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for Endeavors Vol. 14 Issue 1, Fall 1997
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James Seay, professor of English at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is widely recognized as an author of poetry and nonfiction, and for excellence in undergraduate teaching.
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Providers of rural health must deal with a number of problems, including shortage of funds and staff, lack of transportation for health care recipients, an aging population, isolated dwellings, and an increase in AIDS.
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Nineteenth-century print limitations helped define William Blake as a writer, but modern technology is redefining him as a multimedia artist. Blake’s poems are what Joseph Viscomi, professor of English, calls translations. Blake combined his writing and art into one medium he called an illuminated book.
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Epidemiologist Steve Wing is studying radiation effects near Three Mile Island and the impact of the hog industry on residents in eastern North Carolina. Wing is teaching communities about the scientific process to help them in political debates about environmental racism.
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Rick Tidwell, professor of pathology, put together a consortium aimed at creating new drugs designed to fight deadly infections quickly. They developed a new drug that can be administrated in liquid form, similar to cough syrup.
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Marine scientists, Hans Paerl and Jay Pinckney, are studying how tiny organisms live and survive in Antarctica. Their research might reveal how life could exist on Mars or other frozen planets.
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Southerly surges occur when winds off the California coast suddenly change directions, but are difficult for weather forecasters to predict. UNC marine scientist John Bane, flew an airplane to get better measurements to help develop more accurate computer models.
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During the 1996 election season, North Carolina news media conducted a study to see if a new type of journalism, public journalism, could revive interest in politics. According to UNC professors, public journalism should connect more to citizens and refrain from setting political agendas.
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Chapel Hill and Carrboro can use nine million gallons of water a day. Pumping that much water is a big and expensive job. Using dynamic programming, graduate student Amy Buege figured out an efficient water pumping schedule that maintains water quality standards.