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UD in the News, Feb. 23, 2005

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9:59 a.m., Feb. 23, 2005--A roundup of recent news items about UD, its faculty, staff and alumni.

Richard Wool, professor of chemical engineering, was featured in a Feb. 22 Wired magazine online story about the use of chicken feathers to make circuit boards for personal computers. "Chicken-feather-based printed circuit boards will bring new meaning to 'farmer in the Dell,’" Wool told Wired.

Joyce Hill Stoner, professor of art conservation, was quoted in a Feb. 20 Philadelphia Inquirer story about N.C. Wyeth, who sometimes completed new paintings over top of old works. "He really wanted to be remembered as not an illustrator but a fine-art artist," Stoner said. "So, it's often his illustrations buried below a still life, portrait or landscape. It's very Freudian."

Charles Elson, Edgar S. Woolard Jr. Chair and director of the John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance, was quoted in a Feb. 20 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette story on large severance packages often given to ousted chief executive officers. “You shouldn’t pay someone to fail,” Elson told the Post-Gazette.

Graham Ousey, assistant professor of sociology, was quoted in a Feb. 20 News Journal story about crime in Wilmington.

Ben Yagoda, professor of English, wrote an essay titled “The Subtitle That Changed America for the Sunday book review section of the Feb. 20 New York Times.

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