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Media Watch (March 7-14, 2005)
Posted 3/15/2005
"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.
There's something "refreshingly genuine" about Hartford women's basketball coach Jen Rizzotti, WTIC-AM sports reporter Scott Gray noted in his March 14 commentary. Gray gave a glowing review of Rizzotti and the Hawks following their America East championship and their selection as a No. 14 seed in the upcoming NCAA tournament.
Read the full text of Scott Gray's radio commentary.
The Hartford Hawks were the subject of extensive media coverage after their thrilling victory in the finals of the America East tournament. The Hawks' 52-50 win in the tournament championship game was noted above the banner on the front page of the March 13 issue of the Hartford Courant and a photo of the team watching the NCAA Women’s Tournament selection show ran on the front page of the Courant’s sports section on March 14. (Hartford Courant, March 13 and March 14; WFSB-TV Channel 3, March 13; WTIC-AM, March 12 and 14)
Ten-year-old Sirena Huang, a student in the Hartt School Community Division, was giving a concert in the Belding Theater at the Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts to raise funds for the Fund for Access program, which provides scholarship funds for disadvantaged young musicians to take Community Division classes. Huang, who began playing the violin at four years of age at The Hartt School, was interviewed by a number of media outlets about the concert. (Hartford Courant, March 10; WTNH-TV Channel 8, March 11)
An editorial in the Hartford Courant praised the NCAA and the work of President Harrison’s Committee on Academic Progress. “It is a worthy attempt by the organization to hold colleges accountable for stressing the ‘student’ side of student athletes,” noted the editorial. (Hartford Courant, March 8)
Hartford Art School Associate Professor Gene Gort was mentioned in the Connecticut section of the New York Times on March 13 in conjunction with his media installation, “Event Horizon,” which is on view at Real Art Ways through April 2. “Event Horizon” is from Gort’s series of video projection pieces titled “Balance/Equilibrium.” The dominant image in “Event Horizon” is a large video projection of a waterfall in slow motion that creates a sense of vertigo and instability. (New York Times, March 13)
Roger Desmond, professor of communication in the College of Arts and Sciences, was interviewed for an article about the trend of cross-marketing to kids — drawing them in with a character and then pitching movies, merchandise until they’re hooked. Desmond thinks it could be harmful to blur the distinction between sitcom characters and actors in search of an audience for their CDs. “Pretty soon you can start introducing products that aren’t as benign. Kids become used to the idea of entertainers selling them things. They get used to ‘infotainment,’” he said. (Newark Star-Ledger, March 9)
Laura Knott-Twine, the first director of the Small Business Administration Office of Women’s Business Ownership at the University of Hartford, has been hired as executive director of the Hartford Preservation Alliance. The hiring comes as the Alliance shifts from a completely volunteer initiative to a professional staffed organization. (Hartford Courant, March 11)
Susan Sukman-McCray discussed the dedication of the Harry Sukman Foyer on April 17, as well as her father’s memorabilia exhibit and Sukman’s Steinway Grand piano, in Film Music News. The article also noted the special dedication of the Harry Sukman Foyer and exhibition. McCray’s husband, Kent McCray, is an alumnus of The Hartt School and serves as a University Regent. (Film Music News, March, 2005)
The creation of a kosher kitchen for Jewish students in University Commons was noted by the Connecticut Jewish Ledger in an article on the increasing number of kosher food options in the state. At present the kitchen is open to students only, noted an ARAMARK official. However, it is expected that eventually the kitchen will be open to the public and its hours expanded. (Connecticut Jewish Ledger, March 11)
The University of Connecticut’s 1995 national champion women’s basketball team, whose members include current Hartford Hawks women’s basketball head coach Jen Rizzotti, was featured in several news stories over the past week. (Hartford Courant, March 13; Record-Journal, Meriden, March 7)
Erika Messam, a junior guard on the Hartford Hawks women’s basketball team, was profiled in the Hartford Courant prior to the Hawks’ first game in the America East women’s basketball tournament. The article focused on Messam’s role as an on-court leader for the Hawks and as mother to her three-year old son Tariq. (Hartford Courant, March 10)
Jack Phelan, who was men’s head basketball coach at the University of Hartford from 1980 to 1992, will be part of the inaugural class inducted into the Northwest Catholic High School Alumni Athletic Hall of Fame. (West Hartford News, March 10)
Other News
Central Connecticut State University, the MetroHartford Alliance and the Capitol Regional Council of Government will host a live national videoconference on Tuesday. in CCSU’s Robert C. Vance Academic Center at 3 p.m. Bush administration officials will discuss the president’s proposed “Strengthening America’s Communities” initiative. (The Herald, New Britain, March 14)
College students testified before the Labor and Public Employees Committee at the state Capitol to urge the General Assembly to pass a law requiring Connecticut’s public colleges to purchase and sell licensed merchandise made in what they called “civilized” workplaces. (Journal Inquirer, Manchester, March 9)
A Quinnipiac University student has been sanctioned for allegedly hiding a video camera in a dormitory shower. The student was sanctioned after a story about the hidden camera appeared in the student newspaper, the Chronicle. University officials refused to name the student and would not say what the sanctions were. (Newsday, March 14; Associated Press, March 14)
Connecticut needs to commit $100 million for stem cell research—more than five times more than the $20 million, two-year plan proposed by Gov. M. Jodi Rell—if it wants to compete for the best researchers in the pioneering field, scientists from Yale and the University of Connecticut said. (Newsday, March 14; Associated Press, March 14)
Engineering consultants hired by the University of Connecticut said the school will have to spend millions of dollars correcting more than 100 safety and building code violations at three new student housing complexes including Hilltop Apartments, Charter Oak Apartments and Husky Village. (Record-Journal, Meriden, March 14; Associated Press, March 14)
Tom Cornish, a Wesleyan University senior, who was hospitalized 10 days ago with suspected meningitis is out of critical condition and is recovering. He “is making steady progress toward recovery,” according to information on the school’s website. (Hartford Courant, March 14)
Tiffany Asberry, a senior at St. Joseph College in West Hartford, arrived in Georgetown, Guyana, on Jan. 9 with a group of students and faculty as part of a program the school started four years ago. These students spoke of their experiences in Guyana at a meeting Sunday night, as part of an ongoing effort to educate people about the country and to raise money to help its people. (Hartford Courant, March 14)
There's something "refreshingly genuine" about Hartford women's basketball coach Jen Rizzotti, WTIC-AM sports reporter Scott Gray noted in his March 14 commentary. Gray gave a glowing review of Rizzotti and the Hawks following their America East championship and their selection as a No. 14 seed in the upcoming NCAA tournament.
Read the full text of Scott Gray's radio commentary.
The Hartford Hawks were the subject of extensive media coverage after their thrilling victory in the finals of the America East tournament. The Hawks' 52-50 win in the tournament championship game was noted above the banner on the front page of the March 13 issue of the Hartford Courant and a photo of the team watching the NCAA Women’s Tournament selection show ran on the front page of the Courant’s sports section on March 14. (Hartford Courant, March 13 and March 14; WFSB-TV Channel 3, March 13; WTIC-AM, March 12 and 14)
Ten-year-old Sirena Huang, a student in the Hartt School Community Division, was giving a concert in the Belding Theater at the Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts to raise funds for the Fund for Access program, which provides scholarship funds for disadvantaged young musicians to take Community Division classes. Huang, who began playing the violin at four years of age at The Hartt School, was interviewed by a number of media outlets about the concert. (Hartford Courant, March 10; WTNH-TV Channel 8, March 11)
An editorial in the Hartford Courant praised the NCAA and the work of President Harrison’s Committee on Academic Progress. “It is a worthy attempt by the organization to hold colleges accountable for stressing the ‘student’ side of student athletes,” noted the editorial. (Hartford Courant, March 8)
Hartford Art School Associate Professor Gene Gort was mentioned in the Connecticut section of the New York Times on March 13 in conjunction with his media installation, “Event Horizon,” which is on view at Real Art Ways through April 2. “Event Horizon” is from Gort’s series of video projection pieces titled “Balance/Equilibrium.” The dominant image in “Event Horizon” is a large video projection of a waterfall in slow motion that creates a sense of vertigo and instability. (New York Times, March 13)
Roger Desmond, professor of communication in the College of Arts and Sciences, was interviewed for an article about the trend of cross-marketing to kids — drawing them in with a character and then pitching movies, merchandise until they’re hooked. Desmond thinks it could be harmful to blur the distinction between sitcom characters and actors in search of an audience for their CDs. “Pretty soon you can start introducing products that aren’t as benign. Kids become used to the idea of entertainers selling them things. They get used to ‘infotainment,’” he said. (Newark Star-Ledger, March 9)
Laura Knott-Twine, the first director of the Small Business Administration Office of Women’s Business Ownership at the University of Hartford, has been hired as executive director of the Hartford Preservation Alliance. The hiring comes as the Alliance shifts from a completely volunteer initiative to a professional staffed organization. (Hartford Courant, March 11)
Susan Sukman-McCray discussed the dedication of the Harry Sukman Foyer on April 17, as well as her father’s memorabilia exhibit and Sukman’s Steinway Grand piano, in Film Music News. The article also noted the special dedication of the Harry Sukman Foyer and exhibition. McCray’s husband, Kent McCray, is an alumnus of The Hartt School and serves as a University Regent. (Film Music News, March, 2005)
The creation of a kosher kitchen for Jewish students in University Commons was noted by the Connecticut Jewish Ledger in an article on the increasing number of kosher food options in the state. At present the kitchen is open to students only, noted an ARAMARK official. However, it is expected that eventually the kitchen will be open to the public and its hours expanded. (Connecticut Jewish Ledger, March 11)
The University of Connecticut’s 1995 national champion women’s basketball team, whose members include current Hartford Hawks women’s basketball head coach Jen Rizzotti, was featured in several news stories over the past week. (Hartford Courant, March 13; Record-Journal, Meriden, March 7)
Erika Messam, a junior guard on the Hartford Hawks women’s basketball team, was profiled in the Hartford Courant prior to the Hawks’ first game in the America East women’s basketball tournament. The article focused on Messam’s role as an on-court leader for the Hawks and as mother to her three-year old son Tariq. (Hartford Courant, March 10)
Jack Phelan, who was men’s head basketball coach at the University of Hartford from 1980 to 1992, will be part of the inaugural class inducted into the Northwest Catholic High School Alumni Athletic Hall of Fame. (West Hartford News, March 10)
Other News
Central Connecticut State University, the MetroHartford Alliance and the Capitol Regional Council of Government will host a live national videoconference on Tuesday. in CCSU’s Robert C. Vance Academic Center at 3 p.m. Bush administration officials will discuss the president’s proposed “Strengthening America’s Communities” initiative. (The Herald, New Britain, March 14)
College students testified before the Labor and Public Employees Committee at the state Capitol to urge the General Assembly to pass a law requiring Connecticut’s public colleges to purchase and sell licensed merchandise made in what they called “civilized” workplaces. (Journal Inquirer, Manchester, March 9)
A Quinnipiac University student has been sanctioned for allegedly hiding a video camera in a dormitory shower. The student was sanctioned after a story about the hidden camera appeared in the student newspaper, the Chronicle. University officials refused to name the student and would not say what the sanctions were. (Newsday, March 14; Associated Press, March 14)
Connecticut needs to commit $100 million for stem cell research—more than five times more than the $20 million, two-year plan proposed by Gov. M. Jodi Rell—if it wants to compete for the best researchers in the pioneering field, scientists from Yale and the University of Connecticut said. (Newsday, March 14; Associated Press, March 14)
Engineering consultants hired by the University of Connecticut said the school will have to spend millions of dollars correcting more than 100 safety and building code violations at three new student housing complexes including Hilltop Apartments, Charter Oak Apartments and Husky Village. (Record-Journal, Meriden, March 14; Associated Press, March 14)
Tom Cornish, a Wesleyan University senior, who was hospitalized 10 days ago with suspected meningitis is out of critical condition and is recovering. He “is making steady progress toward recovery,” according to information on the school’s website. (Hartford Courant, March 14)
Tiffany Asberry, a senior at St. Joseph College in West Hartford, arrived in Georgetown, Guyana, on Jan. 9 with a group of students and faculty as part of a program the school started four years ago. These students spoke of their experiences in Guyana at a meeting Sunday night, as part of an ongoing effort to educate people about the country and to raise money to help its people. (Hartford Courant, March 14)
