Maurice Berger, CADVC, in the New York Times
A New York Times review of an art exhibit at the Jewish Museum in New York cited “context galleries” organized by Maurice Berger, a senior researcher and curator at the Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture. The article, “Rivalry Played Out on Canvas and Page,” appeared on May 2.
www.nytimes.com/2008/05/02/arts/design/02acti.html?_r=3&pagewanted=1&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1210263888-tM3YlJQY6RArfMU0uhKfqw&oref=slogin
Jamie Heard Obituary in the Baltimore Sun
A Baltimore Sun obituary celebrated the life and spirit of Meyerhoff Scholar Jamie Heard ’09. The obituary appeared on May 6.
www.baltimoresun.com/news/obituaries/bal-md.ob.heard06may06,0,5062595.story?track=rss
President Hrabowski on CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360
An interview with UMBC President Freeman Hrabowski aired nationally on the CNN program, Anderson Cooper 360, at 10 p.m., Friday, May 2. The interview focused on the issue of academic achievement and race in America.
www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/anderson.cooper.360/index.html
Tom Schaller, Political Science, in the News
Associate Professor of Political Science Tom Schaller’s latest column for the Baltimore Sun assessed the race in Maryland’s 1st Congressional district between Republican Andy Harris and Democrat Frank Kratovil, Jr. The column, “Fight in the First,” ran on May 7.
www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bal-op.schaller07may07,0,7325404.column
Writing for Salon.com, Schaller analyzed Hillary Clinton’s strategies in gaining the African-American vote. Schaller wrote that her failure to challenge Barack Obama’s huge momentum among African-Americans, not a given at the start, might have doomed her campaign. The column, “How Hillary Clinton Botched the Black Vote,” appeared on May 5.
www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/05/05/clinton_blackvote/print.html
In an opinion column for The American Prospect, Schaller wrote that the question now in the Democratic presidential race is whether Clinton can see “the increasingly obvious end of her campaign.” The piece, “Is Clinton the Last to Know It’s Over?” ran on May 7.
www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=is_clinton_the_last_to_know_its_over
Schaller discussed the presidential campaign on two separate radio shows affiliated with the National Public Radio (NPR) network, Mid Day with Dan Rodricks on WYPR-88.1 FM (Baltimore) and NPR’s To the Point. Both shows aired on May 7.
www.wypr.org/mid_day.html
www.kcrw.com/news/programs/tp
Ellen Handler Spitz, Visual Arts, in the Chronicle Review
Ellen Handler Spitz, a professor in the visual arts department, wrote an essay for the Chronicle Review that recalls Mary Mothersill, the late professor under whom she studied while a graduate student at Columbia University. “As we mourn the passing of our teachers, we should remember what they gave us, each in his or her own way,” she wrote. The essay, “Fond and Fearful Memories of an Influential Professor,” appeared in the May 9 issue.
http://chronicle.com/temp/email2.php?id=hTcjcQzm3tHZndmQVJm9BQ3zsnC8nXCt
UMBC in the News
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond senior financial analyst Dale Klein, speaking before public policy and economics students at UMBC on April 28, discussed the housing market, commercial construction and land development. The seminar received coverage from Bloomberg and WYPR-88.1 FM.
www.publicbroadcasting.net/wypr/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1268420
