Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina people and programs cited recently in the media:
National Coverage
Does feeding a baby formula get mom more sleep? (Blog)
The Atlanta Journal Constitution
…“Miriam Labbok, director of the Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill calls the results a ‘helpful finding for the field.’ The perception is that the breast-feeding mom is up day and night, always breast-feeding,” says Labbok. “But when you’re bottle-feeding, you’re up day and night always bottle-feeding, too….”
Slimming Sports Spending
Inside Higher Ed
…“Perhaps reform must start as a movement of university presidents who lead schools of both nationally prominent athletics and academics,” the center’s report reads. “As leaders whose institutions carry much sway with both communities — schools such as the University of Michigan, the University of North Carolina, the University of Virginia, Northwestern University, the University of Notre Dame, Stanford University, Duke University, etc. — if they agree to a series of reforms, it would both bring athletics back within the mission of the university and reduce costs for all.”
Survey: Nearly one-third of students studied online last year (Blog)
The Washington Post
…For-profit colleges and career-oriented public campuses have been swift to embrace online learning. Prestigious public and private colleges have been slower. It was a big deal last year when the University of North Carolina appeared to become the first flagship public school to require students to take a class — Spanish 101 — online. (If someone knows of an earlier example, please let me know!)
Monty Cook, UNC J-School Lecturer, Resigns After Allegations Of Relationship With Student
The Huffington Post
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill lecturer and former Baltimore Sun editor Monty Cook has resigned from the school after allegations emerged that he had a relationship with a female student.
State and Local Coverage
UNC tuition going up (Blog)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Trustees at UNC-Chapel Hill voted this morning to raise tuition 6.5 percent. That's the maximum allowed by the UNC system. For in-state undergraduates, it's another $313 a year on the tuition bill. With the increase, in-state tuition and fees next year would total $7,025. That doesn't include room, board, books and other expenses.
UNC-Chapel Hill committee recommends raising tuition by 6.5 percent for all students next fall
The Associated Press
A panel at North Carolina's flagship public university has recommended raising tuition the maximum 6.5 percent to dampen expected cuts by the Legislature. The finance committee of the UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees advised Wednesday the full board OK the increase to take effect next fall.
Related Links:
http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/local&id=7794852
http://www.wral.com/news/education/story/8641456/
http://wchl1360.com/detailswide.html?id=16599
http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/local&id=7794852
Chancellor backs Davis, Baddour at UNC Board of Trustees meeting
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
UNC chancellor Holden Thorp endorsed coach Butch Davis and athletic director Dick Baddour this morning in a meeting of the school’s board of trustees. “We have found no information that Coach Davis was involved in any of the problems that have surfaced, and I know he feels a lot of responsibility for what has happened,” Thorp said.
Related Links:
http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/sports&id=7796527
http://wchl1360.com/detailswide.html?id=16602
A Picture Book is Worth a Thousand Words
"The State of Things" WUNC-FM
Sales of pictures books are down, as are the number of picture books published each year. However, circulation of picture books from libraries is up. …To answer these questions and more, host Frank Stasio is joined by an panel of experts on the subject of picture books and literacy including …Charna D’Ardenne a doctoral student at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's School of Education…
UNC Professor Wins Life Achievement Award
WCHL 1360-AM (Chapel Hill)
A UNC professor’s life work is being honored. The North Carolina Literary and Historical Association is awarding Michael McFee, a poet and professor in the University’s English and Comparative Literature Department, with the R. Hunt Parker Memorial Award for Literary Achievement. Throughout his life, McFee has written nine poetry collections and edited numerous poetry and prose volumes including “This is Where We Live: Poems by Fifteen Contemporary North Carolina Poets.” He also serves as the director of UNC’s creative writing program.
UNC Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/4109/107/
Can you prevent Alzheimer's disease by doing crossword puzzles?
The Wilmington Journal
…It's little wonder, then, that Alzheimer's-prevention tips proliferate on the Web and in the media. Many urge older people to stay mentally agile by doing crossword puzzles, learning new languages, or remaining socially engaged. Unfortunately, there is no strong evidence that such activities actually prevent the disease, said Philip Sloane, MD, MPH, a professor of family medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Atheists challenge the believers
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
A free marketplace helps religion thrive in America. Now a group of nonbelievers has latched on to that idea with an aggressive campaign touting the wisdom of humanism. …But religion scholar Omid Safi of UNC-Chapel Hill still considers the tactic destructive. "It's obviously polemics," he said. "It's not really an invitation to dialogue or exchange ideas. It's one school of thought telling the other school of thought they're wrong."
Berry High dedicates season to lost player
The Charlotte Observer
…Last April, just a few weeks after the Cardinals made their first ever appearance in the N.C. 2A Western regional tournament, sophomore guard Jaquantus Pinder died in his sleep of apparent heart failure. He came home from an AAU tournament in Columbia, fell asleep and never woke up. According to the National Center for Catastrophic Sports Injury Research at UNC Chapel Hill, 20 to 25 high school and college athletes in the United States die each year from sudden cardiac death.
Jaywalkers beware … Crackdown is here
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
Motorists frustrated with flagrant jaywalking are getting some help. The UNC Department of Public Safety has begun issuing citations as part of a campaign to increase pedestrian safety. …“The issuance of citations is in keeping with a schedule we set earlier this fall,” said Chief Jeff McCracken, department director. “Campus construction, earlier nightfall and the number of larger-scale special events scheduled during after-dark hours underscores the need for vigilance by both motorists and pedestrians.”
Related Link:
http://wchl1360.com/detailswide.html?id=16593
UNC Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/4108/107/
Nonprofit promoting early literacy seeks children's books
WRAL-TV (CBS/Raleigh)
Reach Out and Read, a national nonprofit promoting early literacy, has been in North Carolina for a number of years. As part of the program, doctors, during an appointment, give a book to needy kids who might not have many at home. They also stress to parents the importance of reading to young children. About 85 hospitals, health centers and pediatricians offices in North Carolina participate in the program. Twelve of them are in the Triangle, including clinics at Duke Medicine, WakeMed and UNC Healthcare.
One-Stop Shop To Get Your Passport At UNC
WCHL 1360-AM (Chapel Hill)
UNC Global's associate director for development Susin Seow says UNC is making it easy to get your passport this week. In honor of International Education Week, UNC is hosting an event to help students and community members apply for or renew their passports through a very easy process. The event takes place on Friday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the fourth floor of the FedEx Global Education Center on the UNC campus.
Procedures likely weren't followed in inmate's escape
WRAL-TV (CBS/Raleigh)
Correctional officers most likely were not following procedures Tuesday when a prisoner escaped from a Chapel Hill hospital and stole a University of North Carolina campus police car, a top state prison official says.
Related Link:
http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/local&id=7795006
UNC faculty member resigns over racy text messages
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Monty Cook, hired this summer by the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Journalism and Mass Communications to lead an innovative online news operation, resigned Tuesday amid allegations that he has sent sexually explicit messages to a female student. Cook, a UNC alumnus, left The Baltimore Sun as senior vice president and editor earlier this year to take a post as executive producer of UNC-CH's Reese Felts Digital News Project.
Related Links:
http://blogs.newsobserver.com/campusnotes/unc-instructor-quits-over-relationship-with-student
http://wchl1360.com/detailswide.html?id=16597
http://blogs.newsobserver.com/campusnotes/unc-lecturer-quits-over-student-relationship
Issues and Trends
Budget cuts could cost NCCU jobs
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
Potential budget cuts could mean the loss of dozens of faculty and staff jobs at N.C. Central University. State officials have directed UNC system campuses to plan for possible cuts of 5 percent and 10 percent in their budgets for next year. A cut of 5 percent at NCCU, Chancellor Charlie Nelms said Wednesday, would mean about 36 faculty and staff members would lose their jobs. A 10-percent cut would increase that number to approximately 59.