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

National Coverage

Obama’s and Martin Luther King’s stories will merge Monday
McClatchy Newspapers

… Through the years, so-called “race issues” have been less prominent, allowing black politicians to identify more closely with universal issues such as health care or the economy. “Obama had financial advantages and the support of the Democratic Party,” said Kareem Crayton, an associate professor of law at the University of North Carolina Law School. “King was trying to dismantle a hundred years of exclusion, in violation of federal law and the courts.”

Georgia pre-k program lifts students, study says
The Atlanta Journal Constitution

A first-of-its kind study of Georgia pre-kindergarten program is nearly complete, and early reports indicate it shows largely good news about the program that has enrolled about 1.2 million youngsters in 20 years. …Researchers at the University of North Carolina’s Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute followed a random sample of pre-k students during the 2011-2012 school year, using pre- and post-tests to measure how much the 4-year-olds learned and classroom observations and teacher surveys to assess classroom quality.

University Of North Carolina Routinely Violates Sexual Assault Survivor Rights, Students Claim
The Huffington Post

…On Wednesday, Pino and UNC alumna Annie Clark, supported by fellow UNC student Landen Gambill — all sexual assault survivors — filed a formal complaint with the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights on behalf of themselves and those 64 other victims, whose names are being kept confidential.

State and Local Coverage

Perdue plans to meet with UNC student journalists
The Associated Press

Former Gov. Beverly Perdue is planning to talk with university students about her time in leadership. The former Democratic governor plans a brief talk and to answer questions from students on Thursday at the journalism school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She'll take part in a speaker's series created to get influential women to share their experiences and mentor students.
UNC Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/5799/68/

University, town set to kick off MLK Day events
The Herald-Sun (Durham)

Today, the 28th Annual University/Community Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Banquet will kick of a weeklong celebration of the life and legacy of the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. King, a Baptist minister who led the civil rights movement, was born Jan. 15, 1929. He was assassinated on April 4, 1968, while in Memphis, Tenn., to support sanitation workers on strike for higher wages and better treatment.
UNC Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/5801/1/

Researchers look for ways to cure peanut allergy
WRAL-TV (CBS/Raleigh)

Even a slight taste of peanuts could trigger a potentially life threatening allergic reaction. Researchers have been working on ways to cure this common food allergy, and recent studies show great progress. …“I think as physician researchers in this field, that what we all hope we can do is give them something and make it go away,” said Dr. Wesley Burks, a UNC physician who co-authored the study.
UNC Release:
http://news.unchealthcare.org/news/2013/january/sublingual-immunotherapy
-shows-promise-as-treatment-for-peanut-allergy

Research vessels essential part of science, economy
The Star News (Wilmington)

For researchers studying the migration of marine animals or behaviors of fish species, the lab where their best work in done is aboard the research vessels that carry them to the ocean and coastal waters where their subjects live. …According to a 2008 study by the Carolina Center for competitive Economies at UNC-Chapel Hill, the consortium and R/V Cape Hatteras produced $122.38 million total impact on the state's economy over the 26 years from 1982 to 2007, an average of $4.7 million per year.

Yes, people in Raleigh really are speeding (Editorial Column)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)

…“Funny you should mention this,” Allen said before reporting that, this very week, the council was to receive a report on speeding done by a public relations executive, Scott Misner, who also teaches at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Misner used the issue as a project for his students and on Tuesday presented the results to the council. It would not be accurate to say that Misner, a soft-spoken fellow, and his students, who did a terrific job, came to the same not-worth-a-hoot conclusion, but their findings and suggestions for a public awareness campaign are sound and should be adopted by the council forthwith.

UNC receives $1M from eye bank (Blog)
The Triangle Business Journal

The Winston-Salem-based North Carolina Eye Bank has donated $1 million to University of North Carolina School of Medicine to help develop a surgical skills lab. Medical students, residents, fellows and physicians from across the state will use what’s being bill as a one-of-a-kind facility in the region.

Issues and Trends

Raising UNC out-of-state student cap could be beneficial (Editorial)
The Winston-Salem Journal

Tough economic times may bring a change in UNC admissions that university administrators have long sought – more freshmen from other states. Today, out-of-state students are limited to 1 8 percent of incoming classes. That policy was designed to reserve enough seats for in-state students, the parents of whom pay taxes to support the universities.

Nowhere to Turn
Inside Higher Ed

If colleges and universities thought they could ride out the current revenue challenges by becoming more like some other institution, Moody's Investors Service has a bit of bad news for them: The grass isn't greener on anybody else's quad. Not even Harvard University's.

Woodson: Simpler, stable NCAA would be nice
The News & Observer (Raleigh)

N.C. State Chancellor Randy Woodson on Wednesday voiced his support for a simpler, scaled-back NCAA rulebook and said he hoped major conference realignment had reached a point of stability. Woodson spoke before a crowded audience at a meeting of the Raleigh Sports Club.

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