Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina people and programs cited recently in the media:
International Coverage
AIDS cure long way off despite success with HIV infected baby
The Star (Toronto, Canada)
When scientists announced that an HIV-infected baby in Mississippi has been effectively cleared of the virus, they touched off a global wave of excitement that has people burbling about a cure. But for Dr. David Margolis, an HIV expert and professor of medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, this unbridled enthusiasm over a “cure” has been somewhat unsettling.
Brain’s pain-killing powers work better in agreeable people
The Globe and Mail (Canada)
“Having an agreeable personality might make you popular at work and lucky in love,” says Scientific American Mind. “It may also enhance your brain’s built-in painkilling powers, boosting the placebo effect. Researchers at the University of Michigan, the University of North Carolina and the University of Maryland administered standard personality tests to 50 healthy volunteers.
New mums prone to OCD – research
The New Zealand Herald
…"Most mothers are going to experience some degree of increased worry and vulnerability because of the profound experience of being responsible for another creature for the first time,'' said assistant professor of maternal and child health at the University of North Carolina, Dr Samantha Meltzer-Brody told the Huffington Post.
National Coverage
Students Initiate Inquiry Into Harassment Reports
The New York Times
The federal government has begun an investigation into claims that the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill routinely botched sexual assault and harassment complaints and mistreated victims — the latest in a series of similar allegations against high-profile colleges and universities. … “I think it’s absolutely the case that some of the things in the complaint are things that fell under earlier procedures,” but more still needs to be done, said Dr. Thorp, who will leave the university this summer to become provost at Washington University in St. Louis. “I’ve got a little time left here in office, and this is by far the most important thing I have to work on,” he said.
What surgeons leave behind costs some patients dearly
USA Today
…When hospital officials at University of North Carolina Health Care decided on a radio-frequency detection system for surgical sponges, the big hurdle was costs — and the way they're calculated. "We had to find savings to offset the expense," says Susan Phillips, UNC Health's vice president of perioperative services.
New Programs
Inside Higher Ed
…University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is starting a doctor of nursing practice program.
UNC Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/5863/71/
The Professor, the Bikini Model and the Suitcase Full of Trouble
The New York Times Magazine
In November 2011, Paul Frampton, a theoretical particle physicist, met Denise Milani, a Czech bikini model, on the online dating site Mate1.com. …Frampton would return home from campus — he’d been a professor in the physics and astronomy department at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for 30 years — and his computer would buzz.
State and Local Coverage
National expert answers questions about UNC-Chapel Hill and sexual assault
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Gina Maisto Smith, a nationally recognized expert, was hired by UNC-Chapel Hill to facilitate a campus conversation surrounding the university’s handling of sexual misconduct cases. Smith is a partner in the law firm of Pepper Hamilton in its Philadelphia office. She spent nearly two decades in the Philadelphia District Attorney’s office, where she prosecuted sex crimes, child abuse and other crimes. She now focuses on institutional responses to sexual misconduct, advising colleges and universities on policies and conducting training.
Related Links:
http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/03/07/2733712/cases-exceed-unc-chs-honor-court.html
http://www.heraldsun.com/news/x1942452443/UNC-given-20-days-to-provide
-information-on-sexual-assault-policy
UNC Faculty Council to discuss NCAA violations, handling of sexual assault cases
News 14 Carolina
Recent headlines involving academic misconduct and the handling of sexual assault cases at UNC-Chapel Hill will be up for discussion Friday. The school's Faculty Council will meet as they try to put new reforms in place for student-athletes. The Faculty Council, who represents all the professors, said some new measures have already been taken to prevent another scandal like the one the NCAA discovered within UNC's football program.
In local university labs, ‘cooper-etition’ reigns
The Triangle Business Journal
To sports fans, March is known for “madness” on college basketball courts and head-to-head showdowns among rivals and non-rivals alike. In research labs, though, competition falls by the wayside, and collaboration is the name of the game. …The sheer number of shared projects bears that out. Since 2008, researchers at UNC-Chapel Hill, Duke University and N.C. State have worked in various combinations on a whopping 3,090 projects. Duke and UNC-CH have combined on the most, with 2,061 partnerships between just those two universities.
Bringing in dollars is at bottom line of research programs
The Triangle Business Journal
… The team began looking for a new academic home for their program in 2011 and Chapel Hill was attractive because of UNC-CH’s Dr. Myron Cohen and his work in drastically reducing HIV transmission. Also attractive was a long-standing UNC-CH project in Malawi, a neighbor to Zambia. The recruitment effort brought 13 new faculty members to the UNC Institute for Global Health & Infectious Diseases and resulted in the creation of the UNC Global Women’s Health Division.
Duke biz students face highest debt burden in America, Bloomberg finds (Blog)
The Triangle Business Journal
Graduates of Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business have the highest debt burdens of any business school in the nation, according to Bloomberg Businessweek. The news magazine collects surveys from colleges and universities around the nation to compile various lists and rankings, including its "Best Business Schools" ranking. Fuqua ranked sixth on that list and UNC-Chapel Hill’s Kenan-Flagler Business School ranked 17th.