Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina people and programs cited recently in the media:
National Coverage
Business education: Change management
The Chicago Tribune
Oct. 10
The MBA is being transformed, for better and for worse. … Yet for all its success, these are demanding times. … The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) has gone further. It is one of the first top-ranked schools to offer a full-time MBA programme entirely at a distance. …
Regional Coverage
Easterling to receive Distinguished Alumnus Award from UNC
Penn State News (university news website)
Oct. 10
William E. Easterling III, professor of geography and dean of the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences at Penn State, was named a distinguished alumnus by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC).
UNC News Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/6256/107/
Healthcare Personalization Is Focus of Conference at UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School
The Houston Chronicle
Oct. 10
The personalization of healthcare is the focus of the third annual Healthcare Conference at the University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School on Nov. 15 The conference brings together students, alumni, academia and prominent industry leaders to discuss current issues of critical importance to the healthcare industry.
UNC News Release:
http://www.kenan-flagler.unc.edu/news/2013/10/health-care-conference
Insights Into UNC And The ACC When Maryland Announced Departure
The Journal Constitution (Atlanta; blog)
Oct. 11
Centuries from now, assuming that the technology lasts and can still be understood, e-mail is going to provide profound insights into our culture and our various moments. We get a sense of that from this article about e-mails sent to and from UNC A.D. Bubba Cunningham around the time Maryland bolted for the Big Ten. …
State & Local Coverage
Triangle’s research engine sputters during shutdown
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The Observer (Charlotte)
Oct. 10
Deanna Osmond, a soil scientist at N.C. State University, recently got the good news she’d been hoping for: a $450,750 research grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. … Then came the bad news: because of the partial shutdown of the federal government, Osmond was told that her team can’t get the money or start the research.
Even more history at Canal Museum
The Daily Herald (Roanoke Rapids)
Oct. 9
One of the foremost experts on Eastern North Carolina history will be giving a lecture in the area Thursday evening. City of Roanoke Rapids Cultural Resources Leader Rodney Pierce said Bland Simpson, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Kenan Distinguished Professor of English and Creative Writing, will be speaking at the museum at 7 p.m. Thursday as part of the Friends of the Canal Museum and Trail Lecture Series.
Students protest new drop-add policy
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
Oct. 10
Under overcast skies and a steady rain, about 20 students huddled in front of the UNC system’s administration building Thursday to protest a new drop-add policy that students complain stifles intellectualism.
Duke, UNC celebrate National Coming Out Day
The Herald-Sum (Durham)
Oct. 10
…At UNC-Chapel Hill, the LGBTQ Center has hosted an independent film screening, a “men’s role in violence prevention” panel and healthy relationships training this week.
Emails: UNC worried about ACC when Maryland quit conference
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The Observer (Charlotte)
Oct. 10
Amid the swirl of rumors and speculation after Maryland announced that it would leave the ACC to join the Big Ten, North Carolina athletic director Bubba Cunningham expressed concern about the future of the ACC, and whether it could compete financially with other conferences.
Ga.-based agent arrested in probe
Alleged to have given gifts to UNC players
The Citizen-Times (Asheville)
Oct. 10
Georgia-based agent has been charged with violating the state’s sports agent laws by providing gifts to three former Tar Heels football players and obstruction of justice.
Issues & Trends
How to Respond to Govt. Shutdown? Talk About It, Says Higher-Education Lobby
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Oct. 11
The six major associations representing higher education on Thursday released a joint response to the federal-government shutdown. Instead of calling on lawmakers to resolve the situation, the groups suggest a sort-of nationwide teach-in as an antidote to the political dysfunction that threatens to throw the economy into a tailspin.
http://chronicle.com/article/How-to-Respond-to-Govt/142269/
Antitrust for the NCAA?
Inside Higher Ed
Oct. 11
A sports reform group pitches federal legislation to enable colleges to collaboratively cut sports costs and increase emphasis on education and athlete welfare.
http://www.insidehighered.com/#ixzz2hQb2r9kv