UD in the News, Jan. 7, 2005

Charles Elson, Edgar S. Woolard Jr. Chair and director of the John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance, was featured on the Jan. 6 public radio Marketplace program and quoted in Jan. 7 stories by the Associated Press and in the Chicago Tribune, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, The Guardian and the Financial Post concerning the ramifications of the WorldCom shareholder suit settlement, in which 10 former board members have agreed to pay $18 million out of their own pockets. "I think there could be a long-term positive impact, in that it will force directors to be independent and to follow good processes," Elson told the Associated Press. "I also think directors will certainly seek to avoid any conflicts of interests like the plague. But will anybody want to serve on a board? That's the question."

John Antil, associate professor of business administration, was quoted in a Jan. 7 News Journal story on plans by MBNA to air a commercial during the Super Bowl. Antil, an expert on Super Bowl advertising, said the game provides the one forum during which fans are attuned to the commercials but added, “It's a difficult environment, and how successful you are all depends on how well you do the ad.”

Christopher K. Sommerfield, assistant professor of marine studies, was interviewed for a Jan. 6 WBOC-TV report on tsunamis.

Donald Unger, professor of individual and family studies, was featured on a Jan. 6 WDEL-AM broadcast about how to discuss the South Asian tsunami with children. He said it can be helpful for children to channel their concern for tsunami victims into relief projects.

Charles Epifanio, professor of marine studies, was featured in a Dec. 27 Capital News Service story on National Science Foundation funding for marine science projects on the Eastern Shore. Epifanio is working with Elizabeth North of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science on a project concerning the blue crab.

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