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Media Watch (Sept. 18 – 25, 2006)
Posted 9/26/2006
"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.
David Desplaces, assistant professor of management at the Barney School of Business and founding director of the University's Institute for Entrepreneurship and Economic Development, was named a “40 Under Forty” winner by the Hartford Business Journal. The award is given to “people who are at the top of their game,” said the newspaper. “These are the folks who have already demonstrated that they’re good at what they do, and that they have the talents and skills to make a difference in our business and social communities.” (Hartford Business Journal, Sept. 25)
Hartford Courant columnist Owen Canfield wrote about the University of Hartford’s “Home Field Advantage” fundraising campaign to improve its outdoor athletics facilities. He focused on the University's efforts to meet the fundraising goals necessary to receive a Kresge Foundation challenge grant. He also praised the work of Director of Athletics Pat Meiser in building a strong program at the University. (Hartford Courant, Sept. 24)
University of Hartford President Walter Harrison was quoted about the efforts of the Hartford Housing Authority to choose a developer and a redevelopment plan for the nearby Westbrook Village and Bowles Park housing projects. “In my way of looking at it, it has been a very thoughtful and well-planned planning process,” Harrison said to the Courant about the selection of the Corcoran Jennison Company of Massachusetts as the project developer. “It seemed to me they were being extremely open with the people on the committee and giving them a chance to reach their own conclusions.” (Hartford Courant, Sept. 24)
Lisa Wyatt, a clinical psychologist and director of Counseling and Psychological Services in the University of Hartford’s Office of Student Affairs, was interviewed as part of a Hartford Courant story about the issues first-year students face in coping with being away from home. She said that college-age kids often “have no experience with how to sit with bad feelings. Their coping skills and tolerance for frustration are lower than in the past.” (Hartford Courant, Sept. 22)
Mark Blackwell, associate professor and chair of the English department in the University’s College of Arts and Sciences, was a guest on WDRC-AM’s “Dan Lovallo Show.” He spoke about the evolution of language in our culture in advance of his participation in a University Libraries’ sponsored panel discussion on “Defining Moments–Samuel Johnson & Noah Webster: Dictionaries, Words, Language, and Culture.” (WDRC-AM, Sept. 19)
The Las Vegas Review-Journal previewed the avant-garde Las Vegas International New Music Festival at the Community College of Southern Nevada. The festival was featuring a performance by percussionists Ben Toth of The Hartt School and German composer Nebojsa Zivkovic, blending world music, their own original compositions and standards. (Las Vegas Review-Journal, Sept. 22)
Bob Gonyeau, assistant director of the Construction Institute at the University of Hartford, was quoted in a story about the impact that energy prices are having on the state’s construction market. “Energy and transportation are the two biggest challenges facing Connecticut right now,” he told the magazine. (Business New Haven, Sept. 18)
Harvey Jassem, an associate professor in the School of Communication, was featured in an NBC 30 story about a Canton town Planning Commission meeting on proposed new zoning and subdivision regulations. Jassem was seen giving testimony before the commission. (NBC 30, Sept. 12)
University of Hartford graduate Julie Turner-Peluso shot a 298 in the first stage of LPGA Tour qualifying in Mission Hills, Calif., and missed by one shot a chance to move onto the final round and a chance to qualify for the LPGA Tour. (Hartford Courant, Sept. 23)
The Hartford Hawks men’s and women’s basketball team schedules for this coming season were highlighted in a Hartford Courant story. The story noted that the women’s team will host Dartmouth on Nov. 10 in the opening round of the Preseason WNIT. (Hartford Courant, Sept. 22)
The University of Hartford men’s golf team’s victory in the Purple and Red Invitational golf tournament in Utah over a field of 17 teams was covered in newspapers from many of the colleges and universities that participated. (Idaho Statesman, Sept. 20)
Other News
Lisa Anderson, dean of the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, invited Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the president of Iran, to speak at the suggestion of a student organization called Iranians at SIPA. He said yes, and then Dean Anderson withdrew the invitation after Columbia officials told her security could not be arranged so quickly. But news of the invitation touched off protests. (New York Times, Sept. 22)
Jury selection begins on Sept. 22 in the long-awaited trial for the two former Seton Hall students charged with setting a blaze in a freshman dormitory at Seton Hall University on Jan. 19, 2000, that killed three students and sent 600 fleeing from the building. (New York Times, Sept. 22)
University of Connecticut representatives and state officials have agreed to a plan requiring the university to study the effects it has on local rivers, measure and conserve water, and prepare for long-range water needs. The proposal comes nearly a year after the University of Connecticut pumped a section of the Fenton River dry during drought conditions, killing about 8,000 fish. (Hartford Courant, Sept. 21)
Amir Faghri, a former University of Connecticut engineering dean who was demoted this summer, is suing the university, claiming it violated his right to free speech and broke his contract to be dean. Faghri, who was removed as dean in June in a divisive, highly publicized flap, remains at the university as an engineering professor. He said he wants to clear his name. (Hartford Courant, Sept. 21)
A new oversight committee established by the legislature to monitor the University of Connecticut’s massive construction program met for the first time on Sept. 20, at the UConn Health Center. The seven-member construction management oversight committee is a key part of legislation passed this spring to watch over the ongoing, $2.3 billion campus rehabilitation programs, which have been plagued with mismanagement, cost overruns and fire and building code violations. (Hartford Courant, Sept. 21)
A policy banning strippers from on-campus events is back in the rule book at Duke University, after allegations that members of the school’s lacrosse team raped an exotic dancer led officials to notice it had been inadvertently removed. The policy governs only on-campus events. (Associated Press, Sept. 21)
Yale University said it will offer digital videos of some courses on the internet for free, along with transcripts in several languages, in an effort to make the elite private school more accessible. The 18-month pilot project will provide videos, syllabi, and transcripts for seven courses beginning in the 2007 academic year. The courses cannot be counted toward a Yale degree. (Reuters, Sept. 21)
Citing growing anti-Semitism around the world, Yale University has created The Yale Initiative for Interdisciplinary Study of Anti-Semitism, the first university-based center in North America dedicated to the study of anti-Semitism. The center plans to offer courses, conferences and seminars, but it is too soon to say whether a degree program will be offered. (Hartford Courant, Sept. 20)
Colleges that use metal detectors at events say the devices do discourage gunplay at or near student gatherings, but other schools aren’t convinced that searching party-goers for weapons is necessary or appropriate. Security on Campus, a group advocating campus safety, says detectors ought to be used, especially for events drawing large off-campus crowds. (Pittsburgh-Post Gazette, Sept. 21)
As the college application process has become increasingly available through the Web, many companies—Princeton Review, the College Board, Kaplan, Thomson Peterson and others—are offering search engines that help students put together a list of colleges to consider. Although some sites purport to calculate a student’s likelihood of winning acceptance, others are more like a computer dating service, matching students with potentially compatible colleges. (New York Times, Sept. 20)
Columbia University, the most expensive of Ivy League colleges, is changing its financial aid policy to ensure that all undergraduates from low-income families emerge from college debt-free. Starting next September, all undergraduates from families with annual incomes of $50,000 or less will receive enough aid from Columbia to eliminate the need for borrowing. Students may be required to work part-time, and some families may be asked to contribute a small amount such as $1,000. (Bloomberg, Sept. 20)
Lisa Curran, 45, a professor at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, who is studying the effects of deforestation around the world, has been named a MacArthur Fellow for 2006. She learned that she was one of the 25 picked to receive this award in a phone call from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Curran and the other recipients will each receive $500,000 over the next five years to pursue their research, innovations and other occupations. (Hartford Courant, Sept. 19)
Upcoming
The Hartford Courant will be covering the “Break-Fast” event being put on by the University’s Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies as part of a story on efforts to bring Muslim and Jewish communities together following the recent conflict in Lebanon. The story will include comments from University students and Greenberg Center officials.
David Desplaces, assistant professor of management at the Barney School of Business and founding director of the University's Institute for Entrepreneurship and Economic Development, was named a “40 Under Forty” winner by the Hartford Business Journal. The award is given to “people who are at the top of their game,” said the newspaper. “These are the folks who have already demonstrated that they’re good at what they do, and that they have the talents and skills to make a difference in our business and social communities.” (Hartford Business Journal, Sept. 25)
Hartford Courant columnist Owen Canfield wrote about the University of Hartford’s “Home Field Advantage” fundraising campaign to improve its outdoor athletics facilities. He focused on the University's efforts to meet the fundraising goals necessary to receive a Kresge Foundation challenge grant. He also praised the work of Director of Athletics Pat Meiser in building a strong program at the University. (Hartford Courant, Sept. 24)
University of Hartford President Walter Harrison was quoted about the efforts of the Hartford Housing Authority to choose a developer and a redevelopment plan for the nearby Westbrook Village and Bowles Park housing projects. “In my way of looking at it, it has been a very thoughtful and well-planned planning process,” Harrison said to the Courant about the selection of the Corcoran Jennison Company of Massachusetts as the project developer. “It seemed to me they were being extremely open with the people on the committee and giving them a chance to reach their own conclusions.” (Hartford Courant, Sept. 24)
Lisa Wyatt, a clinical psychologist and director of Counseling and Psychological Services in the University of Hartford’s Office of Student Affairs, was interviewed as part of a Hartford Courant story about the issues first-year students face in coping with being away from home. She said that college-age kids often “have no experience with how to sit with bad feelings. Their coping skills and tolerance for frustration are lower than in the past.” (Hartford Courant, Sept. 22)
Mark Blackwell, associate professor and chair of the English department in the University’s College of Arts and Sciences, was a guest on WDRC-AM’s “Dan Lovallo Show.” He spoke about the evolution of language in our culture in advance of his participation in a University Libraries’ sponsored panel discussion on “Defining Moments–Samuel Johnson & Noah Webster: Dictionaries, Words, Language, and Culture.” (WDRC-AM, Sept. 19)
The Las Vegas Review-Journal previewed the avant-garde Las Vegas International New Music Festival at the Community College of Southern Nevada. The festival was featuring a performance by percussionists Ben Toth of The Hartt School and German composer Nebojsa Zivkovic, blending world music, their own original compositions and standards. (Las Vegas Review-Journal, Sept. 22)
Bob Gonyeau, assistant director of the Construction Institute at the University of Hartford, was quoted in a story about the impact that energy prices are having on the state’s construction market. “Energy and transportation are the two biggest challenges facing Connecticut right now,” he told the magazine. (Business New Haven, Sept. 18)
Harvey Jassem, an associate professor in the School of Communication, was featured in an NBC 30 story about a Canton town Planning Commission meeting on proposed new zoning and subdivision regulations. Jassem was seen giving testimony before the commission. (NBC 30, Sept. 12)
University of Hartford graduate Julie Turner-Peluso shot a 298 in the first stage of LPGA Tour qualifying in Mission Hills, Calif., and missed by one shot a chance to move onto the final round and a chance to qualify for the LPGA Tour. (Hartford Courant, Sept. 23)
The Hartford Hawks men’s and women’s basketball team schedules for this coming season were highlighted in a Hartford Courant story. The story noted that the women’s team will host Dartmouth on Nov. 10 in the opening round of the Preseason WNIT. (Hartford Courant, Sept. 22)
The University of Hartford men’s golf team’s victory in the Purple and Red Invitational golf tournament in Utah over a field of 17 teams was covered in newspapers from many of the colleges and universities that participated. (Idaho Statesman, Sept. 20)
Other News
Lisa Anderson, dean of the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, invited Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the president of Iran, to speak at the suggestion of a student organization called Iranians at SIPA. He said yes, and then Dean Anderson withdrew the invitation after Columbia officials told her security could not be arranged so quickly. But news of the invitation touched off protests. (New York Times, Sept. 22)
Jury selection begins on Sept. 22 in the long-awaited trial for the two former Seton Hall students charged with setting a blaze in a freshman dormitory at Seton Hall University on Jan. 19, 2000, that killed three students and sent 600 fleeing from the building. (New York Times, Sept. 22)
University of Connecticut representatives and state officials have agreed to a plan requiring the university to study the effects it has on local rivers, measure and conserve water, and prepare for long-range water needs. The proposal comes nearly a year after the University of Connecticut pumped a section of the Fenton River dry during drought conditions, killing about 8,000 fish. (Hartford Courant, Sept. 21)
Amir Faghri, a former University of Connecticut engineering dean who was demoted this summer, is suing the university, claiming it violated his right to free speech and broke his contract to be dean. Faghri, who was removed as dean in June in a divisive, highly publicized flap, remains at the university as an engineering professor. He said he wants to clear his name. (Hartford Courant, Sept. 21)
A new oversight committee established by the legislature to monitor the University of Connecticut’s massive construction program met for the first time on Sept. 20, at the UConn Health Center. The seven-member construction management oversight committee is a key part of legislation passed this spring to watch over the ongoing, $2.3 billion campus rehabilitation programs, which have been plagued with mismanagement, cost overruns and fire and building code violations. (Hartford Courant, Sept. 21)
A policy banning strippers from on-campus events is back in the rule book at Duke University, after allegations that members of the school’s lacrosse team raped an exotic dancer led officials to notice it had been inadvertently removed. The policy governs only on-campus events. (Associated Press, Sept. 21)
Yale University said it will offer digital videos of some courses on the internet for free, along with transcripts in several languages, in an effort to make the elite private school more accessible. The 18-month pilot project will provide videos, syllabi, and transcripts for seven courses beginning in the 2007 academic year. The courses cannot be counted toward a Yale degree. (Reuters, Sept. 21)
Citing growing anti-Semitism around the world, Yale University has created The Yale Initiative for Interdisciplinary Study of Anti-Semitism, the first university-based center in North America dedicated to the study of anti-Semitism. The center plans to offer courses, conferences and seminars, but it is too soon to say whether a degree program will be offered. (Hartford Courant, Sept. 20)
Colleges that use metal detectors at events say the devices do discourage gunplay at or near student gatherings, but other schools aren’t convinced that searching party-goers for weapons is necessary or appropriate. Security on Campus, a group advocating campus safety, says detectors ought to be used, especially for events drawing large off-campus crowds. (Pittsburgh-Post Gazette, Sept. 21)
As the college application process has become increasingly available through the Web, many companies—Princeton Review, the College Board, Kaplan, Thomson Peterson and others—are offering search engines that help students put together a list of colleges to consider. Although some sites purport to calculate a student’s likelihood of winning acceptance, others are more like a computer dating service, matching students with potentially compatible colleges. (New York Times, Sept. 20)
Columbia University, the most expensive of Ivy League colleges, is changing its financial aid policy to ensure that all undergraduates from low-income families emerge from college debt-free. Starting next September, all undergraduates from families with annual incomes of $50,000 or less will receive enough aid from Columbia to eliminate the need for borrowing. Students may be required to work part-time, and some families may be asked to contribute a small amount such as $1,000. (Bloomberg, Sept. 20)
Lisa Curran, 45, a professor at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, who is studying the effects of deforestation around the world, has been named a MacArthur Fellow for 2006. She learned that she was one of the 25 picked to receive this award in a phone call from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Curran and the other recipients will each receive $500,000 over the next five years to pursue their research, innovations and other occupations. (Hartford Courant, Sept. 19)
Upcoming
The Hartford Courant will be covering the “Break-Fast” event being put on by the University’s Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies as part of a story on efforts to bring Muslim and Jewish communities together following the recent conflict in Lebanon. The story will include comments from University students and Greenberg Center officials.
