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International Coverage

Studying abroad: US in a league of its own
The Telegraph (United Kingdom)

…Lorna Morris, a first-year student at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, chose to apply to the US because she was having difficulty finding a British course that suited her needs. …For Morris, the liberal arts curriculum at UNC Chapel Hill means she doesn’t have to declare her “major”, or main area of study, until the end of her first year. In the meantime she has taken classes ranging from psychology to languages to politics.

National Coverage

Can a Blood Test Determine How Long People Will Live?
"World News with Diane Sawyer" ABC News

…"It will be interesting and important to examine telomere length in a population and then assemble all the other epidemiological information like race, lifestyle, diet, geographic origin, etc.," said Kerry Bloom, a professor of biology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. "There are many factors that are likely to influence the results. Only until we have large data sets can we start to answer the question.

Blogger's 'Ugly' Conclusions Anger Some In The Black Community (Blog)
National Public Radio

…"He's mischaracterizing the objectiveness of the data — that's wrong. It's subjective. The interviewers' data is subjective," said Harris, who is also a professor of sociology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. "The empirical analysis does not account for the characteristics of the interviewers, which influence their observation," Harris said, listing such elements as race, ethnicity, sex, education and life experiences.

State and Local Coverage

Duke, UNC, NCCU cited for academic progress
The Herald-Sun (Durham)

Duke, North Carolina and N.C. Central all had athletic teams honored Tuesday by the NCAA for strong academic performances during the 2009-10 school year. …UNC had seven teams recognized, including men's basketball, while the N.C. Central men's golf team received the award for the second consecutive year.
Related Link:
http://www.newsobserver.com/2011/05/18/1205621/teams-
excel-in-class.html#storylink=misearch

Duke, UNC rank among top children’s hospitals (Blog)
The Triangle Business Journal

Duke Children’s Hospital & Health Center and North Carolina Children’s Hospital at UNC-Chapel Hill earned high marks nationally in the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings. …UNC finished second in the Triangle with six specialty areas ranked nationally, including a No. 10 ranking in pulmonology, the only top 10 ranking for any hospital in the state.

N.C. Children's Hospital 10th best in pulmonology (Blog)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)

North Carolina Children’s Hospital at UNC Hospitals has been ranked in six of 10 U.S. News Media Group’s “America’s Best Children’s Hospitals” categories. The hospital nabbed its second Top 10 ranking in pulmonology — the only top 10 ranking achieved by any children’s hospital in North Carolina, according to a news release. N.C. Children’s Hospital ranked 10th in pulmonology, 37th in diabetes and endocrinology, 39th in gastroenterology, 42nd in orthopaedics, 43rd in cardiology and heart surgery, and 44th in neonatology, the release said.

UNC Alumni Honors Three For Distinguished Service
WCHL 1360-AM (Chapel Hill)

UNC's General Alumni Association honored three members of the community with Distinguished Service Medals. This year’s recipients, awarded for their outstanding service to the University and the GAA, were John Evans, Erskine Bowles and Sallie Shuping-Russell.
UNC Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/4532/68/

Build a better sandwich with shredded veggies (Column)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)

Getting away from your home environment is all it takes sometimes to find inspiration for new ways of fixing everyday foods. It can open up options you hadn't considered for meal ideas that are quick, easy and good for you, too. (Suzanne Havala Hobbs is a registered dietitian and a clinical associate professor in the department of health policy and administration in the Gillings School of Global Public Health at UNC-Chapel Hill.)

UNC student released on bond
The Chapel Hill Herald

Corey Gallisdorfer, a UNC student who allegedly tricked 12- and 13-year-old boys into sending him pornographic photographs of themselves, has been released on a $50,000 bond.

Police: Man touched feet of UNC-CH coeds
WRAL-TV (CBS/Raleigh)

University of North Carolina public safety officers on Tuesday arrested a man accused of touching the feet of female students in class. Christopher Deas, 35, no address available, was charged with three counts of assault on a female by unwanted touching. Police said Deas isn't affiliated with the university.
Related Links:
http://www2.nbc17.com/news/2011/may/17/unc-man-charged-entering
-classrooms-and-touching-w-ar-1041522/

http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/local&id=8136990

Issues and Trends

Education leaders meet to discuss keeping college affordable, accessible
WRAL-TV (CBS/Raleigh)

Legislators, business leaders and high-ranking officials from some of North Carolina's leading universities met Tuesday to talk about the importance of education for the states' workforce
and finding ways to ensure the college dream is accessible to all. …Tom Ross, president of the UNC System, noted that the system has seen state funding reduced by $620 million over the past four years. He worries that more budget cuts will force the universities to charge more in tuition, provide less in financial aid and limit the number of students they can enroll. About 60 percent of the students in the UNC System get some kind of financial aid.

State needs more college grads, leaders agree (Under the Dome)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)

There were no easy answers on how to boost the college-completion rate at a forum Tuesday in Raleigh. Leaders of public and private higher education gathered at the state Department of Public Instruction for a discussion sponsored by the College Board Advocacy & Policy Center and the National Conference of State Legislatures. The aim was to look for ways to increase college-degree attainment in North Carolina during a severe budget squeeze.

The college try (Editorial)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)

When the General Assembly finally completes its task of fashioning a balanced state budget amid the wreckage of the Great Recession, there will be no escaping the programs gutted and services slashed. But how much of that pain will fall on North Carolina's young people, via cuts in education? Surely that's one part of the budget where the knife should be used very carefully. Instead, the spending plan approved by the House and sent across to the Senate opens the bidding with education cutbacks in the range of $1 billion – about half of the total shortfall that needs to be closed.

Don't sacrifice the state's next generation with education cuts (Editorial)
The Citizen-Times (Asheville)

We're beginning to wonder if the new GOP majority in the N.C. General Assembly isn't out not so much to “reform'' public education as to destroy it. We don't make that statement lightly. But the record is beginning to get mighty incriminating. It started with an overreach on charter schools legislation and has continued with offers of devastating cuts to K-12 schools, the community college system and the University of North Carolina system. The latest assault is an effort to slash funding for need-based grants to in-state students for the UNC system.

NCCU's mission imperiled by budget cuts (Letter to the Editor)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)

The major thrust of your recent coverage about the state budget, that these cuts to higher education will serve to imperil our future prosperity, is entirely true. Like all UNC system universities, N.C. Central University has been directed to prepare for a 15 percent cut, which would translate to a reduction of nearly $14 million to our campus. (Charlie Nelms, Chancellor, N.C. Central University, Durham)

Western Triangle bus, rail transit plan backed
The Chapel Hill News

…The plan the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization's transit committee approved calls for: Beefed-up bus service in and between the three municipalities; An electric-powered light-rail line from the UNC campus to East Durham; The Durham County portion of a rush-hour commuter train line from West Durham to Garner.

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