National Coverage Committee starts work Friday on ways to strengthen laws penalizing unscrupulous sports agents The Washington PostA committee begins work Friday reviewing ways to strengthen the law that penalizes sports agents for providing gifts to college athletes and other … Read more

International Coverage 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 … Read more

National Coverage ‘Twelve Years a Slave,’ and ‘An Escape That Has Long Intrigued Historians’ The New York Times (Text to Text blog)… This past weekend the film “12 Years a Slave,” based on the 1853 slave narrative of the same … Read more

National Coverage Why the Modest Harvest of the Arab Spring? The Washington Post (blog)[Authors include UNC political scientist Andrew Reynolds]For all of its surprises, perhaps nothing about the Arab Spring has been as surprising as its remarkably modest harvest. …Our … Read more

National CoverageSix trends that are reshaping business Journal of Accountancy   Accountants excel at analyzing numbers and developing strategies based off them. The way University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill professor James Johnson, Ph.D., sees it, the numbers describing the … Read more

Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina people and programs cited recently in the media: National Coverage Common Application: 2 major problems fixed USA Today Computer problems have plagued a popular online college application system, causing admissions … Read more

Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina people and programs cited recently in the media: National Coverage Latin America Brings Up Its Dead, Seeking Truth to Help Settle the Past The New York Times In the aftermath … Read more

Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina people and programs cited recently in the media: National Coverage Longtime Tar Heels assistant Andrew Calder takes bigger role as Hatchell fights leukemia The Washington Post Longtime North Carolina women’s … Read more

Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina people and programs cited recently in the media:   International Coverage   "Vi går in i den smarta maskinens tidsålder" [“We are entering the age of the smart machine”] ComputerSweden … Read more

Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina people and programs cited recently in the media: National CoverageMany teens taking a pass on a driver's license USA TodayOct. 13…Today, many teenagers are deciding to wait to get their … Read more