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UD in the News, July 21, 2006 To view past UD in the News, click here.10:04 a.m., July 21, 2006--A roundup of recent news items about UD, its faculty, students, staff and alumni. Joyce Hill Stoner, professor of art conservation, and Paul R. Jones, UD benefactor, were quoted in a July 20 News Journal story about a summer project in which undergraduate students from UD and Spelman College are getting hands-on lessons in art conservation in a four-week internship program at Winterthur Museum and Country Estate that blends mural restoration work with independent research projects, museum field trips and lectures by conservation experts. Balaji Panchapakesan, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, was featured in a July 20 EE Times story about micro-optomechanical systems. Charles Elson, Edgar S. Woolard Jr. Chair in Corporate Governance and director of the John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance, was quoted in a July 19 Memphis Commercial Appeal story about bonus pay at FedEx Corp. Elson also was quoted in a July 17 Cincinnati Business Courier story about high pay for top executives. Laurence Kalkstein, senior research fellow in UD's Center for Climatic Research, was quoted in a July 19 Washington Post story about how sudden heat waves can cause deaths. He also was quoted in July 15 ABC News and July 18 Voice of America stories on the nationwide heat wave. John Scholz, associate professor of physical therapy, was quoted in a July 18 News Journal story about warning signs and treatment of stroke. Marianne Carter, director of the Employee Wellness Center, was quoted in a July 18 News Journal story about fitness programs initiated by employers. Ralph Begleiter, Edward and Elizabeth Goodman Rosenberg Professor of Communication and Distinguished Journalist in Residence at UD, was quoted in a July 17 Christian Science Monitor story about network news anchors moving to cable news operations. Begleiter said the exodus could be traced to a network shift from news to entertainment, adding that whereas the networks devoted 400 hours annually to new documentaries during the 1970s, “Today, I dare you to find a single hour of broadcast news documentary.” Muqtedar Khan, assistant professor of political science and international relations, wrote an opinion piece on events in the Middle East in the July 17 Chicago Tribune. “The crisis in the Middle East is rapidly reaching dangerous proportions,” Khan wrote. “Unless a heavy dose of sanity is injected into the region's affairs immediately, it is likely to escalate into a wider conflict that will make Iraq look like a picnic. The only player perhaps capable of playing this role is the U.S. The U.S. has the most to lose if things get out of hand. Its key interests in the region--oil, Israel and liberalism--are all in jeopardy.” Jonathan Sharp, professor of oceanography, was quoted in a July 17 News Journal story about how recent downpours have led to murky conditions in the region's bays. Thomas Leitch, professor of English, was quoted in a July 17 News Journal story about a local resident who is a huge fan of the Charlie Chan movies. Perry Chapman, professor of art history, was quoted in a widely distributed July 15 Associated Press story about the 400th anniversary of the birth of the artist Rembrandt van Rijn. Chapman said Rembrandt was “preeminently good at rendering emotions, not just how we look but how we think and feel. His naturalism extends beyond realism to an attempt to portray the human mind, at least what we can see of it in the face." Mark J. Miller, Emma Smith Morris Professor of Political Science and International Relations, was featured on a July 14 WHYY-TV Delaware Tonight story on the crisis in the Middle East. |
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