Daniel Zola
dzola@wunc.org
Reports and features by Daniel Zola
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The World Is Fat
Wednesday, April 29 2009 Daniel Zola and Frank StasioA conversation with Barry Popkin, author of "The World Is Fat."
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Portrayals of a Civil Rights Leader
Tuesday, February 24 2009 Daniel Zola and Frank Stasio"Benny Andrews: The John Lewis Series" opened at the N.C. Central University Art Museum earlier this month. The first major North Carolina exhibition of internationally respected artist Benny Andrews, it celebrates the life of John Lewis - U.S. Congressman and living legend of the civil rights movement.
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Lenovo Lay-offs
Friday, February 20 2009 Daniel Zola and Frank StasioComputer company Lenovo is making considering big changes to adjust to tough economic times.
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The Continuous City
Friday, February 20 2009 Daniel Zola and Frank Stasio"The Continuous City" is a play that explores how human relationships are affected by technology.
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DNA Questions
Tuesday, February 17 2009 Daniel Zola and Frank StasioIt’s been nearly six years since the human genome project was completed. Now that we have a map of nearly 25 thousand base pairs of DNA, what do we do with the information? Dr. Cynthia Powell, chief of UNC-Chapel Hill's Genetics and Metabolism Department of Pediatrics, helps us answer this question. Powell will speak at the Seymour Center later this week on the topic "DNA Testing: Crystal Ball or Weather Forecast?" But first she joins host Frank Stasio for a preview.
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The World Is Fat
Wednesday, February 11 2009 Daniel Zola and Frank Stasio50 years ago there were 100 million overweight people in the world. That sounds like a lot, doesn’t it? Well, it does until you learn that number has skyrocketed to 1.6 Billion. Barry Popkin, Author of “The World is Fat” joins host Frank Stasio to discuss the growing global problem of obesity.
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The Bloomsbury Group
Thursday, January 29 2009 Daniel Zola and Frank StasioNearly 100 years ago, a collection of artists, authors and intellectuals rebelled against the ideals of Victorian England and came to exemplify a modern appreciation for the arts. The Bloomsbury Group was made up of Virginia Woolf, E.M. Forester, Vanessa Bell, John Maynard Keynes just to name a few. Today, the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University showcases “A Room of Their Own: The Bloomsbury Artists in American Collections.”


