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Tim Marr, assistant professor of American studies, recently came across century-old accounts of American encounters with the Moros, a diverse group of indigenous Muslims in the southern Philippine Islands. According to Marr, the Moro history can teach us a lot about current events in Iraq and advise American foreign-policy.
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UNC doctors are conducting acupuncture clinical trials at the Family Practice Center. They are finding that acupuncture can help relieve headaches, induce labor in full-term pregnancies, or relieve discomfort from menopausal hot flashes.
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The Carolina Environmental Program seeks ways to reduce the carbon footprint of people and their communities. According to researchers, the most critical factors to address are atmospheric carbon dioxide levels, other nations imitating our industrial revolution, and global population growth. They suggest redesigning sustainable communities and providing mass transit.
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Anthropologist Hannah Gill is researching Mexican immigrants to North Carolina. Families in Mexico benefit monetarily from migrant labor, but family separation pays a toll. Gill also documented stories of kidnapped migrants and families smuggled across the border.
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Bart Ehrman, professor and chair of religious studies, recently published a book about the evolution of the Bible. According to Ehrman, there are thousands of errors in the New Testament and several places where passages were added to early versions of the Bible.