Gould on WFSB-TV, Carey in Wall Street Journal, Lee in Hartford Courant, and More

Laurence Gould, professor of physics in the College of Arts and Sciences, was interviewed by WFSB-TV Eyewitness News meteorologist Bruce DePriest for a story on issues surrounding the climate change claims that aired on Thursday, May 16, during the 11 p.m. newscast. Click here to watch the interview.

Broadway World had an article on Monday, May 20, about the announcement that renowned tenor saxophonist Javon Jackson had been named associate professor of jazz and chair of the Jackie McLean Institute of Jazz at The Hartt School. Click here to read the article.

Ellen Carey, an associate professor of photography in the Hartford Art School, was highlighted in a Wall Street Journal article on Tuesday, May 7, about an exhibition of Polaroid photography at Vassar College. Click here to read the article.

Richard Freund, professor and director of the Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies, did a live radio interview with host Dave Rutherford on the Corus radio network in Alberta (heard both in Edmonton and Calgary). The interviewed aired on Thursday, May 2, in advance of his talk about his book Digging Through the Bible, at the University of Calgary, on Sunday, May 6.

James Lee, an associate professor of printmaking at the Hartford Art School, was featured in a Hartford Courant story on Tuesday, May 21, in connection with the “Printmakers’ Network of Southern New England” exhibition at the Adolf & Virginia Dehn Gallery in Manchester. Click here to read the article.

The Broadway community gathered to celebrate the life and legacy of the late Kevin Gray, associate professor of theatre in The Hartt School and a renowned Broadway performer, on Monday, May 13, at the Majestic Theatre in New York City. The event helped raise funds for two endowment funds that have been established in his name, “The Kevin Gray Musical Theater Award Endowment Fund” at Duke University and “The Kevin Gray Memorial Scholarship Award” at the Hartt School of the University of Hartford. The event was covered by WPIX-TV and by Broadway World.

Norm Young, associate vice president facilities planning and management, was featured in a Hartford Business Journal story on March 18 about the University’s application to the state’s pilot microgid energy program. To read more about the University’s application to buildings currently not on the system to the back-up generator system, click here.

Christine Beck, who retired in 2009 from 20 years as head of the paralegal training program at the University, was featured in a New Haven Independent article on Thursday, May 23, about the launch of Perch, a new magazine devoted to issues involving arts and mental health. Beck is one of the contributors to the inaugural issue. Read it here.

The Valley Advocate profiled the band, Brotherhood of Thieves, which was formed in 2008 by Hartt School students Jacob Wardwell (guitar, keyboards, vocals), Nicholas Cole (guitar), Jack Reynolds (bass) and Tim Jangl (drums) in a May 14 article. Click here to read it.