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UD in the News, Dec. 1, 2006 To view past UD in the News, click here. 9:31 a.m., Dec. 1, 2006--A roundup of recent news items about UD, its faculty, students, staff and alumni. Meryl P. Gardner, associate professor of business administration, was quoted in the Nov. 30 Providence (R.I.) Journal in a story about a local retail promotion. She said small businesses do a good job in developing promotions that foster a sense of community, sending the message that “we're part of your community, we are who you are, and so you should come to us.” Roberta Golinkoff, H. Rodney Sharp Chair in Human Services, Education and Public Policy, was quoted in a Nov. 30 Toronto Star story about infants and language. The story centered on the controversy surrounding a claim, heralded on Oprah Winfrey's popular television show, that there is a universal baby language spoken by infants the world over. “There is no research that supports these claims,” Golinkoff, the author of How Babies Talk, told the newspaper. Nancy M. Targett, dean of the College of Marine and Earth Studies, was featured in a Nov. 30 News Journal story about her research on the development of an artificial bait to take the place of horseshoe crabs. The state recently announced a two-year ban on the harvest of horseshoe crabs, which serve as popular bait but are in decline. Working with the DuPont Co., Targett hopes that an artificial bait will be available by summer 2007. Muqtedar Khan, assistant professor of political science and international relations, wrote an opinion piece in the Nov. 30 News Journal concerning actions by Muslim taxi drivers in Minneapolis who are refusing to allow people carrying alcoholic beverages in their cabs. He writes that Islam “does not advocate the imposition of its values on others.” Khan also was quoted in a Nov. 29 News Journal story on the visit by Pope Benedict XVI to Turkey. Charles Elson, Edgar S. Woolard Jr. Chair and director of the John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance, was quoted in a Nov. 29 Washington Post story about plans by NASD and the New York Stock Exchange to merge their regulatory bodies and operate under a single set of rules. Elson welcomed the action, saying, “You want the regulation of the exchanges to be a noncompetitive issue.” Elson also was quoted in a Nov. 28 New York Post story on a large retirement package given the outgoing chairman of the Reader's Digest Association. Martha Buell, professor of individual and family studies, was quoted in a Nov. 27 News Journal story about how parents can store the tons of toys in the house. “Organization, period, helps children,” Buell said. |
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