Kenan Institute In the Media

November, 2009

• Associated Press quoted Brent Lane, Center for Competitive Economies director, in "Dell closure again heats up N.C. incentive debate." (Oct. 11)

• The Gaston Gazette featured a Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise study in "State spending $1 million to study potential Garden Parkway toll revenue." (Oct. 20)

• The Memphis Daily News featured Jack Kasarda, strategy/entrepreneurship professor and Kenan Institute director, in "Taking Off." (Oct. 12) The Greensboro News & Record quoted him in "The Triad’s allure, Have we lost it?" (Oct. 11) WCHL 1360-AM interviewed him in "Keeping Ex-Cons On The Level." (Oct. 5

October, 2009

• The Chicago Tribune quoted Walter C. Farrell Jr., Urban Investment Strategies Center associate director, in "Hispanic Influx Causes Tensions with Blacks." (Sept. 8) The Fayetteville Observer published his op-ed "The best UNC leader for our time." (Sept. 20)

• Endeavors featured UNC pediatrics professor Keith Kocis, who credited strategy/entrepreneurship professors Ted Zoller and Randy Myer and the Launching the Venture program, in "Life and death by the numbers." (Sept. 14)

• Associated Press quoted Jack Kasarda, Kenan Institute director and strategy/entrepreneurship professor, in "Once-bustling NC airport looks to forge revival." (Sept. 27) The article ran in USA Today and many North Carolina media. TheDeal.com quoted him in "What FedEx's earnings will say about recovery." (Sept. 16)

September, 2009

• The Globe and Mail of Canada cited Jack Kasarda, strategy/entrepreneurship professor and Kenan Institute director, for his aerotropolis concept in "Save this city" (Sept. 1), as did Triad Business Journal in "Supply Chain Management." (Aug. 7)

• UNC’s Gazette featured Jim Johnson, strategy/entrepreneurship professor and Urban Investment Strategies Center director, in a video and in "Johnson leads effort to take kids ‘from streets to the suites.’" (Aug. 19)

August, 2009

• Water & Wastewater reported on an award to Kenan Institute Asia in "USAID Awards $8.5 M to UNC Project in Southeast Asia." (July 9) Innovations Report of Germany also ran the piece.

• North Carolina Public Radio—WUNC featured Jim Johnson, Urban Investment Strategies Center director and strategy/entrepreneurship professor, and the new Union Independent School in "Interest High In New School." (July 6)