Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina people and programs cited recently in the media:
National Coverage
Many teens taking a pass on a driver's license
USA Today
Oct. 13
…Today, many teenagers are deciding to wait to get their driver's licenses, a shift documented in several recent studies….Other researchers, including Robert Foss, director of the Center for the Study of Young Drivers at the University of North Carolina, maintain that the recent recession simply had a greater impact on young drivers than others.
The Nobel committee did Malala a favor in passing her over for the peace prize
The Washington Post
Oct. 11
There was a moment midway through Malala Yousafzai's much-watched interview on "The Daily Show" when host Jon Stewart announced …"I want to adopt you."…The comment captured the growing adoration around Malala, who has become a Western media darling for her heroic work on behalf of girls' education in her country….Still, as University of North Carolina assistant professor Zeynep Tufekci wrote in a careful and thoughtful piece on the Nobel decision, Malala "is but one courageous person."
NC high court to hear case on pre-K program
Oct. 13
WTVD-TV (Durham/Raleigh)
North Carolina's Supreme Court is considering a case that could decide whether a pre-kindergarten academic program designed to boost the educational prospects of poor children must be expanded to enroll every needy 4-year-old, a move one estimate put at up to $300 million a year. …The change from More at Four to the NC Pre-K Program barely changed its quality or effectiveness, but shrank the access during the 2011-12 school year, according to a report this year by the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Future Cities Top 100 Innovators
IT News Online (website)
Oct. 14
Jack Kasarda, author of Aerotropolis: The Way We'll Live Next, professor and director of the University of North Carolina's Kenan-Flagler Business School, was named to the Future Cities list of Top 100 Innovators.
UNC Health Care Uses IBM Analytics To Manage Medical Data And Improve Patient Care
Consensus Press (website)
Oct. 13
IBM today announced that UNC Health Care is using IBM big data analytics to help hospital workers reduce costly and preventable readmissions, decrease mortality rates, and ultimately improve the quality of life for patients.
State & Local Coverage
Georgia realtor charged for gifts to UNC football player
WRAL-TV (Raleigh)
Oct. 14
The employee of a Georgia real estate agency is the third person to be indicted in a North Carolina investigation of sports agents. Patrick Mitchell Jones of Cartersville, Ga., is charged with one count of athlete-agent inducement.
Related link:
http://triangle.news14.com/content/news/all_nc_news/700523/third-unc-football-scandal-indictment–georgia-realtor-charged
UNC leaders hope charges will deter rogue sports agent
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
Oct. 11
UNC system President Tom Ross said Friday that the decision by Orange County authorities to charge a sports agent accused of providing student athletes with improper benefits will hopefully deter the practice. Ross made his statement Friday to reporters following a meeting of the UNC Board of Governors.
Issues & Trends
Praise for NCCU in wake of shooting incident
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
Oct. 11
N.C. Central University campus police officers involved in the fatal shooting last month of an armed man near the edge of campus were applauded Friday for their quick response to the potentially deadly threat. UNC system President Tom Ross highlighted the officers, NCCU Chancellor Debra Saunders-White and Campus Police Chief Timothy Bellamy during his monthly report to the UNC Board of Governors.