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Media Watch (Jan. 30-Feb. 6, 2006)
Posted 2/7/2006
"Media Watch" is a round-up of recent stories in the media about the University of Hartford, as well as significant stories about other local and peer institutions and news about trends and issues in higher education.
Ashley "Woody" Doane, professor of sociology, and Darryl McMiller, assistant professor of political science, both at Hillyer College, were guests on the "Front and Center" show on Connecticut Public Radio and Connecticut Public Television. The show focused on the recent "rediscovery" of an audiotape of a 1959 lecture by The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. at Hartford's Bushnell Memorial Hall. The lecture, on "The Future of Integration," was part of the University of Hartford's Alexander S. Keller Memorial Fund Lecture Series. Read more about King's speech. (WNPR-FM, Feb. 4; CPTV, Feb. 3)
McMiller was also a guest on Michelle Turner’s "Electric Drum" show on WYBC-FM in New Haven, discussing the recent death of Coretta Scott King and the status of the civil rights movement in America. (WYBC-FM, Feb. 4)
A significant amount of media coverage was generated by the news that a University of Hartford student had contracted a case of bacterial meningitis. News stories on the precautions being taken by the University, student reaction to the news, and follow-up reports on the situation were featured on all of the local television stations. (NBC 30, Jan. 30; WFSB-TV Channel 3, Jan. 31; WTNH-TV Channel 8, Jan. 31; Hartford Courant, Feb. 1; NBC 30, Feb. 3 and 4; WTNH-TV Channel 8, Feb. 5)
Issues involving the status of repairs following the fire at the Park River residence hall, as well as issues involving the cause of the fire, were the subject of stories on local television news. (NBC 30, Jan. 30; Fox 61, Jan. 30)
In its listing of the "Biggest Developments in the Hartford Region," the Hartford Business Journal grouped three University of Hartford projects, the Home Field Advantage athletic fields construction, the proposed Performing Arts Center, and the new building for the University High School of Science and Engineering, and put them at Number 16, with a total budget of $70 million. (Hartford Business Journal, Feb. 6)
Karen Burke and John Tuozzo, both University of Hartford alums and former Hawks basketball players, were profiled about their 18 years of marriage to each other. (Hartford Courant, Feb. 5)
In a story on helping athletes and others deal with elbow tendonitis (more commonly known as tennis elbow), Preview Connecticut magazine interviewed Sean McCarthy, head trainer for the University of Hartford athletic teams. (Preview Connecticut magazine, Feb. 3)
The monthly Business Times magazine included a story about Barney School of Business students who had spent the fall semester working with business owners in East Granby. The students had put together needs assessments plans for the six participating businesses. (Business Times, January ’06 issue)
The Silpe Gallery at the University’s Hartford Art School played host to an exhibition of the award-winning entries in the Connecticut Scholastic Art Awards Program, a statewide competition for students in grades 7-12 sponsored by the Connecticut Art Education Association. The artwork was on display from Jan. 15 to Feb. 3. (Hartford Courant, Feb. 6; Litchfield Enquirer, Feb. 3)
Middle school students from 34 schools in Hartford County competed in the Greater Hartford Chapter MATHCOUNTS Competition at the University on Feb. 4. The winning teams of "mathletes" will advance to the statewide competition on March 11 that will also be held at the University of Hartford. (NBC 30, Feb. 4)
Derrick Paul Miller, who earned a graduate degree at The Hartt School, was profiled after having earned a role with the Canadian Opera Company. Miller, who recently recorded a demo CD, is looking to move beyond the theater to make recordings and go on concert tours. (The Daily Gleaner, Jan. 14)
Other News
With the pending departure of Harvard University’s arts and sciences dean, more than half of the school’s major deans and top administrators have left or announced plans to leave since Lawrence Summers became president. The short tenure of two of the deans has renewed criticism of Summers’s provocative style while outside of Harvard observers say brief terms make it hard for a university’s administration to accomplish its goals. (Boston Globe, Feb. 6)
It may be several weeks before authorities learn what caused the death of a Fairfield University student over the weekend. An autopsy on Alejandro Carrion, 20, of Miami, was inconclusive pending further tests and results are expected in six to eight weeks. Police do not suspect foul play and say the death appears to be medical related. (Associated Press, Feb. 5)
A Superior Court jury ordered Fairfield University to pay more than $111,000 to William Rom, a former student who jurors said was wrongly suspended four years ago. Rom, who said he had disciplinary problems at the school, sued Fairfield University for lost tuition and lost wages he might have had if he graduated on time and entered the job market. (WTNH-TV8, Feb. 5)
A new recreational trail that is part of an 84-mile corridor, from New Haven to Northampton, Mass., has emerged in the heart of the Yale University campus. The Farmington Canal Rail-to-Trail Association will give Yale President Richard Levin an honorary plaque and railroad spike on Feb. 7. Diana Balmori, a landscape designer who sketched the first drawings of the trail, and Cesar Pelli, a former dean of the Yale School of Architecture, will also be recognized. (Hartford Courant, Feb. 5)
Yale, Columbia, and Brown universities received a record number of applicants for the Class of 2010 because of increased efforts to recruit low-income students with improved financial aid packages. Applications are rising at some Ivy League schools, including the University of Pennsylvania, to record levels as they boost financial assistance to students amid rising costs. (Bloomberg.com, Feb. 3)
Three University of Connecticut students who allegedly ejaculated onto a female student while she slept in a dorm room this fall have been charged with disorderly conduct and public indecency. Police and prosecutors said they could not press sexual assault charges because the men did not touch the woman. Jared Skvirsky, 20, and Martin V. Piscottano, 19, are both seeking accelerated rehabilitation. Zak A. Brohinsky, 19, is still in pretrial negotiations. Brohinsky is the son of university relations director Scott Brohinsky. (Hartford Courant, Feb. 3)
A University of Connecticut police officer who stopped a wrong-way car at an off-campus apartment complex discovered that the vehicle’s occupants had cocaine and heroin packaged for sale. The officer also found 17 pills of the generic version of Xanax and a fully loaded, semiautomatic pistol in the car. (Hartford Courant, Feb. 3)
In his State of the Union address, President Bush called for training more teachers for advanced high school math and science, making permanent the tax credits for research and development, and increasing the funding for physical sciences research. The proposals closely track the recommendations of a well-received recent report by the National Academy of Sciences addressing competitiveness. The education and research initiative was just one part of a broader focus in Bush's speech on keeping America competitive. (Los Angeles Times, Feb. 2)
With the narrow passage of the spending bill by Congress, students and their parents will be able to borrow more money to pay for higher education but will face higher interest rates on these federal loans beginning in July. Some critics have argued that the higher interest rates are, in effect, a cut in student aid. The bill increases the rate on loans taken out by parents, known as PLUS loans. It had been scheduled to rise to 7.9 percent from the current 6.1 percent on July 1; it will now increase to 8.5 percent as of that date. (New York Times, Feb. 2)
Quinnipiac University announced plans for a $100 million expansion that will include a $60 million health sciences center, a $15 million liberal arts building, $5 million in renovations to the schools of business and communications, and the addition of 25 full-time faculty members. The proposal is expected to be formally approved by the Faculty Senate and the board of trustees by May. (Hartford Courant, Feb. 1)
The University of Connecticut board of trustees overwhelmingly approved a controversial plan to move the schools of family studies and allied health into other schools and to restructure the College of Continuing Studies. The move ended weeks of intense lobbying efforts from some alumni, faculty and staff upset about the way the plan was proposed at least as much as the move itself. (Hartford Courant, Feb. 1)
Ashley "Woody" Doane, professor of sociology, and Darryl McMiller, assistant professor of political science, both at Hillyer College, were guests on the "Front and Center" show on Connecticut Public Radio and Connecticut Public Television. The show focused on the recent "rediscovery" of an audiotape of a 1959 lecture by The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. at Hartford's Bushnell Memorial Hall. The lecture, on "The Future of Integration," was part of the University of Hartford's Alexander S. Keller Memorial Fund Lecture Series. Read more about King's speech. (WNPR-FM, Feb. 4; CPTV, Feb. 3)
McMiller was also a guest on Michelle Turner’s "Electric Drum" show on WYBC-FM in New Haven, discussing the recent death of Coretta Scott King and the status of the civil rights movement in America. (WYBC-FM, Feb. 4)
A significant amount of media coverage was generated by the news that a University of Hartford student had contracted a case of bacterial meningitis. News stories on the precautions being taken by the University, student reaction to the news, and follow-up reports on the situation were featured on all of the local television stations. (NBC 30, Jan. 30; WFSB-TV Channel 3, Jan. 31; WTNH-TV Channel 8, Jan. 31; Hartford Courant, Feb. 1; NBC 30, Feb. 3 and 4; WTNH-TV Channel 8, Feb. 5)
Issues involving the status of repairs following the fire at the Park River residence hall, as well as issues involving the cause of the fire, were the subject of stories on local television news. (NBC 30, Jan. 30; Fox 61, Jan. 30)
In its listing of the "Biggest Developments in the Hartford Region," the Hartford Business Journal grouped three University of Hartford projects, the Home Field Advantage athletic fields construction, the proposed Performing Arts Center, and the new building for the University High School of Science and Engineering, and put them at Number 16, with a total budget of $70 million. (Hartford Business Journal, Feb. 6)
Karen Burke and John Tuozzo, both University of Hartford alums and former Hawks basketball players, were profiled about their 18 years of marriage to each other. (Hartford Courant, Feb. 5)
In a story on helping athletes and others deal with elbow tendonitis (more commonly known as tennis elbow), Preview Connecticut magazine interviewed Sean McCarthy, head trainer for the University of Hartford athletic teams. (Preview Connecticut magazine, Feb. 3)
The monthly Business Times magazine included a story about Barney School of Business students who had spent the fall semester working with business owners in East Granby. The students had put together needs assessments plans for the six participating businesses. (Business Times, January ’06 issue)
The Silpe Gallery at the University’s Hartford Art School played host to an exhibition of the award-winning entries in the Connecticut Scholastic Art Awards Program, a statewide competition for students in grades 7-12 sponsored by the Connecticut Art Education Association. The artwork was on display from Jan. 15 to Feb. 3. (Hartford Courant, Feb. 6; Litchfield Enquirer, Feb. 3)
Middle school students from 34 schools in Hartford County competed in the Greater Hartford Chapter MATHCOUNTS Competition at the University on Feb. 4. The winning teams of "mathletes" will advance to the statewide competition on March 11 that will also be held at the University of Hartford. (NBC 30, Feb. 4)
Derrick Paul Miller, who earned a graduate degree at The Hartt School, was profiled after having earned a role with the Canadian Opera Company. Miller, who recently recorded a demo CD, is looking to move beyond the theater to make recordings and go on concert tours. (The Daily Gleaner, Jan. 14)
Other News
With the pending departure of Harvard University’s arts and sciences dean, more than half of the school’s major deans and top administrators have left or announced plans to leave since Lawrence Summers became president. The short tenure of two of the deans has renewed criticism of Summers’s provocative style while outside of Harvard observers say brief terms make it hard for a university’s administration to accomplish its goals. (Boston Globe, Feb. 6)
It may be several weeks before authorities learn what caused the death of a Fairfield University student over the weekend. An autopsy on Alejandro Carrion, 20, of Miami, was inconclusive pending further tests and results are expected in six to eight weeks. Police do not suspect foul play and say the death appears to be medical related. (Associated Press, Feb. 5)
A Superior Court jury ordered Fairfield University to pay more than $111,000 to William Rom, a former student who jurors said was wrongly suspended four years ago. Rom, who said he had disciplinary problems at the school, sued Fairfield University for lost tuition and lost wages he might have had if he graduated on time and entered the job market. (WTNH-TV8, Feb. 5)
A new recreational trail that is part of an 84-mile corridor, from New Haven to Northampton, Mass., has emerged in the heart of the Yale University campus. The Farmington Canal Rail-to-Trail Association will give Yale President Richard Levin an honorary plaque and railroad spike on Feb. 7. Diana Balmori, a landscape designer who sketched the first drawings of the trail, and Cesar Pelli, a former dean of the Yale School of Architecture, will also be recognized. (Hartford Courant, Feb. 5)
Yale, Columbia, and Brown universities received a record number of applicants for the Class of 2010 because of increased efforts to recruit low-income students with improved financial aid packages. Applications are rising at some Ivy League schools, including the University of Pennsylvania, to record levels as they boost financial assistance to students amid rising costs. (Bloomberg.com, Feb. 3)
Three University of Connecticut students who allegedly ejaculated onto a female student while she slept in a dorm room this fall have been charged with disorderly conduct and public indecency. Police and prosecutors said they could not press sexual assault charges because the men did not touch the woman. Jared Skvirsky, 20, and Martin V. Piscottano, 19, are both seeking accelerated rehabilitation. Zak A. Brohinsky, 19, is still in pretrial negotiations. Brohinsky is the son of university relations director Scott Brohinsky. (Hartford Courant, Feb. 3)
A University of Connecticut police officer who stopped a wrong-way car at an off-campus apartment complex discovered that the vehicle’s occupants had cocaine and heroin packaged for sale. The officer also found 17 pills of the generic version of Xanax and a fully loaded, semiautomatic pistol in the car. (Hartford Courant, Feb. 3)
In his State of the Union address, President Bush called for training more teachers for advanced high school math and science, making permanent the tax credits for research and development, and increasing the funding for physical sciences research. The proposals closely track the recommendations of a well-received recent report by the National Academy of Sciences addressing competitiveness. The education and research initiative was just one part of a broader focus in Bush's speech on keeping America competitive. (Los Angeles Times, Feb. 2)
With the narrow passage of the spending bill by Congress, students and their parents will be able to borrow more money to pay for higher education but will face higher interest rates on these federal loans beginning in July. Some critics have argued that the higher interest rates are, in effect, a cut in student aid. The bill increases the rate on loans taken out by parents, known as PLUS loans. It had been scheduled to rise to 7.9 percent from the current 6.1 percent on July 1; it will now increase to 8.5 percent as of that date. (New York Times, Feb. 2)
Quinnipiac University announced plans for a $100 million expansion that will include a $60 million health sciences center, a $15 million liberal arts building, $5 million in renovations to the schools of business and communications, and the addition of 25 full-time faculty members. The proposal is expected to be formally approved by the Faculty Senate and the board of trustees by May. (Hartford Courant, Feb. 1)
The University of Connecticut board of trustees overwhelmingly approved a controversial plan to move the schools of family studies and allied health into other schools and to restructure the College of Continuing Studies. The move ended weeks of intense lobbying efforts from some alumni, faculty and staff upset about the way the plan was proposed at least as much as the move itself. (Hartford Courant, Feb. 1)
