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

International Coverage

Gilead’s Quad pill likely to gain FDA nod given its inclusion in latest HIV therapy guidelines
Financial Times

…The inclusion of Quad in the guidelines shows IAS-USA is being proactive, as it is “hard not to see” the Quad as a treatment option soon, said Dr David Margolis, professor of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology, and Epidemiology at the University of North Carolina.

National Coverage

Networked Politics
C-SPAN

Daniel Kreiss spoke about his book, Taking Our Country Back: The Crafting of Networked Politics from Howard Dean to Barack Obama. It discusses networked politics from Howard Dean to Barack Obama and the 2012 elections.

Evaluating the Effects of Accelerators? Not So Fast
Forbes

…Susan Cohen is a researcher at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill who offers this clarification: Accelerators are organizations that provide cohorts of selected nascent ventures seed-investment, usually in exchange for equity, and limited-duration educational programming, including extensive mentorship and structured educational components. These programs typically culminate in “demo days” where the ventures make pitches to an audience of qualified investors.

State and Local Coverage

It’s that season again: College students arriving
The Herald-Sun (Durham)

The thundering herd, off in the distance the last few months, is gathering steam and getting closer. …At UNC, move-in day is Aug. 18 for the 4,000 or so who will be calling Chapel Hill home. The new student convocation is the next day and classes at Carolina will begin on Aug. 21.

Click into the past
The Winston-Salem Journal

…The N.C. Digital Heritage Center at UNC Chapel Hill started the project more than two years ago. "When we started the Digital Heritage Center, we wanted a couple of different projects that could reach the entire state, something that a lot of institutions could contribute to that would create some general interest," said Nick Graham, who oversaw the yearbook digitization project. "We thought digitizing yearbooks was a terrific choice."
UNC Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/5466/73/

Contractor sues over handling of Nana’s drainage project
The Herald-Sun (Durham)

…But experts at UNC’s School of Government say it’s been clear since at least 1993 that cities have a lot of latitude when they’re awarding major contracts to consider factors other than a bidder’s bottom-line price. In 1993, the N.C. Court of Appeals ruled that it’s legal for them to ask bidders “about their experience and financial strength and to consider this information in determining whether the low bidder is responsible,” School of Government professor Frayda Bluestein said.

Poverty tour groups will hold Rocky Mount summit this weekend
The Associated Press

…The stories of homelessness and poverty “will bolster a political movement, a long season of engagement and activism and participation,” said Gene Nichol, director of the Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Issues and Trends

We don't cotton to tax cuts for the rich (Opinion-Editorial Column)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)

If anyone tells you that ending the Bush tax cuts for the richest 2 percent would hurt job creation, tell them to talk with me. …Years ago, I studied to be an economist at UNC-Chapel Hill, the nation’s first public university. Our public schools, colleges and universities are among the important places we can see our tax dollars at work.

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