Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina people and programs cited recently in the media:
International Coverage
America's diabetes epidemic threatens quality-of-life
The Canadian
Diabetes is becoming a mere epidemic in America. It is estimated that at least 21 million Americans have a form of diabetes. …“It is a disease that does have the ability to eat you alive,” said Dr. John B. Buse, a professor at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine who is the diabetes association’s president for medicine and science. “It can be just awful — it’s almost unimaginable how bad it can be.”
National Coverage
Supreme Court Invalidates Arizona 'Proof of Citizenship' Policy for Voter Registration
"The Take Away with John Hockenberry" Public Radio International
On Monday, the Supreme Court ruled against Arizona state's Proposition 200—a law that required would-be voters to indicate proof of citizenship before being eligible to vote. Arizona state legislators and Attorney General Tom Horne defended such procedures as measures to counteract voter fraud. …Kareem Crayton, University of North Carolina law professor, weighs in on what this ruling really means.
MBA Internship Dos and Don'ts
Bloomberg Businessweek
…Prepare ahead of your internship by touching base with your managers to ensure you understand what they want from you. Then, brainstorm and research the topic at hand, suggests Katrin Baker, associate director of the MBA Career Management Center at the University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School.
Regional Coverage
Is mask on the auction block really Napoleon's death mask?
The Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
…"In a sense, all the known copies of the mask can in some roundabout, distant way be linked to St. Helena, so I highly question Bonhams' assertion," said Neil Fulghum, a retired curator at the University of North Carolina's Collection Gallery in Chapel Hill, which has its own secondary cast of a Napoleon death mask. That mask was made, he said, by Napoleon's personal physician, Francois Carlo Antommarchi, after he returned to France from the island.
State and Regional Coverage
For Returning Vets, Challenges On The Homefront
"The State of Things" WUNC-FM
The latest research suggests that for veterans, social support is just as important as medical care. Host Frank Stasio talks with UNC Chapel Hill Associate Professor of Psychiatry Eric Elbogen, about his study showing that vets lacking social and financial stability are more likely to engage in violent behavior than those with posttraumatic stress disorder. Joining the conversation are Pete Tillman, public affairs officer for the Durham VA Medical Center, and Jason Hansman of Iraq & Afghanistan Veterans of America.
Why Hundreds Of Thousands Of Vets Are Waiting For Their Disability Claims
"The State of Things" WUNC-FM
…At (Senator Kay) Hagan's request, VA Secretary Eric Shinseki has agreed to send a top official to the Winston-Salem office. "For the last two years we've developed and have been fielding an automation system…that will replace that stack of paper that you saw," Shinseki said during an appearance at UNC Chapel Hill last week. "In the next year or so, we'll watch the backlog just begin to be taken down. 2015 still remains our target date."
Report: Most teacher ed programs are substandard
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
…Bill McDiarmid, dean of UNC-CH’s School of Education, said the ranking makes broad conclusions from paper reviews. “My major concern about it is not that there are people who are critical of teacher education,” McDiarmid said. “People have been critical of teacher education for 150 years. … They haven’t seen how teachers perform in the classroom. They haven’t seen any evidence about the effect that it’s having on student learning.” McDiarmid said he had no problem with the council’s standards but said the education field has moved beyond determining quality through superficial methods.
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http://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/blog/2013/06/group-bad-college-programs-turn-out.html
UNC-CH to stage emergency drill Wednesday
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
UNC-Chapel Hill will hold an emergency drill between 7 a.m. and 2 p.m. Wednesday. The drill will take place near Davis Library. The library backs up to Raleigh Street and its front entrance is near the Pit and Lenoir Dining Hall. During the drill, the area surrounding Davis Library will be blocked to pedestrians and vehicles, and Chapel Hill Transit service will be re-routed.
UNC Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/6077/1/
Trustees select new class of UNC Board of Visitors
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Board of Trustees has appointed a new class of alumni and friends to serve on the UNC Board of Visitors, one of the most active volunteer groups at the University. The new members begin their terms July 1.
UNC Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/6079/68/
OWASA will continue fluoridating water in southern Orange County
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
An agency serving southern Orange County will continue to fluoridate its drinking water, and the Durham County Board of Health has recommended that Durham do the same. …Dr. Gary Slade, professor and director of the Oral Epidemiology Ph.D. program at the UNC School of Dentistry, recently co-authored an Australian study that concluded that adding fluoride to drinking water reduces tooth decay in adult men and women. There is no known scientific evidence linking controlled amounts with adverse health effects in humans.
Union County school board seeks mediation over budget dispute
The Charlotte Observer
The Union County school board, unhappy with the amount of money it got from county commissioners in the new budget, voted 7-2 on Tuesday to seek mediation to try to resolve the dispute. If mediation fails, the district could sue the county. This is the fourth time the district has sought mediation since 1998. No other district has used the process that many times, according to data from the University of North Carolina School of Government. …About one to three school districts a year seek mediation, according to John Stephens, an expert on public policy dispute resolution at the UNC School of Government.
Is the future of the North Carolina film industry actually television?
The Independent Weekly (Durham)
…"You'd be hard-pressed to find anything in Iron Man 3 that was identifiably North Carolinian," says E. Brent Lane, director of the Carolina Center for Competitive Economies at UNC-Chapel Hill's Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise. "I don't think anyone's going to come to the Port of Wilmington to see the cranes that were featured in the film."
Tax incentives for GE expansion a win-win
The Star News (Wilmington)
…John Kasarda, director of the Center for Air Commerce at the University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill, said GE's decision to invest in North Carolina is another example of the state becoming a "stealth" developer of a significant aerospace industry in recent years. "I think you could argue that it's become the largest overall on the East Coast as far as diversity is concerned," he said.
Three-Year-Old Charlotte Boy, Grayson Clamp Hears For The First Time
WFMY-TV (CBS/Greensboro)
…For his parents, Len and Nicole Clamp they took a chance after hearing about a surgery called "Auditory Brain Stem Implant" at UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill. Grayson is the first child in the U.S. to undergo the surgery. It involves a microchip implanted in his brain to help him hear. Grayson's parents are now trying to teach him how to process all the sounds he hears.
Look closer to home for trouble, governor (Editorial)
The Charlotte Observer
Gov. Pat McCrory and other Republican leaders say “outsiders” are stirring up trouble by protesting at the General Assembly in Raleigh. Now, arrest records, in-the-field research and statewide polling suggest McCrory and the GOP in fact face a growing problem from “insiders” – also known as rank-and-file North Carolinians. …And on Monday, Fred Stutzman of Eighty Percent Solutions did some research. Stutzman, an adjunct professor at UNC Chapel Hill, holds a Ph.D. in information science, a graduate certificate in quantitative research and a B.A. in economics.
Bar dog ownership after two violent attacks (Editorial)
The Winston-Salem Journal
…James Markham, an assistant professor of public law and government at the University of North Carolina School of Government, said that if the owners are convicted and a judge puts them on probation, he could order them not to own any more dogs, subject to enforcement by a probation officer.
Be wary of food-drug reactions (Column)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
If you’re taking medication, you may need to lay off the licorice or give away the grapefruit. Some foods and drugs just don’t get along, and mixing the two can mean trouble. The fact that the efficacy of your medication can be affected by what you eat may be news to some people. (Suzanne Havala Hobbs is a registered dietitian and a clinical associate professor in the department of health policy and administration in the Gillings School of Global Public Health at UNC-Chapel Hill.)
Issues and Trends
Lawmakers should heed police against guns on campus (Editorial)
The Citizen-Times (Asheville)
North Carolina legislators who have not shown much of a penchant for listening to the views of their constituents in recent weeks would do well to pay closer attention to what one select group of constituents is saying regarding proposed legislation that would allow guns on college and university campuses across the state. That small group — the police chiefs of all 17 campuses of the University of North Carolina system — is dead-set against the portion of House Bill 937 that would allow handguns on university property, from Cullowhee in the west to Elizabeth City in the east.