Developed nations can do ‘better job’ on STIs, scientist warns
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Even as medical researchers are making advances and poorer countries are reducing their rates of infections, people in developed nations have grown complacent and allowed gonorrhea, syphilis and other sexually transmitted diseases to spread again, an expert warns. … Myron Cohen, a professor of medicine, microbiology and epidemiology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, worked in China in the 1970s and recalled that its Maoist government had virtually eradicated syphilis.
Executive MBA programmes partnering with Chinese universities are now leading the business-school pack
Cathay Pacific (magazine)
China’s rapid rise as an economic powerhouse has seen many international universities joining forces with Chinese institutions to offer “executive” Master of Business Administration (or EMBA) programmes for senior managers, bringing not only a broader reach for schools but also a richer experience for students. …The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has partnered with Beijing’s Tsinghua University in Beijing…
Global Supply Chain Leadership Forum held in Beijing
People’s Daily Online (China)
The key of logistics supply chain in future IT era lies in big data and cloud computing, said Professor Cai Linning on the Global Supply Chain Leadership Forum held in Tsinghua University on Oct. 19, 2013. The forum, held after the Tsinghua-UNC EMBA 2013 Opening Ceremony, is the first class of the Tsinghua-UNC EMBA 2013 program. Guests and students who were present had in-depth exchanges and discussions on Shanghai Free Trade Zone and supply chain innovation.
Revelations about the National Security Agency’s worldwide surveillance activities have led some world leaders to question the wisdom of a U.S.-dominated World Wide Web. Leading the pack is Brazil, whose President Dilma Rousseff is already considering measures to reconfigure the way Brazilians access the Web, by circumventing U.S.-controlled servers.
UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School Publishes Research Magazine as iPad App
Virtual Strategy Magazine
The faculty research magazine of the University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School is now available as an iPad app. The R.O.I. app provides exclusive interactive features, links and rich media that enhance the written content and insights of the faculty’s research.
A free download is available in the Apple App Store.
UNC News Release:
http://www.kenan-flagler.unc.edu/news/2013/10/ROI-app
Child Neurologist Finds Potential Route to Better Treatments for Fragile X, Autism
Science Daily (website)
When you experience something, neurons in the brain send chemical signals called neurotransmitters across synapses to receptors on other neurons. …In people with Fragile X syndrome … that process is severely hindered, leading to intellectual impairments and abnormal behaviors. In a study published in the online journal PLoS One, a team of UNC School of Medicine researchers led by pharmacologist C.J. Malanga, MD, PhD, describes a major reason why current medications only moderately alleviate Fragile X symptoms.
Huge grant spotlights how universities benefit state’s economy
The News & Observer (Raleigh; editorial)
It happens so often that it’s easy to take it for granted. But hold the “ho hums” if you please. On Wednesday, The News & Observer reported that more than $100 million in research grants will be coming to universities in the Triangle from the National Institutes of Health. They are called Clinical and Translational Science Awards and will fund research by Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, in partnership with N.C. A&T State University and RTI International. The amount is breathtaking, and the aim of the intended medical research is to turn clinical research discoveries into practical applications that help patients.
Six win North Carolina’s highest honor for civilians
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
A scientist who helped discover how to prevent the transmission of HIV/AIDs, a longtime educator who came up with a way to merge the state’s black and white teachers associations, and a linguist famed for his work with dialects such as the “hoi toide” brogue of the North Carolina coast are among six new winners of the state’s highest civilian honor. The 2013 honorees are Myron S. Cohen of [UNC-] Chapel Hill for science, John E. Cram of Asheville for fine arts, John M. H. Hart Jr. of Keswick, Va., for literature, Phillip J. Kirk Jr. of Raleigh for public service, John Harding Lucas of Durham for public service and Walt Wolfram of Cary for public service.
Jordan’s Stuart Abright receives alumni award from North Carolina
The Durham News (published by the News & Observer of Raleigh)
Jordan High School teacher and JV football coach Stuart Albright was honored recently with a Distinguished Young Alumni Award by the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. Albright, a Gastonia native who now lives in Durham, received the award from UNC’s General Alumni Association at a banquet Oct. 18 at the George Watts Hill Alumni Center. Chapel Hill native Thanassis Cambanis, a foreign correspondent now in Beirut, also received one of the two awards last week.
Internships at Nutrition Research Institute transform Catawba students
The Post (Salisbury)
On the surface, Aliyah Khan and Thomas Benton’s internships at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Nutrition Research Institute may appear to be all about the science. But if you ask these Catawba College seniors and the professor who helped land them their positions, they’ll tell you it is also about communication skills and the softer skills that are harder to teach.
Dean Smith, others will get Presidential Medal of Freedom Nov. 20
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte)
President Barack Obama on Nov. 20 will present the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Dean Smith and 15 others, the White House announced on Wednesday.
Issues & Trends
Coursera Passes 100 Partner Universities
Inside Higher Ed
With a new round of universities added to its consortium, the massive open online course provider Coursera on Thursday announced it has passed 100 partner institutions across the world. The official count now sits at 107 universities in 20 different countries.
“Are universities failing students on sexual assault?”
“America Tonight,” Al Jazeera America
On Monday (Oct. 21), seven current and former University of Connecticut students filed a federal discrimination complaint under Title IX of the Civil Rights Act, alleging that the university failed to protect against sexual assault on campus and to respond adequately after they reported attacks. … “Have we done as well as we could? Colleges and universities, generally speaking, I’d say that we need to do better," Ew Quimbaya-Windship (UNC Title IX administrator) told America Tonight. "… We’ve got to change that. We’ve got to switch that dynamic. We have to talk about sexual violence."
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