. history. …“A deal of this magnitude has a huge impact on the banks’ league-table standings, which is going to be critical to how they fare,” said Anil Shivdasani, a finance professor at the Kenan-Flagler Business School of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. “Most banks will compete pretty fiercely to be involved in the transaction.”
Shuffling The Deck At Fox Business (Blog)
Forbes Magazine
Fox Business Network announced two new programs Tuesday. Eric Bolling, the breakout star of the recently canceled “Happy Hour,” will be getting his own weeknight show at 8 p.m. called “Money Rocks,” replacing a personal finance show hosted by Dave Ramsey. Bolling’s new show will start June 21. (Chris Roush is the Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Scholar in business journalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.)
No alcohol found in Henry's system after his death
The Associated Press
A toxicology report found no alcohol in Chris Henry's system after the Cincinnati Bengals receiver died in December from a fractured skull and other head injuries in what's been ruled an accident. …His brain was taken to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for further examination, and was also donated to a group studying brain injuries among professional football players.
Regional Coverage
Oysters will tell if oil reaches Georgia coast
The Atlanta Journal Constitutional (Georgia)
In the unlikely event that the BP oil slick sullies Georgia's coast, Jeb Byers will be ready. …On June 1, Byers and colleagues at Florida State University in Tallahassee and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill began a 3-year project to document the state of oyster reefs in a dozen estuaries from Virginia to the Florida Gulf coast. Byers is monitoring two Georgia sites, one off Sapelo Island and the other off Skidaway Island.
State and Local Coverage
UNC raided for faculty talent
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
With UNC-Chapel Hill hamstrung by budget constraints, more professors are leaving for higher pay elsewhere, often taking research projects or established programs with them. …"It's a thorny problem," said UNC-CH Provost Bruce Carney, the school's chief academic officer. "We can rarely meet the offer. And these are among the best people. These are the people you don't want to lose."
Ban on new monuments being lifted
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The commission that oversees monuments at the state Capitol has endorsed a plan to add plaques and monuments that commemorate the achievements of American Indians, women and blacks. The N.C. Historical Commission approved plans for a set of plaques in the west wing of the Capitol that would trace the expansion of citizenship rights. For 25 years, the commission has upheld a moratorium on new monuments. …The memorials would "make a statement about the kind of state we want North Carolina to be," commission member and UNC-Chapel Hill history professor Harry L. Watson said in a news release.
Roses & raspberries (Editorial)
The Chapel Hill News
Roses to Charles Millard, former director of the Ackland Art Museum at UNC, who recently made a spectacular gift to the museum that has dramatically enhanced its collection. Millard, through the Tyche Foundation he founded, donated a remarkable collection of 51 works of art to the Ackland. The works are from Asia, Europe and America, in many media and dating from 500 BCE to the 20th century.
UNC Release:
http://www.ackland.org/visit/in_the_news/tyche.pdf
A home for Latinos (Opinion-Editorial Column)
The Chapel Hill News
If you ask any small business owner if they had known what they were getting into before starting their business most would tell you they never would have made the effort. Creating something out of nothing sometimes requires a healthy dose of naïveté and faith. So when freshman Ron Bilbao sat in a meeting of the Carolina Hispanic Association four years ago, the idea of a Latino Center at UNC seemed like such a natural. (Paul Cuadros is a professor at the UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication.)
Fighting to end poverty (Column)
The Chapel Hill News
…Even though there has been remarkable economic progress in recent times, poverty remains an unmet challenge in North Carolina, according to MDC, a Chapel Hill-based nonprofit that studies Southern trends. That conclusion is echoed by the UNC Center for Poverty, Work and Opportunity, which says: "Despite much progress, poverty remains a daunting challenge… An array of predominantly rural counties, particularly in both the eastern and western regions of the state, suffers from high and persistent poverty levels."
$12.5K raised for cancer research
The Chapel Hill Herald
The Carolinas Wireless Association raised $12,500 for ovarian cancer research at its annual charity golf event on May 20 at the 12 Oaks Country Club in Holly Springs. The proceeds were presented to Wesley C. Fowler Jr., a gynecologic oncologist, on behalf of the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center in Chapel Hill.
Pile on summer fruits (Column)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Now is the time to start packing in all the fruit you've been missing from your diet in the past year. Between now and fall, there's cantaloupe, watermelon, honeydew, blueberries, strawberries, cherries and more. Look for produce that is locally grown. It hasn't traveled as far to get to you, so it's more planet-friendly than food that has had to be shipped cross-country. (Suzanne Havala Hobbs is a registered dietitian and a clinical assistant professor in the department of health policy and administration in the Gillings School of Global Public Health at UNC-Chapel Hill.)
Issues and Trends
350 people protest plans to cut state jobs
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
…Dana Cope, the executive director of SEANC, questioned the wisdom of a budget proposal backed by Democrats that would provide $39 million in tax breaks for private businesses. Cope said the tax breaks are touted as a way to create 1,500 jobs. He pointed out that proposed cuts to the UNC system could cost 1,700 state jobs.
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_jobs_benefits?storylink=misearch