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ACT UP/Triangle, an AIDS activist group, is challenging a decision by the state to replace anonymous HIV testing with confidential testing, which would require a name for filing. The group feels this would intimidate those who seek testing.
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Frederick P. Brooks, Kenan Professor of Computer Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, received the 1995 Bower Award for Achievement in Science, which is given by Philadelphia's Franklin Institute and worth $250,000.
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The career of Chuck Stone, Walter Spearman Professor in the School of Journalism and Communication at UNC-CH, has been wide ranging and includes being a newspaper senior editor, columnist, hostage negotiator, and advocate of feminism.
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In 1994, between 8,000 and 9,000 of the 219,000 automobile accidents compiled by the UNC Highway Safety Research Center involved deer. Most accidents occurred in the Coastal Plain during fall hunting season.
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Anti-violence messages are making their way onto television in the form of public-service announcements (PSAs). UNC researchers are studying the effect of PSAs on adolescents. So far, they’ve found that the anti-violence messages are too vague and don’t appear enough to overcome the influence of other programs.
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UNC pharmacists want to add more hands-on attention to pharmaceutical care. The School of Pharmacy wants to train future pharmacists how to communicate with consumers and serve as counselors.
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UNC scientists are studying loggerhead sea turtles to learn how adults find their way back to their birthplace. They believe turtles have the ability to orient themselves through the magnetic field of the earth.