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OCT-NOV 2007
Amanda Baumle, professor of sociology, is quoted
in a Houston Chronicle article about
the effects of new demographic information in Houston.
Rhonda Beassie, UH Law Center Career Service
director, is quoted in a Texas Lawyer
article regarding first-year associate salaries.
Darren Bush, assistant professor of law, is
quoted in an Austin American-Statesman
article regarding Whole Foods chief executive John Mackey. He
is quoted in the Cox News Service article regarding whole foods
trying to take over the oat market.
Seth Chandler, professor of law, is quoted in
a Houston Chronicle article about
the state’s cancer initiative.
An article in Nature Materials features
Paul Chu, T.L.L. Temple Chair of Science in the College
of Natural Sciences and Mathematics and professor of physics.
Cynthia Freeland, chair of the Department of
Philosophy, was the featured guest the radio program “Philosophy
Talk” on Stanford University’s KALW,
91.7 FM.
Betsy Gelb, professor and director of doctoral
programs at the Bauer College of Business, is quoted in a Financial
Times article regarding the oil industry.
Stephen Craig Pirrong, director of energy markets
for UH’s Global Energy Management Institute and professor
of finance, is cited in a Bloomberg.com
article regarding the possible sale of Chicago Board of Trade
to the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. He also is cited in the Washington
Greenwire about New York Mercantile Exchange becoming a
major energy broker.
David Small, assistant vice president for student
services, is quoted in an Associated Press
article regarding universities offering career help to their alumni.
MAY-JUNE 2007
Donald L. Birx, vice president of research,
is quoted in a Medical News Today
article regarding an agreement between UH and the Russian Academy
of Sciences Siberian Branch and Novosibirsk State University.
Brené Brown, assistant professor of social
work research, was interviewed on National
Public Radio about Americans and empathy.
Darren Bush, assistant professor of law, is quoted
in an Austin American Statesman article
regarding Whole Foods planned takeover of Wild Oaks.
Martin Golubitsky, Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz
Cullen Distinguished Professorship
in Mathematics, is cited in a New Materials.com
article about brain architecture.
Physorg.com featured Thomas
Hsu, John and Rebecca Moores Professor of Civil Engineering,
in an article regarding Hsu receiving the American Concrete Institute
Arthur J. Boase Award.
John Lienhard, professor emeritus of mechanical
engineering, is quoted in an Inside Higher
Ed article about new polytechnics.
Ellen Marrus, George Butler Research Professor
of Law, wrote a Houston Chronicle
opinion-editorial about the Houston Police Department’s
crime lab.
Steven Mintz, John and Rebecca Moores Professor
of History and director of the American Cultures Program at UH,
is quoted in a Houston Chronicle
article about fatherhood.
CBN News.com quoted Richard
Murray, professor of political science and director of
UH’s Survey Research Institute, in an article about mainstream
Islam in the United States.
Donald Van Nieuwenhuise, Petroleum Geoscience
Programs director and research associate professor in the Department
of Geosciences, is quoted in an online Texas
Cable News article regarding underground nuclear reactors.
Craig Pirrong, professor of finance and director
of energy markets for UH’s Global Energy Management Institute,
is quoted in a Bloomberg article
about the possible sale of the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Barton Smith, professor of economics and director
of the UH Institute for Regional Forecasting, discussed immigration
reform issues on KTRH-AM, 740.
Nobel Laureate Jody Williams, visiting professor
of social work, co-wrote a Christian Science
Monitor opinion-editorial about the violence in Darfur,
Sudan.
APRIL 2007
Richard Alderman, UH Law Center
associate dean, was interviewed about who pays medical expenses
for people who get sick from contaminated or tainted food in a
story aired on KTRK-TV, Channel 13.
Alderman also is the Consumer Law Center director and holds the
Dwight Olds Chair in Law.
Audrius Brazdeikis, research assistant professor
of physics, was quoted in a Science Daily
article about a handheld tool he co-created for staging and treating
various cancers.
Paul Chu, professor of physics and T.L.L. Temple
Foundation Chair in Science, was quoted in a BBC
online article regarding super materials.
Steven Craig, professor of economics, discussed
a bill that would raise the federal minimum wage in a story aired
on KTRK-TV, Channel 13.
Michael Economides, professor of chemical and
biomolecular engineering, was interviewed on KPRC-TV,
Channel 2, about ExxonMobil record profits.
Ioannis A. Kakadiaris, Eckhard Pfeiffer Professor
in the Department of Computer Science and director of UH’s
Computational Biomedicine Lab, was interviewed on KTRK-TV,
Channel 2, about the face recognition program developed
by the lab. He also is a professor in the Cullen College of Engineering
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Richard Murray, professor of political science,
was quoted in a Houston Chronicle
article about Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.
Murray also was quoted in a Washington Times
article about Gov. Rick Perry.
Bernhard Rappenglueck, associate professor of
geosciences, was quoted in a Houston Chronicle
article about Asia’s soot, which causes weather imbalance.
Floyd Robinson, UH Health Center director, was
interviewed on KTRK-TV, Channel 13,
about sexually transmitted diseases.
The UH Law Center and the Environmental
and Energy Law and Policy Journal were cited in a Houston
Chronicle article about hybrid vehicles.
FEBRUARY 2007
Daily Business News published an
article about Donald L. Birx’s keynote
address at a BioHouston forum. Birx is vice president for research.
Jerome Crowder, research assistant professor
of anthropology, and Cliff Dacso, director of
the Abramson Center for the Future of Health at UH, were quoted
in a Houston Chronicle article about
the launching of a wireless project in the Pecan Park neighborhood.
Patricia Gray, research professor at the UH
Law Center, was quoted in a Houston Chronicle
article about a state bill that would force care of end-stage
patients.
Lynn Mitchell, director of religious studies,
was interviewed on KTRK-TV, Channel 13,
about extramarital affairs.
Richard Murray, professor of political science,
was quoted in a Fort Worth Star Telegram
article regarding allegations of officials manipulating elections
with polling locations.
Hanadi Rifai, associate professor of environmental
engineering, was quoted in a Houston Chronicle
article about the best way to clean an industrial waste pit that
leaks the carcinogen dioxin into the San Jacinto River.
Houston Public Radio, KUHF-FM 88.7,
interviewed Nestor Rodriguez, chair of the Department
of Sociology, and Joseph Vail, clinical associate
professor in legal practice, about trends in the smuggling of
illegal immigrants. Rodriguez also was interviewed about the state
comptroller’s report on the economic impact of illegal immigration
on KHOU-TV, Channel 11, and Texas
Cable News Network.
KHOU-TV, Channel 11, aired a story
about Melissa Scott-Pandorf’s work on what
astronauts may wear on the Moon. She is a doctoral health and
human performance student.
The Houston Business Journal published
a story about UH’s finance department ranking
among the Top 10 most productive programs in the United States
by Academic Analytics’ Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index.
JANUARY 2007
Steven Craig, professor of economics, was interviewed
on KHOU-TV, Channel 11 about consumer
shopping behavior the day after Thanksgiving.
Russell Curtis, professor of sociology, was
quoted in a Houston Chronicle story
regarding the Houston Texans.
David Dow, University Distinguished Professor,
was quoted in a Houston Chronicle story
on the recusal of a prosecutor in the retrial of Anthony Graves.
His opinion editorial “Hanging Saddam High Would be Our
Low” appeared in the Houston Chronicle.
Victor B. Flatt, the A.L. O’Quinn Chair
in Environmental Law, wrote a Houston Chronicle
opinion editorial on the Houston-Galveston-Brazoria region’s
failure to meet Environmental Protection Agency’s ozone
requirements.
Amber Giannoni Gaume, assistant clinical professor
of optometry, was cited in CBS19.tv
story on preteens wearing contact lenses.
Allen Grundy, a program coordinator at the Office
of Veteran Services, was quoted in a Houston
Chronicle article about veteran entrepreneurship.
Arthur Guloy, associate professor of chemistry,
and John Bear, College of Natural Sciences and
Mathematics dean, were quoted in a Semiconductor
Online News story on the work of a team of researchers
led by Guloy to synthesize a new form of germanium.
William Hawes, professor of communication, was
interviewed on KTRK-TV, Channel 13 about the popularity of pornography.
The India Herald quoted Rupa
Iyer, director of biotechnology programs, in a story
regarding the Texas Workforce Commission’s $1 million grant
to build a comprehensive biotechnology program at UH.
Garth Jowett, professor of communication, was
quoted in a USA Weekend.com story
that compared theatrical and pre-release versions of the 1933
film “Baby Face.”
Donna Kacmar, assistant professor of architecture,
was quoted in a Houston Chronicle
story on the exhibition “Accommodation in Houston: Beer,
Burgers and Barbacoa.”
The New York Times quoted athletics
director Dave Maggard in a story about the AutoZone
Liberty Bowl.
The Houston Chronicle profiled Tatcho Mindiola,
Center for Mexican American Studies director.
Hispanic Outlook on Higher Education
profiled Michael A. Olivas, William B. Bates
Distinguished Chair of Law and Institute of Higher Education Law
and
Governance director.
Jeremy Pettit, assistant professor of psychology,
discussed holiday depression on KPRC-TV,
Channel 2.
Law professor Nancy Rapoport was quoted in a
Houston Chronicle story on an Enron
lawsuit.
KRIV-TV, Channel 26, reported that
UH’s Small Business Development Center
and NASA helped with the invention of a device to remove downed
electrical power poles.
Arthur K. Smith, University Professor of Political
Science, was quoted in a Houston Chronicle
article regarding Cuban exiles.
William Winslade, Distinguished Visiting Professor
of Law and associate director of graduate programs at the UH Law
Center, was interviewed on KHOU-TV, Channel
11, and on Texas Cable News Network
about ethical issues surrounding Blue Cross’ refusal to
cover a woman’s test for breast cancer.
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