UD in the News, Dec. 6, 2004

Alice Ba, assistant professor of political science and international relations, was quoted in a Dec. 2 Agence France-Presse story about an Association of Southeast Asian Nations economic summit.

Douglas Tallamy, chairperson of the Department of Entomology and Applied Ecology, was quoted in a Nov. 30 News Journal story about the oil spill on the Delaware River. "They do not manage that river to make it a healthy ecosystem. They manage it for shipping. The two don't match very well,” Tallamy said.

Harry Shipman, Annie Jump Cannon Chair of Physics and Astronomy, was quoted in a Nov. 29 USA Today science column, fielding a question on the weight of a piece of a white dwarf.

Charles Elson, Edgar S. Woolard Jr. Chair and director of the John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance, was quoted in a Nov. 28 Associated Press story on political involvement by large public pension funds.

Mariano Salem, director of UD’s Poultry Diagnostic Center in Georgetown, was quoted in a Nov. 28 News Journal story on the health of the state’s chicken industry in the face of potential avian flu breakouts.

The Paul R. Jones Collection exhibition was featured on the cover of the 55 Hours section in the Nov. 28 News Journal.

Research on the treatment of social anxiety being conducted by Robert Simons, professor of psychology, was featured in a story in the Nov. 28 News Journal.

Mark A. Barteau, Robert L. Pigford Professor and chairperson of the Department of Chemical Engineering and the winner of the 2004 Francis Alison Award, was featured in a story in the Nov. 28 News Journal.

John Antil, associate professor of business administration, was quoted in a Nov. 26 News Journal story on Thanksgiving holiday shopping. "I think it's one of those things we complain about, but still do it," Antil told the newspaper. "For a lot of people, it's a social activity."

Bernard Herman, Edward F. and Elizabeth Goodman Rosenberg Professor, was quoted in a Nov. 25 New York Times story on the preservation of rural sheds, shacks and barns as works of art. The buildings symbolize “the history of agriculture written in brick, stone and wood,” Herman told the Times.

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