President Freeman A. Hrabowski, III in the Baltimore Examiner
On March 26, the Baltimore Examiner profiled UMBC about its strong academic reputation in “School Makes its Focus the ‘Life of the Mind.’” Hrabowski said most students choose UMBC because they are “looking for an institution that focuses on the life of the mind.” Engineering major Nick Demianovich was also quoted.
http://www.examiner.com/a-639029~School_makes_its_focus_the__life_of_the_mind_.html
Leslie Morgan, Erickson School, in the Investor’s Business Daily
On March 23, Investor’s Business Daily quoted Leslie Morgan, associate dean of Erickson School, on retirement designations. According to “For Long Haul, Spotlight Shines On The Sun Belt,” the Sun Belt region remains the most sought out destination for retirees.
http://www.investors.com/editorial/IBDArticles.asp?artsec=16&artnum=4&issue=20070323
Don Norris, MIPAR and Public Policy, in the Sacramento Bee
Don Norris, director of MIPAR and professor of public policy, appeared in the March 23 Sacramento Bee’s “Return to Paper Ballots Could be on Horizon.” Norris discussed the flaws of reinstituting paper ballots in state elections.
http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/143056.html
Robert Provine, Psychology, in the New York Times
Professor of Psychology Robert Provine’s research on laughter was prominently featured in the New York Times on March 13 in “What’s So Funny? Well, Maybe Nothing.” Provine’s research explains that laughter is about social relationships, not humor, and is a powerful tool for investigating many important problems in the brain, behavioral and social sciences.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/13/science/13tier.html?ex=1175313600&en=cf26e5820e3d7ce6&ei=5070
Tom Schaller, Political Science, in the News
On March 21, Congressional Quarterly’s “Clinton Collects Cash With Husband in Tow” quoted Associate Professor of Political Science Tom Schaller about former President Bill Clinton helping his wife, New York Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, raise money for her presidential campaign.
http://www.cqpolitics.com/2007/03/clinton_collects_cash_with_hus.html
Schaller’s March 21 Baltimore Sun column, “White House Now Exercising Power Without Influence,” focused on President’s Bush lack of influence with politicians and the public.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bal-op.schaller21mar21,0,4376269.story?coll=bal-oped-headlines
Schaller was interviewed on “To the Point” with Warren Olney, which airs on many NPR stations around the country. Schaller spoke on former Vice President Al Gore's visit to Capitol Hill on March 20. Gore testified before a House committee on global warming.
http://www.kcrw.com/news/programs/tp/tp070321house_approves_subpo
Williams Thomas, Erickson School, in Local Media
William Thomas, professor of aging services at the Erickson School, was featured in the Annapolis Capital’s “Lecture to Focus on 'What are Old People For?'” on March 25, on WYPR's Maryland Morning with Sheilah Kast March 26 and on the Marc Steiner Show on March 27. He also appeared on Voice of America television and radio Health and Science Report on March 27. In This Week Community News (Columbia, Ohio), Thomas was the primary source in “Expert Optimistic for Future Generations' Aging Experiences.”
Annapolis Capital: http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2007/03_25-54/CBN
Marc Steiner Show: http://www.wypr.org/M_Steiner.html
Maryland Morning: http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wypr/local-wypr-575668.mp3
This Week Community News: http://www.thisweeknews.com/?story=sites/thisweeknews/032907/GermanVillage/News/032907-News-326001.html
UMBC Chess in the News
Coverage of the UMBC Chess team at the Final Four Collegiate Championships in Dallas appeared in: the Baltimore Sun, ESPN.com and the Catonsville Times. UMBC was defeated by rival team, the University of Texas at Dallas.
Baltimore Sun: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/education/bal-md.chess26mar26,0,7161967.story?coll=bal-education-top
ESPN.com: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=2812111
Catonsville Times: http://news.mywebpal.com/news_tool_v2.cfm?show=localnews&pnpID=351&NewsID=791920
March 23, 2007
Tom Schaller, Political Science, in the News
On March 14, Associate Professor of Political Science Tom Schaller’s Baltimore Sun editorial, “Young County Executive Hits the Ground Running in Howard,” profiled Howard County Executive Ken Ulman.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bal-op.schaller14mar14,1,4698219.story
Schaller appeared as a guest on Warren Olney's "To the Point" on March 9 to discuss the Democratic Presidential primaries.
http://www.kcrw.com/news/programs/tp/tp070309the_democratic_presi
On March 8 in the New York Sun, Tom Schaller wrote “Bequeathing the Bush Base,” discussing the declining approval rating among President Bush’s strongest supporters, white southerners.
http://www.nysunpolitics.com/article/9
Bimal Sinha, Mathematics and Statistics, on WBAL-TV
Bimal Sinha, professor of statistics, was interviewed by WBAL-TV on March 7 to discuss the chances of winning the world-record $390 million jackpot in the Mega Millions Lotto. Sinha said that the chance of winning the jackpot was less than 1 in 22 billion.
Margarita Cardona, Office of Sponsored Programs, in Science Career.org
Margarita Cardona, senior grants and contracts manager in the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP), appeared in sciencecareers.org’s “Is Grants.gov in the FastLane?” on March 9. Cardona was mentioned in the article because OSP uses both Grants.gov, the U.S. government's central repository for grants, and the National Science Foundation’s FastLane system to apply for and obtain information on the grants issued by these two agencies. http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_development/previous_issues/articles/2007_03_09/caredit_a0700034/(parent)/68
UMBC Women’s Basketball in the News
Coverage of UMBC’s women’s basketball American East Conference championship victory and its historical journey to the NCAA Division I Tournament appeared in several local and national newspapers including the Wall Street Journal, Baltimore Sun, Washington Post, Hartford Courant and ESPN.com. The women Retrievers faced five-time national champion Connecticut in the Tournament on March 18. The team’s Big Dance appearance marked the first time a UMBC women's or men's basketball team earned a bid to the NCAAs since UMBC athletics moved to Division I in 1986. For more information visit http://www.umbc.edu/bigdance.
Don Norris, MIPAR and Public Policy, in the Baltimore Sun
On March 12, the Baltimore Sun quoted Don Norris, director of MIPAR and professor of Public Policy, in “Cardin Tries to Curb Abuse of Voter Rights.” According to the article, Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin is “co-sponsoring legislation that would make it a federal crime to make false claims about a politician's party affiliations or endorsements.”
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nationworld/bal-te.cardin12mar12,1,3626599.story
Michael Summers, HHMI, in the New York Times
Michael Summers, investigator of UMBC’s Howard Hughes Medical Institute laboratory, was featured in the New York Time’s “Goal No. 1: Good Science. Goal No. 1: Diversity” on March 13 to discuss increasing minority representation in science.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/13/science/13conv.html_r=1&oref=slogin&ref=science&pagewanted=print
CPDM Study in the Baltimore Sun
In the Baltimore Sun’s March 15 “Mayor Uses Study to Seek Funds for Drug,” Baltimore Mayor Shelia Dixon referred to a Center for Health Program Development and Management study that concluded medical costs and hospitalization visits decreased for patients who received drug treatment.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/politics/bal-md.ci.treatment15mar15,1,3252969.story
Traxion Therapeutics, Inc., ACTiVATE Graduate, in Business Week
Kerrie Brady, CEO of Traxion Therapeutics, Inc., a graduate company of UMBC’s ACTiVATE program, appeared in a BusinessWeek.com feature on women who leave Corporate America to pursue their own ventures. http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/mar2007/sb20070315_768885.htm?chan=search
http://images.businessweek.com/ss/07/03/0315_women_nominees/index_01.htm
Neerchal, desJardins, in the Baltimore Sun
Children of two UMBC professors captured first and second place in Howard County’s Spelling Bee, according to the March 21 Baltimore Sun’s “Bee's Top Two Spellers Have Ties to UMBC.” Second-place winner Harsha Neerchal is the son of Nagaraj Neerchal, chair and professor of the math and statistics department. Professor of Computer Science Marie desJardins is the mother of winner Heather desJardins-Park.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/howard/bal-ho.beeside21mar21,0,2368740.story?coll=bal-local-howard
March 9, 2007
Tom Schaller, Political Science, in the News
Schaller’s latest Baltimore Sun column, “Giuliani Reminds GOP of the Glory Days - of 2002” discussed former New York city Mayor Rudolph Giuliani’s surprising position as the front runner Republican Presidential nominee.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bal-op.schaller07mar07,1,5484655.story?coll=bal-oped-headlines
An entry from Schaller’s book, Whistling Past Dixie: How Democrats Can Win Without the South, is prominently featured in the “New Frontier,” which appeared in 5280, a life-style magazine about Denver. Schaller provided an explanation of how the Republicans have monopolized the South with electoral votes since 1968.
http://www.5280.com/issues/2007/0703/feature.php?pageID=724
On March 2 in the Politico, Schaller wrote “Do Clinton or Obama Have the Right of Way?” According to Schaller, Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barak Obama, who are the leading Democratic presidential contenders, need to plan strategically a non-Southern win for the White House.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0207/2946.html
Andrew Sears, Information Systems, on WYPR
On March 8, Andrew Sears, chair and professor of the Department of Information Systems, appeared on WYPR’s “Digital Café” to discuss outsourcing within the IT industry and the misconceptions about many IT jobs moving offshore.
http://www.is.umbc.edu/news/sears_interview/WYPR/
UMBC’s Department of Theatre’s IN 10 Theatre Festival in Local News
“Women Take Over the Stage -- for 10 Minutes,” published in the Baltimore Sun on March 5, featured UMBC’s IN 10 Theatre Festival. A four-day event, the festival showcased the winners of the IN 10 National Competition, a contest for short plays that feature roles for women ages 16 to 30. Susan McCully, theatre instructor, and Krisha Lewis-Dixon, a senior theatre major, were quoted in the article.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-md.theater05mar05,0,1987991.story
On March 2, Susan McCully appeared on Maryland Morning with Sheilah Kast on WYPR to discuss the Department of Theatre's "IN 10" New Play Festival. McCully conceived the idea for the festival and is its artistic director. She was interviewed for the program by Tom Hall, WYPR's arts and culture contributor.
http://www.wypr.org/MD_Morning070302.html
March 2, 2007
Tim Brennan, Public Policy and Economics, in Bloomberg.com
On Feb. 23, Tim Brennan, professor of public policy and economics, was quoted in Bloomberg.com’s “Lehman Swap Burns New Jersey Residents With Loss.” Brennan discussed the forward interest rate swap between Newark-based Public Service Electric and Gas Co. and Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=am3BVJNQmGPo
Christopher Corbett, English, in Baltimore Style Magazine
In “The Waistland” Christopher Corbett, acting chair of the Department of English and journalism instructor, used his recent visit to Lexington Market to explain why Cooking Light magazine should not have ranked the city of Baltimore as one of the top 20 American cities that eat light. This column appeared in Baltimore Style magazine’s March/April 2007 issue.
http://www.baltimorestyle.com/index.php/style/backpage/
Jason Loviglio, American Studies, on WYPR’s “Maryland Morning with Sheilah Cast”Jason Loviglio, assistant professor of American Studies, appeared on WYPR’s “Maryland Morning with Sheilah Cast” on Feb. 26 to discuss the low-power FM movement in Maryland and the United States.
http://www.wypr.org/MD_Morning.html
Tom Schaller, Public Policy, in the News
On March 2, Tom Schaller, associate professor of political science, will be a guest on the Tavis Smiley show, which runs on PBS at midnight and will rebroadcast on other dates.
http://www.pbs.org/kcet/tavissmiley/archive/200703/20070302.html
Schaller appeared on NPR’s “Morning Edition” on Feb. 22 to discuss his book, Whistling Past Dixie: How Democrats Can Win Without the South.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7543081
In his latest Baltimore Sun column, “Despite Exceptions, New Congress is the Most Pro-choice Ever, Schaller explains that Congress is historically more pro-choice than it has ever been.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bal-op.schaller28feb28,0,3196616.story
A review of Whistling Past Dixie was published in the New York Review of Books (Volume 54, Number 4).
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/19954
UMBC’s Department of Theatre’s IN 10 Theatre Festival in the Baltimore Sun
On March 1, Baltimore Sun critic J. Wynn Rousuck’s Theater column mentioned IN 10 Theatre Festival.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/stage/bal-to.theatcol01mar01,0,5301891.column?coll=bal-features-headlines
UMBC in the Baltimore Sun
The Baltimore Sun mentioned UMBC in “Gore to Bring Eco-Friendly Message to UMBC” on Feb. 27. Former Vice President Al Gore will speak on UMBC’s campus on May 8 at 7 p.m. as part of the Maryland Forum, also hosted by the Annapolis and Anne Arundel County Chamber of Commerce.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/education/bal-md.ar.gore27feb27,0,5028029.story?coll=bal-local-headlines
