Skip to main content
 

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

International Coverage

Workers Griping by Facebook May Lose Jobs After Ruling
Bloomberg News

…The National Labor Relations Board ruled last year that employees can use social media to complain or comment on management, without retribution. The decision was among 220 issued in 2012 by the five-person board, three of whose appointments were ruled invalid last week by the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington. “It puts all of the board’s actions into question,” Jeffrey Hirsch, a professor at the University of North Carolina School of Law, said in a phone interview. “If you’re an employee who’s been fired, and you want your job back, you’re not going to get it until this is resolved.”

Tips to choose the right MBA program
The Globe and Mail (Canada)

…However, online degrees are evolving, with new technology emerging every day to promote interaction and team work – so much so that schools are increasing their initially low-cost fees to reflect the program’s value. In July, 2011, for example, the Kenan-Flagler Business School of the University of North Carolina launched its MBA@UNC with fees of $89,000.

National Coverage

The Daily Tar Heel Published Details Of Rape Victims' Federal Complaint Without Consent
The Huffington Post

The student newspaper at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, the Daily Tar Heel, published details of a federal complaint filed by survivors of sexual assault without their consent.

Regional Coverage

Walmart in Boulder: A 'Faustian bargain'?
The Denver Post (Colorado)

…"Walmart has its roots in a rural Southern economy and rural areas have lower wages," said Lester, who now is an assistant professor at the University of North Carolina's Department of City and Regional Planning. "Walmart's trying to play by rules that existed in Bentonville." As Walmart continues efforts to expand and enter more urban areas, some communities have responded by proposing or enacting living wage ordinances, Lester said.

State and Local Coverage

N.C. Supreme Court limits property tax revals
The Triangle Business Journal

…"This was a pretty unusual case," said Christopher McLaughlin, an attorney who teaches tax law and policy at UNC-Chapel Hill's school of government. "It's unusual to see this sort of dramatic change. Even if they were selling at $45,000 to $60,000 in 2007, I'll bet they weren't selling for that in 2008. I'll bet this really got (the landowner) fired up."

Too many unintended overdoses (Opinion-Editorial Column)
The News & Record (Greensboro)

…As a health educator at UNC-Chapel Hill Campus Health, I have worked with college students who have experienced accidental overdose due to a combination of alcohol and prescription drugs. Many are smart, studious high achievers. Often they are taking prescription medicines as prescribed, unaware of the toxic effects of mixing their drugs with alcohol. (Natalie Rich is a health educator at UNC-Chapel Hill Campus Health.)

Genealogy focus of conference
The Herald-Sun (Durham)

“Preserving Our History/Creating Family Legacies” is the title of a conference Saturday at the Shepard Memorial Library at N.C. Central University. The conference will include workshops on such topics as researching slave and free ancestry, and preservation of African-American bible records. The conference starts at 9 a.m. and continues through lunch, where the keynote speaker will be Heather Williams, professor of history at UNC Chapel Hill and author of “Help Me Find My People: The African-American Search for Family Lost in Slavery.”

Hurt to lead women’s center
The Herald-Sun (Durham)

After serving as interim director for the past year, Christiane Hurt has been selected as director of the Carolina Women’s Center at UNC Chapel Hill. Hurt is a Carolina alumna, graduating in 1993 with a bachelor’s degree in history and in 1998 with a master of public administration degree.
UNC Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/5792/107/

LaMonica named director
The Herald-Sun (Durham)

Charlé LaMonica will become the next director of World View at UNC Chapel Hill. The program, created in 1998, offers professional training in global issues to educators in North Carolina’s schools, community colleges and universities.
UNC Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/5790/107/

Chapel Hill fire destroys 6 condos, damages 3
The News & Observer (Raleigh)

A fire destroyed six apartments and damaged three others Monday at the University Gardens condominiums near downtown Chapel Hill. …UNC-CH graduate student Rachel Wasserman said she left everything behind when someone pounded on her door and she smelled smoke. She saw a window air-conditioning unit fall out of a burning window on the third floor as she fled the building, she said. “I wasn’t even dressed yet, because I didn’t have anywhere to be today,” she said.
Related Link:
http://www.heraldsun.com/news/localnews/x3714505/Fire-drives-residents-from-their-homes

Smith: Martin’s retraction and why it matters (Opinion-Editorial Column)
The Hearld-Sun (Durham)

For a solid month Jim Martin’s report on UNC’s “academic anomalies” has caused much hand-wringing among UNC faculty. When the former governor asserted that the Faculty Athletics Committee (FAC) had soft-pedaled concerns raised by athletics officials in 2002 and 2006, he effectively laid the blame for the UNC athletic-academic scandal at the feet of the faculty. (Jay M. Smith is a professor of history at UNC-Chapel Hill.)

Comments are closed.