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

Regional Coverage

Breast Cancer Diagnostic Test Helps Doctors Know Which Patients Need Chemotherapy
The Hartford Courant (Connecticut)

… Earlier this year, a study out of the University of North Carolina surveyed 77 women who had been diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer and who received the Oncotype DX test. Researchers report "almost all" said the test gave them a better understanding of their options for treatment. But the study found room for improvement. About one-third of the women reported that they didn't completely understand the discussions they had with their doctors about the test's results. "The way the Oncotype DX results are presented by the company is really confusing," says Noel Brewer, one of the study's lead authors. "A simpler presentation, with a 'news you can use' approach, would he helpful to women, epecially lower-literacy women.''

Graduated licensing right road for young drivers (Editorial)
The Journal Courier (Jacksonville, Ill.)

For those age “ewwwwww” and above — and that would be just about anyone out of high school to a lot of teenagers — learning to drive was a rite of passage. It brought with it freedom and a sense of adulthood. …Admittedly, there are other factors that could be contributors to the decline in teen driving deaths. For example, Robert Foss, director of the Center for the Study of Young Drivers at the University of North Carolina, told the (Arlington Heights) Daily Herald gas prices and a poor economy probably played a role by keeping kids off the roads.

State and Local Coverage

At UNC: A push for innovation (Blog)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)

UNC Chapel Hill is on an innovation kick these days. It recently unveiled a new initiative, Innovate@Carolina, which hopes to find better ways to harness work done at the university. And on Tuesday, UNC-CH enlisted an alum, Heather Monroe-Blum, to talk about innovation. Hers was the featured speech at University Day, UNC-CH's annual birthday party.
UNC Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/3981/68/

Grant to help UNC expand pediatrics program that operates in Greensboro
The News & Record (Greensboro)

The UNC-Chapel Hill School of Medicine has received a federal grant to expand a pediatrics residency program that includes two sites in Greensboro. This 5-year, $3.7 million grant will be used to create four more intern slots per academic year, beginning in 2011, for resident physicians in UNC’s Department of Pediatrics who plan to pursue careers in primary care.
Related Link:
http://triangle.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2010/10/11/daily46.html
UNC Release:
http://www.med.unc.edu/www/news/2010/october/unc-receives-federal-funding-to
-expand-pediatrics-primary-care-residency-program

Dean of Equal Education
"The State of Things" WUNC-FM

Bill McDiarmid saw school segregation in the South, educational disparity in Sri Lanka and the struggle of students in Alaska. Now he works for the right for all students to have a quality education as dean of the School of Education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Host Frank Stasio will talk to McDiarmid about his life as an educator and what schools need to make the grade.

UNC To Talk Journalists And Civil Rights Movement
WCHL 1360-AM (Chapel Hill)

UNC’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication is bringing acclaimed reporters and editors together to discuss the role of journalists during the American Civil Rights movement. UNC professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication Ferrel Guillory says the lecture will reinforce the importance of a free press to a democratic society.
UNC Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/3982/68/

Football bonds Merletti family
The News & Observer (Raleigh)

"Where do you want to start?" Matt Merletti asks. A fair question. Do you start with the UNC safety's bond with his brother Michael, a Captain in the Army Rangers deployed in Afghanistan? Or do you start with their father, Lewis, a former Secret Service director? Or how about Merletti's schooling before the age of 10 in counter-surveillance tactics, or his casual conversations with the President of the United States?

UNC cancer scientist appeals her demotion
The News & Observer (Raleigh)

A prominent cancer researcher at UNC-Chapel Hill is fighting the demotion and pay cut she received after a computer server she oversees was hacked, exposing about 180,000 patient files. Bonnie Yankaskas, who holds a doctorate in epidemiology, says she should not be responsible for a lapse by the school's information technology staff.

State denies UNC appeal, awards cancer center to Cary group
WRAL-TV (CBS/Raleigh)

State regulators on Tuesday approved Cary Urology's application to open a prostate cancer treatment center in southeast Raleigh, turning aside complaints from UNC Health Care.

UNC bunk not at fault in woman's death, autopsy suggests
The News & Observer (Raleigh)

UNC-Chapel Hill still plans to buy bed rails for all 8,500 residence hall rooms even though a new autopsy report suggests a woman who died while visiting her daughter's dorm room did not fall from a bunk bed. Donna Sykes, 49, of Spring Hope most likely tripped over her daughter's walker, fell backward and hit her head on a dresser, according to a recent report from the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
Related Links:
http://blogs.newsobserver.com/campusnotes/unc-mom-didnt-die-from-bunk-fall
http://www.heraldsun.com/view/full_story/9904522/article-Autopsy–Woman-who-died-in-
UNC-dorm-likely-tripped–did-not-fall-from-upper-bunk?instance=main_article

Issues and Trends

Bowles right to hold off on projects (Editorial)
The Times-News (Hendersonville)

Erskine Bowles is right. The soon-to-retire president of the University of North Carolina system has told the board of governors that requests for new buildings aren’t likely to make it into next year’s budget request. His directive wasn’t merely a nod to austere times but also a response to reports that while new buildings have gone up at campuses around the state, many of the existing buildings have been allowed to deteriorate.

Hundreds bid farewell to ram's keeper, Hogan
The Herald-Sun (Durham)

On football Saturdays at Kenan Stadium, Rob Hogan held the halter of the blue-horned Rameses under Carolina blue skies as thousands cheered when a Tar Heel player galloped down the field for a touchdown.
Related Link:
http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/10/14/739511/memorial-honors-farmers-tar-heel.html

Former world champ Pettigrew died of overdose
Reuters (Wire Service)

Former 400 meters world champion Antonio Pettigrew died in August of an antihistamine overdose, a state autopsy report said Wednesday. …Pettigrew, 42, was an assistant track and field coach at the University of North Carolina and a 2000 Olympian who was stripped of his 4×400 meters relay gold medal after admitting to doping. He also was the 1991 400 meters world champion.
Related Link:
http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/trackandfield/news/story?id=5682180
http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/10/14/739504/pettigrews-death-ruled-a-suicide.html
http://www.heraldsun.com/view/full_story_sports/9905244/article-Autopsy–
Pettigrew-died-of-overdose?instance=main_article

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