UNCG in the News - July 2009

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• Dr. Lisa Levenstein, an assistant professor of history, published an opinion piece in the News & Record on health care reform and the availability of abortions. (7-26-09)

• Jen Kimbrough, associate director of UNCG's Center for Youth, Family and Community Partnerships, was quoted in a story in The Daily Advance of Elizabeth City about her work to combat health illiteracy in the Albemarle area of notheastern North Carolina. (7-25-09)

• Dr. David Ribar, a professor of economics in the Bryan School of Business and Economics, was quoted by WGHP and WFMY on the increase in the federal minimum wage. (7-24-09)

• The NCAA's Southern Conference has announced it will participate in myPlaybook, a substance abuse prevention program developed by UNCG spinoff company Prevention Strategies. The program was designed by public health education faculty member Dr. David Wyrick and his research partner, Melodie Fearnow-Kenney, and was the subject of an Associated Press article used by dozens of news outlets and a WFMY report. (7-24-09)

• Chancellor Linda P. Brady sent a campuswide email UNCG faculty and staff on the proposed plan for budgets cuts of 10 percent in the 2009-10 year. The plan received news coverage from the Greensboro News & Record and other area media. See Chancellor Brady's message here. (7-24-09)

• Jason Alston, UNCG Univeristy Libraries' first diversity resident, was profiled by the Carolina Peacemaker. Alston holds a two-year appointment. (7-23-09)

• WFMY reported on the use of RainPave pavers provided by Pine Hall Brick at My Sisters' House. My Sisters' House, a home for single mothers designed and largely being built by interior architecture students at UNCG. The permeable pavers make the project more environmentally friendly by allowing rain to sink into the ground rather than becoming runoff. (7-21-09)

• John Redmond, director of executive education for UNCG's Bryan School of Business and Economics, was quoted in a Triad Business Journal story about a local business' decision to have products produced domestically. (7-21-09)

• The weeklong UBEATS BioMusic Summer Camp was highlighted in a WFMY story. The camp involved faculty from UNCG, N.C. State and public school teaching specialists. (7-20-09)

• Dr. Charles Courtemanche's research finding that a permanent increase in gas prices leads to a drop in obesity rates was featured in a book excerpt on Forbes.com. Courtemanche, who is also quoted in the article, is an assistant professor of economics in the Bryan School of Business and Economics. (7-16-09)

• The News and Record ran a story about Pet Partners, a program that prepares volunteers and their pets to visit hospitals, nursing homes, rehabilitation centers and other facilities. Linda Buettner, a professor of recreation therapy and gerontology at UNCG, oversees the program. (7-12-09)

• The biotechnology-based spinoff company Helical Sciences, which is based on research by UNCG biology professors Parke Rublee and Vincent Henrich, was covered in an article in today's Business Journal. The company's orignal name was EcoGenomix. (7-10-09)

• Senior Zimuzor Ugochukwu’s project, Ignite Greensboro, was created to raise both student awareness and donations for the International Civil Rights Museum. On Wednesday, she was to receive an award at the Campus Progress National Conference in Washington. The event will feature former President Bill Clinton. The Greensboro News & Record wrote about the award. (7-7-07)

• The Greensboro News & Record published an editorial praising UNCG for its successful Students First Campaign, noting "Thanks to its 22,000 donors, named and unnamed, UNCG is better financed for the future." (7-3-09)

• UNCG's Students First Campaign came to a successful conclusion on June 30, with more than $115 million raised from more than 22,000 donors.  Coverage included articles in the Greensboro News & Record, Raleigh News & Observer, Business Journal, and WGHP-Fox 8. (7-2-09)

• Both WXII and Fox News.com ran stories on UNCG's College Bound Sisters Program. College Bound Sisters targets young women with older sisters who gave birth as teens, encouraging them to stay in school and to avoid pregnancy. (7-1-09)

• The Greensboro News & Record ran a feature about a program to help rehabilitate people with traumatic brain injuries. The program is a collaboration between UNCG's Communication Sciences and Disorders Department and Horsepower, a therapeutic riding organization in Colfax. (7-1-09)