Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina people and programs cited recently in the media:
National Coverage
Bloomberg to Increase Oversight After Privacy Lapses
The New York Times
…Chris Roush, a journalism professor at the University of North Carolina, and a former Bloomberg employee, said that the company needed to find an editor with “no current or previous financial ties to the company or its founder,” and give that person the “power to act upon grievances.” “That will show the world that it is serious about preventing future lapses,” Mr. Roush said.
Still Kooky After All These Years
The New York Times
Merrill Rose took one look at the wildly eccentric apartment on Fifth Avenue in Greenwich Village, with its fanciful yacht-like features and campy, round loft bedroom, and knew it was all wrong for her. …And all of a sudden, she was entertaining more. She arranged a reunion for 25 members of her sorority at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and invited them over for cocktails.
State to audit sexual assault policies at UC Berkeley
The Los Angeles Times
…The Berkeley women who filed the federal complaint in May worked closely with advocates who have advised students with similar assault allegations at schools including USC, Occidental and Swarthmore colleges, and the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Students at those schools were encouraged to file complaints that alleged that administrators were not complying with Title IX, the federal civil rights law that prohibits sex discrimination in education.
Regional Coverage
Karol K. Gray named CFO of Applied DNA Sciences
NewsDay (Melville, N.Y.)
Applied DNA Sciences, Inc., a company that uses plant DNA to make anti-counterfeiting products, has hired former Stony Brook University official Karol Kain Gray as its chief financial officer. Gray has 35 years of financial, organizational and management experience, most recently at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, where she was vice chancellor for finance and administration and helped oversee a $3.4 billion budget.
UNC Campus Update:
http://www.unc.edu/campus-updates/vice-chancellor-gray-to-return-to-
new-york-family-and-private-sector-opportunity/
State and Local Coverage
McCrory signs hospital legislation that requires public pricing for 140 procedures and services
The Winston-Salem Journal
Gov. Pat McCrory signed a bipartisan bill on Wednesday that gives patients more clarity on their medical bills and on hospitals' debt-collection efforts. House Bill 834 was championed by Roy Cooper, the state's attorney general. The House voted to approve the bill by a 103-10 margin; the Senate voted 49-0. …State-owned hospitals at UNC Chapel Hill and East Carolina University will no longer be able to garnish a patient’s wages to settle an unpaid debt.
Water quality report reveals human-borne bacteria; contamination sources remain unclear
The Port City Daily (Wilmington)
Water quality monitoring in New Hanover County continues to show levels of a form of bacteria that indicates fecal contamination of several creeks and waterways. …To determine that, (Shawn) Rosov said the monitoring program reallocated funds to contract with Rachel Noble, a marine sciences professor at UNC-Chapel Hill, whom Rosov said is “world-renowned in what she does, which is looking for mechanisms and methods to understand where the bacteria load is coming from.”
Duke professors pocket more than UNC, N.C. State peers (Blog)
The Triangle Business Journal
Duke University professors, on average, earn the ninth-highest salaries in the country, according to the American Association of University Professors, which released its annual report on higher-education economics. …UNC-Chapel Hill ranked 30th in average professor salary among universities with very high research activity. Professors there received an average salary of $147,900.
‘The Mountaintop,’ ‘The Best of Enemies’ on stage this fall
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
PlayMakers Repertory Company, the professional theater company in residence at UNC Chapel Hill, will partner for the first time with Triad Stage in Greensboro for a play this fall about Martin Luther King Jr., called “The Mountaintop." The companies will co-produce the regional premiere of the play by Katori Hall. It will be performed first as the PlayMakers main stage season opener in the Paul Green Theater at UNC Sept. 18-Oct. 6, then in Greensboro Oct. 20-Nov. 10 at The Pyrle Theater.
UNC Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/6088/66/
UNC student featured in fall 'Survivor' cast
WRAL-TV (CBS/Raleigh)
A student from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is featured in the fall season of "Survivor." Marissa Peterson, 21, joins her uncle, Gervase Peterson on "Survivor: Blood vs. Water," which debuts Sept. 18 on CBS. This season's "Survivor" pits previous contestants – Gervase was a competitor on "Survivor: Borneo" – against a loved one.
Chatham, Orange residents file for open N.C. Senate seat
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
…The other candidates for Kinnaird’s seat that emerged Wednesday were retiring Carrboro Mayor Mark Chilton; author and educator Amy Tiemann, and former Alamance County Rep. Alice Bordsen. …Tiemann doesn’t have any previous experience in an elected office, but she said people have been encouraging her to run for several years. She is a Chapel Hill resident but works in Chatham County and is a member of the N.C. Council for Women and UNC’s Sexual Assault Task Force.
Issues and Trends
Wedding bells can wait, Sean Tapley has a game to play
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
North Carolina wide receiver Sean Tapley got engaged to his girlfriend, fellow UNC junior Britney Smith, on Tuesday night. So Tar Heels coach Larry Fedora went to congratulate his player before practice Wednesday, but Tapley said he had other things to worry about. “You have to appreciate that about him,” Fedora said. “He’s locked in right now.”
Pay for veterans’ care now, or pay more later
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
…The right thing is caring for these veterans now. It’s also the prudent thing. Professor Bilmes at Harvard has told us about the costs, and the Citizen-Solider Support Program at the University of North Carolina has shown us a way ahead. The only thing missing is accountability for the Pentagon and VA to set aside their bureaucratic frictions and tackle the problem. (Matthew Leatherman is a resident fellow at the International Affairs Council of North Carolina in Raleigh, N.C. He wrote this for McClatchy-Tribune.)
Obama Vows to Shame Colleges Into Keeping Costs Down
The New York Times
Deploring the rising costs of a college education, President Obama vowed on Thursday to try to shame universities into holding their prices down and to eventually use federal student aid as leverage in that effort. Speaking at the University at Buffalo, where tuition and fees now total about $8,000 per year for New York residents, Mr. Obama said the middle class and those struggling to rise out of persistent financial struggles were being unfairly priced out of the higher education market.