Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina people and programs cited recently in the media:
Regional Coverage
Seeds planted for aerotropolis around Denver International Airport
The Denver Post (Colorado)
…An aerotropolis is a new urban design that places cities around a central airport rather than the old model of banishing airports to the town's edge. These airport-anchored communities created to serve the global marketplace have "all the features of a modern metropolitan city, with offices, hotels and exhibition halls," said John Kasarda, the nation's foremost aerotropolis evangelist. …"It is a blank canvas," said Kasarda, a University of North Carolina professor and co-author of the book, "Aerotropolis: The Way We'll Live Next."
State and Local Coverage
UNC, Duke, State launch center
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
The region’s three research universities have launched a Triangle Center for Japanese Studies that will support fellowships, research, seminars, travel, guest speakers and library development. UNC Chapel Hill, Duke and N.C. State universities will partner in the center, founded by a $270,000 grant from the Japan Foundation in Tokyo. The center will continue to seek funding for collaborative endeavors in research, community outreach and education.
UNC Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/4791/107/
Marks receives appointment
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
Lawrence Marks, chairman of the UNC Department of Radiation Oncology, has been appointed the Dr. Sidney K. Simon Distinguished Professor of Oncology Research at UNC Chapel Hill.
UNC’s Kash honored
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
Thomas Kash, an assistant professor in the department of pharmacology and UNC’s Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies, will receive the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. This is the highest honor given by the United States government to science and engineering professionals in the early stages of their independent research careers.
Surviving a hospital stay
The Charlotte Observer
Joe and Teresa Graedon give lots of health care advice in their syndicated column, "The People's Pharmacy," and on their National Public Radio show by the same name. …Dr. Nortin Hadler, a UNC Chapel Hill rheumatologist and an oft-quoted critic of the U.S. health care system, wrote a blurb for the cover of the Graedons' book, but his praise is qualified.
'Super' UNC driver will be missed
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
"Super" Dave Harder, the man responsible for driving North Carolina's basketball teams to road games and shoot arounds for more than two decades, died suddenly Thursday, leaving the Tar Heels shocked and saddened. "Dave Harder was a part of the North Carolina basketball family and will always be thought of in that way," UNC coach Roy Williams said in a prepared statement. "He was extremely dependable, trustworthy, and fantastic at what he did. We will truly miss him, but we will remember him every time the Carolina basketball team steps on that bus."
Related Link:
http://www.wralsportsfan.com/unc/story/10241015/
UNC athletics director search grows
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The university committee whittling down the list of candidates for North Carolina's athletics director post has scheduled an additional meeting . Committee chairman Lowry Caudill said after Monday's meeting that several candidates have been interviewed. The committee will meet again Oct. 19 and has added an Oct. 26 meeting because it's not certain that work will be completed after the middle of next week."We're not finished interviewing," Caudill said.
Related Link:
http://www.heraldsun.com/view/full_story/15994059/article-Committee-continues-search-for-next-UNC-athletic-director?
Search for new UNC AD 'very deep'
WRAL-TV (CBS/Raleigh)
The search committee tasked to find a new athletic director at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill said Monday they are “very deep into it.” Committee Chair Lowry Caudill said that they have conducted “a good sized number” of interviews, including one out of town interview, but would not elaborate on where or the exact number conducted.
Related Link:
http://www.chapelboro.com/AD-Search-Continues-As-Two-Prospectives-Say-No/11148429
UNC’s hearing to dismiss McAdoo’s lawsuit delayed
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
A hearing that was scheduled for this afternoon that could have ended the Michael McAdoo lawsuit against UNC and the NCAA has been continued. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, its chancellor, Holden Thorp, and the National Collegiate Athletic Association filed motions last month to dismiss the lawsuit of former UNC football player, Michael McAdoo.
Issues and Trends
New Haiti PM a UNC-CH grad
The Triangle Business Journal
Garry Conille, a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is the new prime minister of Haiti after the Senate approved the nomination by President Michel Martelly. Conille received a master of public health degree from UNC-CH in 1999. His major in the School of Public Health was Health Policy and Administration.