Here is a sampling of links and notes about other Carolina people and programs cited recently in the media:
National Coverage
For Boston Bomb Suspect, A Seasoned Defense Team
The Associated Press
…Tamar Birckhead, a former federal public defender who represented shoe bomber Richard Reid, said the public safety exception cited by authorities allows investigators to question a suspect on a focused and limited basis when police or the public may be in immediate danger. "It seems inevitable if the case is going to be litigated and not resolved in a negotiated plea, then (Conrad) will bring a motion to suppress and try to argue that the government went beyond the public safety exception or didn't craft questions that were limited enough to fit within that exception," said Birckhead, now an associate professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law.
Gas leak suspected in Prague explosion
USA Today
…A young American studying in Prague through the University of North Carolina had the shock of his life, he said. "I really didn't know what was happening but the police came and told us we had to leave and I thought, so soon after what happened in Boston, could it possibly be terrorism?" said Zesely Haislip, 23, a native of Raleigh who lives in an apartment on Divadelni Street.
A Sense of Where You Are
The New York Times
In 1988, two determined psychology students sat in the office of an internationally renowned neuroscientist in Oslo and explained to him why they had to study with him. …Edvard, 51, and May-Britt Moser, 50, now direct the Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience and the Centre for the Biology of Memory at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology here in Trondheim. They have a steady stream of findings coming from their lab, and a slew of awards, the latest of which, the Perl-U.N.C. Neuroscience Prize, they received April 16 at the University of North Carolina.
College students network to stop assaults on campuses
USA Today
…"Right now is the time for this," says IX Network member Annie Clark, one of five women to file federal complaints in January against the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, her alma mater. The university is cooperating with the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights, which is investigating whether the school created a hostile climate for students who reported a sexual assault.
Related Link:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/29/dear-colleague-letter-
retaliaton-sexual-assault_n_3179768.html
Regional Coverage
Love through a scientific lens: Our true capacity to connect
"Voices in the Family" WHYY (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Positive emotions expert, social psychologist Barbara Fredrickson has some advice for all of us. …Barbara Fredrickson is Kenan Distinguished Professor of Psychology and award-winning Director of the PEP Lab at the University of North Carolina. She is known for her broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions. It describes how your positive emotions were sculpted by Darwinian natural selection. She has twice been invited to brief the Dalai Lama on her research.
Note: This interview was broadcast live from the Carolina News Studio.
Kan. Gun Law Puts Pressure On Local Governments
KCUR-FM (Kansas City, Mo.)
…Kansas isn’t alone, though, in passing statewide gun legislation. Dozens of states now are enacting similar laws, according to Jeff Welty, a professor of public law and government at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. But Kansas is a bit different. “This bill may go farther than most in terms of limiting local governments in their own buildings,” says Welty. “But the impetus behind the bill, the idea of expanding gun rights is familiar and has a lot of political momentum right now.”
State and Local Coverage
Chancellor honors 71 students for academic, service leadership
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
Seventy-one of the brightest and most dedicated students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill were honored April 18 with the university’s most prestigious awards for academic achievement and leadership in activities. Chancellor Holden Thorp presided at the annual Chancellor’s Awards ceremony, in which Executive Vice Provost Ron Strauss presented academic awards and Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Winston Crisp presented service and leadership awards.
UNC Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/5987/75/
Ross to lawmakers: Keep guns off UNC campuses
WRAL-TV (CBS/Raleigh)
University of North Carolina President Tom Ross said Monday that he's concerned about legislation moving through the state House that would allow people to have guns on university campuses. …On Monday, Jeff McCracken, director of public safety at UNC-Chapel Hill, expressed his opposition as well. "While intended to promote safety, this legislation allowing additional guns on public campuses actually would make colleges and universities less safe. Even allowing weapons to be kept only in locked vehicles is not secure," McCracken said in a statement.
Related Links:
http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/local&id=9084253
http://www.heraldsun.com/news/x383677854/UNC-officials-concerned-about-gun-bill
http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/04/29/2859128/dome-tom-ross-lambasts-bill-allowing.html
UNC Statement:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/6003/68/
Thorp: Online Education Here To Stay
WCHL-FM (Chapel Hill)
“We need to be part of the conversation and part of the effort that’s going into developing these things,” Chancellor Thorp says. “But, I don’t think the extreme views on either side of this are correct. I don’t think that this is going to disrupt residential college education overnight, and I also don’t think that it’s something we can ignore.”
‘Sincerely Yours’ On Display At Ackland Art Museum
WCHL-FM (Chapel Hill)
…“Sincerely Yours” officially opened April 18th and will run through May 26th. The Ackland exhibit is composed of art by the eight 2013 Master of Fine Arts candidates from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The works presented in the exhibit investigate the idea of sincerity and the ways in which this concept may be employed as a powerful—even revolutionary—tool.
Cutting Pre-K is a false savings (Opinion-Editorial Column)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
For the second time in as many years, members of the North Carolina General Assembly are seeking to limit eligibility for N.C. Pre-K, North Carolina’s premier public pre-kindergarten program. …Year after year, researchers at UNC’s Frank Porter Graham Institute find that children who participate in N.C. Pre-K finish the third grade with better math and reading skills than those who don’t participate in the program. N.C. Pre-K is a proven catalyst for success. (Rob Thompson is the executive director of the Covenant with North Carolina’s Children.)
Wind energy production viable (Letter to the Editor)
The Fayetteville Observer
A recent letter ("Wind turbines could be costly," April 8) contained several inaccuracies about American wind power and the benefits of renewable energy. …With our state's tremendous wind energy potential – among the best on the East Coast, according to studies from UNC-Chapel Hill and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory – we should be keeping in place the policies that will ensure its development. (Dan Crawford, director of governmental relations, N.C. League of Conservation Voters, Raleigh)
Outgoing UNC chancellor addresses football scandal
News 14 Carolina
Nearly three years after a scandal surfaced within UNC Chapel Hill's football program, outgoing Chancellor Holden Thorp spoke with News 14 Carolina's Julie Fertig about the NCAA investigation. Thorp is leaving UNC at the end of June and will become the provost of Washington University in St. Louis.
Issues and Trends
Duke Faculty Say No
Inside Higher Ed
Duke University faculty members, frustrated with their administration and skeptical of the degrees to be awarded, have forced the institution to back out of a deal with nine other universities and 2U to create a pool of for-credit online classes for undergraduates. Duke’s Arts & Sciences Council, which represents faculty from Duke’s largest undergraduate college, voted 16-14 on Thursday against plans to grant credits to Duke students who would have taken online courses from the pool. The vote effectively killed Duke's participation in the effort, and it immediately withdrew.
Chapel Hill Transit to discuss road project
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
Chapel Hill Transit (CHT) will host information sessions from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday at the UNC Student Union (The Pit) and from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday at the North Carolina Children's Hospital (stage near the Hospital's entrance). The sessions will provide customers an opportunity to ask CHT staff questions regarding service changes related to a project to widen and enhance South Columbia Street between Purefoy Road and Manning Drive.