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THE FACULTY, STAFF AND STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND DECEMBER 2005 - JANUARY 2006
 

 

Richmond in the national media


Ron Bacigal, professor of law, commented in The Washington Post in an article about a Fairfax County judge who has thrown out several DWI cases.

Robert Bork, visiting professor in the School of Law, had his commentary on the nomination of Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court published in National Review Online.

Richard Coughlin, associate dean of the business school, was featured on NPR on "All Things Considered" about convention business in New Orleans.

Scott Erwin, '05, was featured in The Boston Globe and Associated Press articles throughout the nation after being named a Rhodes Scholar.

James Gibson, assistant professor of law and director of the Intellectual Property Institute, was quoted in a Bloomberg.com article on the Grokster file sharing case. He also appeared in articles on the same topic in Newsday, Orlando Sentinel, AP News Service and the Toronto Star. His letter to the editor on Google's use of copyrighted works appeared in The Washington Post.

Doug Hicks, director of the Center for Civic Engagement, was quoted in The Chicago Tribune in an article about religious faith in the workplace.

Research on sponges conducted by April and Malcolm Hill, both associate professors of biology, appeared in the Orlando Sentinel.

Crystal Hoyt, assistant professor of leadership studies, was quoted in The Chicago Tribune in an article about the nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court.

Craig Kinsley, professor of psychology, was quoted in a Boston Globe article about the effects of motherhood on women's brains. His research was also featured in a UPI article.

Research conducted by Juliette Landphair, dean of Westhampton College, on New Orleans' ninth ward was mentioned in an article in The New York Times.

The Biloxi Sun Herald, Providence Journal and Scripps Howard News Service featured comments on health care by Rick Mayes, assistant professor of political science.

Liz Shupe, interim director of the Career Development Center, was quoted in a Wall Street Journal article on e-mailing recruiters.

Rod Smolla, dean of the School of Law, was quoted in a Salon.com article on pornography. A New York Times article quoted him on the CIA-Valerie Plame leak case.

Carl Tobias, professor of law, was featured in numerous publications on the nomination and withdrawal of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court, including the New York Daily News, Christian Science Monitor, AP Newswire, The Legal Times, St. Petersburg Times, San Francisco Chronicle, New York Newsday, USA Today and Jurist Online. He authored a commentary on Harriet Miers that appeared in the San Diego Union-Tribune.

He also was quoted on the nomination of Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court in the New Jersey Law Journal, San Francisco Chronicle, Chicago Tribune, AP News Service, Gannett News Service, Cincinnati Post, Raleigh News & Observer, The Washington Times, The Washington Post, Detroit Free Press, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and Philadelphia Inquirer.

His comments on the Vioxx verdict appeared in the Newark Star-Ledger, Forbes. com, American Health Line, "Marketplace" on NPR, Reuters and the Philadelphia Inquirer.

In addition, he was quoted on the Jose Padilla case in the Los Angeles Times, the rise of political blogs in The Christian Science Monitor, the Abu Ali case by the Associated Press, the upcoming Supreme Court docket in The National Journal, the Hamdan case in Australia News and Knight-Ridder News Service, the Lindsey Graham amendment barring foreign terror suspects held at Guantanamo Bay from filing lawsuits in U.S. courts in The Washington Times, the possible bird flu pandemic in the Los Angeles Times, and the Supreme Court's decision to hear a case from Osama bin Laden's driver in The Miami Herald,

The University of Richmond was featured in an article on undergraduate research in The New York Times.

Vincent Wei-cheng Wang had his letter to the editor published in The New York Times. It concerned a visit by Japan's prime minister to a war shrine. Another letter was published by The Christian Science Monitor.

 

 
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