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Media Watch (Dec. 4 – 11, 2006)
Posted 12/11/2004
Jilda Aliotta, chair of the department of politics and government in the College of Arts and Sciences, was interviewed on “The Brad Davis Show” on WDRC-AM radio about the legacy of Jeane Kirkpatrick, who passed away on Dec. 8. Kirkpatrick was appointed the United States’ first female ambassador to the United Nations by President Ronald Reagan. As the first woman to represent the U.S. in international diplomatic circles, Kirkpatrick blazed the trail for women like U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Aliotta said.
(WDRC-AM, Dec. 11)
An open house at the new Temple Street Townhouses in downtown Hartford drew a number of University of Hartford students, who were quite impressed with the units and accompanying amenities that are being offered. A story in the Hartford Courant on the open house quoted a couple of students as well as University President Walter Harrison, who said the townhouse units offer students “a chance to live with one foot in the real world and one foot in the college experience. I’m excited about the whole idea,” he said. (Hartford Courant, Dec. 11)
A proposal to change planning and zoning regulations to allow for the development of Bloomfield’s Town Center was announced by Bloomfield Town Planner Thomas Hooper. The proposal follows a study done for the town by faculty and students in the University’s College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture. The proposal, which was endorsed by an editorial in the Hartford Courant, calls for remaking the center into an urbanized, pedestrian-friendly neighborhood with a healthy mixture of residential development built above shops that front the sidewalk. The hope is to draw visitors to the area with an assortment of upscale retail establishments, such as antique shops, photography studios, sporting goods stores, designer clothiers and restaurants. (Hartford Courant, Dec. 11; Bloomfield Journal, Dec. 7)
David Desplaces, assistant professor and director of the Institute for Entrepreneurship and Economic Development at the Barney School of Business, was interviewed by WTIC-AM for a news story that previewed a presentation by his “Principles in Entrepreneurship” students to business owners in Simsbury. The students had spent the semester working with the business owners to develop strategies for growing their businesses. (WTIC-AM, Dec. 11)
Hartt School Dean Malcolm Morrison narrated the Hartford Stage radio play version of Charles Dickens’s holiday classic, “A Christmas Carol,” on the Brad Davis show on WDRC-AM on Wednesday morning, Dec. 6. Several performers from the current Hartford Stage production were also featured on the radio version, including Hartt Theatre Division Chair Alan Rust as The Ghost of Christmas Present, Hartt faculty member Johanna Morrison as The Ghost of Christmas Past and Robert Davis, professor in the Hartt theater division, as Bob Crachit. (WDRC-AM, Dec. 6)
Sherry Buckberrough, associate professor of art history in the College of Arts and Sciences, was quoted in a story in connection with an exhibition of work by female artists at the Lyman Allyn Art Museum in New London. “Despite nearly 40 years of feminist work to destabilize the rigidity of traditional assumptions about gender, the idea of a woman who is raw or brutal upsets many sensibilities,” she wrote in an introductory essay in the exhibition’s catalog. (The Day of New London, Dec. 10)
Hartford Advocate columnist Dan Barry, who covers the local music scene, recently gave a rave review to the students and faculty of The Hartt School for their “Public Works” performance. “The moment I set foot into The Hartt School, I realized what an idiot I’ve been for not checking it out already. It’s like a secret hidden bunker of musical ninjas plotting a campaign against sucky local music,” Barry wrote. (Hartford Advocate, Dec. 7)
University of Hartford students Lenny Schwartz and Zack Brower, members of the Beth El Temple band, were pictured and featured in an article about efforts to create more spirit and excitement at Sabbath services. Beth El Temple in West Hartford has created “Shabbat Live!” a Friday night Shabbat service featuring a live musical band playing modern versions of traditional prayers and songs. (Connecticut Jewish Ledger, Dec. 1)
The University’s groundbreaking master’s degree program in aural habilitation (deaf education) was highlighted in the Hartford Courant’s “Guide to Education” supplement. The program, created in partnership with the Capitol Region Education Council’s Soundbridge school, will specialize in the development of spoken language in children with hearing impairments. It will be the only such master’s program in Connecticut and one of only two in all of New England. (Hartford Courant, Dec. 3)
University President Walter Harrison, who is chairman of the NCAA Executive Committee, was quoted in a story about the rise in compensation offered to college head coaches, particularly football coaches. “We all want the best coach we can afford,” he said, “but individual presidents have to start looking at all these costs and say, ‘Can we really afford this?’” (USA Today, Dec. 7)
WTIC-AM radio sports commentator Scott Gray devoted two of his morning commentaries this past week to the performance of the Hartford Hawks women’s basketball team, first for defeating 23rd ranked Brigham Young University and for overcoming injuries to defeat the University of Massachusetts. (WTIC-AM, Dec. 7; WTIC-AM, Dec. 4)
Other News
The Connecticut State University system will charge students about 6 percent more in tuition, room and board at its four campuses in each of the next two years. The percentage increases are similar to those announced last month at the University of Connecticut, but the overall cost remains lower for students at the four state schools. As at many colleges across the nation, the increases exceed the rate of inflation. (Hartford Courant,Dec. 9)
Saint Joseph College saw a sudden drop in freshman enrollment, a decline of more than one-third in just a year, which has led to fewer freshman class sections, vacant dormitory beds and new questions about whether the last remaining women’s college in the state should admit men. College officials are reluctant to discuss the idea of going co-ed and hope the decline is a short-term problem after several years of stable freshman enrollments. (Hartford Courant,Dec. 7)
Randolph-Macon Woman’s College will change its name to Randolph College when it admits men for the first time next year. Trustees of the private college voted in September to make the school co-educational, and received more than 1,000 suggestions on a new name. (Associated Press, Dec. 11)
Paul Lauter, the Allan K. & Gwendolyn Miles Smith Professor of Literature at Trinity College, has received the American Studies Association’s Bode-Pearson Prize for Outstanding Contributions to American Studies. Lauter teaches American literature, specializing in the early 19th century and in contemporary multicultural writing. (Hartford Courant, Dec. 5).
Officials at Gallaudet University, the nation’s premier institution for the deaf, announced that a deaf educator who had spent years teaching there would become interim president for up to 24 months. The board of trustees chose Robert R. Davila from among three finalists for the post after a process that began when the board in October rescinded the selection of the former provost, Jane K. Fernandes. (New York Times, Dec. 11)
A decision on Gallaudet University's accreditation has been postponed, with an oversight group expressing serious concerns about recent developments at the school for the deaf. The university is still accredited while the decision is delayed. The Middle States Commission on Higher Education asked for additional information, and it plans to visit the school next month. (Washington Post, Dec. 8)
Harvard has whittled down hundreds of nominees for its next president to a small list, including internal candidates and presidents of some of the nation’s top universities. The university is considering a smaller group than the 30 names that the presidential search committee presented to Harvard’s Board of Overseers. Harvard is focusing on an elite group of academics, many of them with deep ties to Harvard. (The Boston Globe, Dec. 6)
The Johns Hopkins University has received a $50 million gift that will establish separate business and education schools at the university. William Polk Carey, a trustee emeritus at Hopkins, is donating the money through his W.P. Carey Foundation. The Carey Business School and the School of Education will begin operating Jan. 1, replacing the university's School of Professional Studies in Business and Education. (Baltimore Sun, Dec. 5)
Boston University is competing against universities around the country to open a branch of its communications school in Qatar, which has been cherry-picking top universities’ program for its Education City. Qatar gives multimillion dollar contracts to universities to hire faculty and staff to educate students from throughout the Middle East in Qatar. The universities operate in free, state-of-the-art facilities steeped in luxury. (The Boston Globe, Dec. 8)
The Community College of Philadelphia is extending its reach for students, putting a new global spin on the definition of a “community” college. The school has been recruiting students in Asia and Latin America for the last year to increase the presence of international students on its campus. (Philadelphia Inquirer, Dec. 4)
Upcoming
Richard Freund, director of the Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies, will be a guest with Ray Dunaway and Diane Smith on WTIC-AM’s “Morning Show” to discuss the premiere of a CNN documentary on “The First Christians” in which he is featured. The interview will be on Wednesday, Dec. 20, at 7:20 a.m. and the documentary premieres that same night on CNN.
Freund will also be a guest on WTIC-AM radio’s “Face Connecticut” show on Sunday, Dec. 24, to discuss the early history of Christianity.
David Desplaces, assistant professor and director of the Institute for Entrepreneurship and Economic Development at the Barney School of Business, and students in his “Principles of Entrepreneurship” class will be featured for their work with Simsbury business owners in an article in the January issue of Connecticut Business Magazine.
An open house at the new Temple Street Townhouses in downtown Hartford drew a number of University of Hartford students, who were quite impressed with the units and accompanying amenities that are being offered. A story in the Hartford Courant on the open house quoted a couple of students as well as University President Walter Harrison, who said the townhouse units offer students “a chance to live with one foot in the real world and one foot in the college experience. I’m excited about the whole idea,” he said. (Hartford Courant, Dec. 11)
A proposal to change planning and zoning regulations to allow for the development of Bloomfield’s Town Center was announced by Bloomfield Town Planner Thomas Hooper. The proposal follows a study done for the town by faculty and students in the University’s College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture. The proposal, which was endorsed by an editorial in the Hartford Courant, calls for remaking the center into an urbanized, pedestrian-friendly neighborhood with a healthy mixture of residential development built above shops that front the sidewalk. The hope is to draw visitors to the area with an assortment of upscale retail establishments, such as antique shops, photography studios, sporting goods stores, designer clothiers and restaurants. (Hartford Courant, Dec. 11; Bloomfield Journal, Dec. 7)
David Desplaces, assistant professor and director of the Institute for Entrepreneurship and Economic Development at the Barney School of Business, was interviewed by WTIC-AM for a news story that previewed a presentation by his “Principles in Entrepreneurship” students to business owners in Simsbury. The students had spent the semester working with the business owners to develop strategies for growing their businesses. (WTIC-AM, Dec. 11)
Hartt School Dean Malcolm Morrison narrated the Hartford Stage radio play version of Charles Dickens’s holiday classic, “A Christmas Carol,” on the Brad Davis show on WDRC-AM on Wednesday morning, Dec. 6. Several performers from the current Hartford Stage production were also featured on the radio version, including Hartt Theatre Division Chair Alan Rust as The Ghost of Christmas Present, Hartt faculty member Johanna Morrison as The Ghost of Christmas Past and Robert Davis, professor in the Hartt theater division, as Bob Crachit. (WDRC-AM, Dec. 6)
Sherry Buckberrough, associate professor of art history in the College of Arts and Sciences, was quoted in a story in connection with an exhibition of work by female artists at the Lyman Allyn Art Museum in New London. “Despite nearly 40 years of feminist work to destabilize the rigidity of traditional assumptions about gender, the idea of a woman who is raw or brutal upsets many sensibilities,” she wrote in an introductory essay in the exhibition’s catalog. (The Day of New London, Dec. 10)
Hartford Advocate columnist Dan Barry, who covers the local music scene, recently gave a rave review to the students and faculty of The Hartt School for their “Public Works” performance. “The moment I set foot into The Hartt School, I realized what an idiot I’ve been for not checking it out already. It’s like a secret hidden bunker of musical ninjas plotting a campaign against sucky local music,” Barry wrote. (Hartford Advocate, Dec. 7)
University of Hartford students Lenny Schwartz and Zack Brower, members of the Beth El Temple band, were pictured and featured in an article about efforts to create more spirit and excitement at Sabbath services. Beth El Temple in West Hartford has created “Shabbat Live!” a Friday night Shabbat service featuring a live musical band playing modern versions of traditional prayers and songs. (Connecticut Jewish Ledger, Dec. 1)
The University’s groundbreaking master’s degree program in aural habilitation (deaf education) was highlighted in the Hartford Courant’s “Guide to Education” supplement. The program, created in partnership with the Capitol Region Education Council’s Soundbridge school, will specialize in the development of spoken language in children with hearing impairments. It will be the only such master’s program in Connecticut and one of only two in all of New England. (Hartford Courant, Dec. 3)
University President Walter Harrison, who is chairman of the NCAA Executive Committee, was quoted in a story about the rise in compensation offered to college head coaches, particularly football coaches. “We all want the best coach we can afford,” he said, “but individual presidents have to start looking at all these costs and say, ‘Can we really afford this?’” (USA Today, Dec. 7)
WTIC-AM radio sports commentator Scott Gray devoted two of his morning commentaries this past week to the performance of the Hartford Hawks women’s basketball team, first for defeating 23rd ranked Brigham Young University and for overcoming injuries to defeat the University of Massachusetts. (WTIC-AM, Dec. 7; WTIC-AM, Dec. 4)
Other News
The Connecticut State University system will charge students about 6 percent more in tuition, room and board at its four campuses in each of the next two years. The percentage increases are similar to those announced last month at the University of Connecticut, but the overall cost remains lower for students at the four state schools. As at many colleges across the nation, the increases exceed the rate of inflation. (Hartford Courant,Dec. 9)
Saint Joseph College saw a sudden drop in freshman enrollment, a decline of more than one-third in just a year, which has led to fewer freshman class sections, vacant dormitory beds and new questions about whether the last remaining women’s college in the state should admit men. College officials are reluctant to discuss the idea of going co-ed and hope the decline is a short-term problem after several years of stable freshman enrollments. (Hartford Courant,Dec. 7)
Randolph-Macon Woman’s College will change its name to Randolph College when it admits men for the first time next year. Trustees of the private college voted in September to make the school co-educational, and received more than 1,000 suggestions on a new name. (Associated Press, Dec. 11)
Paul Lauter, the Allan K. & Gwendolyn Miles Smith Professor of Literature at Trinity College, has received the American Studies Association’s Bode-Pearson Prize for Outstanding Contributions to American Studies. Lauter teaches American literature, specializing in the early 19th century and in contemporary multicultural writing. (Hartford Courant, Dec. 5).
Officials at Gallaudet University, the nation’s premier institution for the deaf, announced that a deaf educator who had spent years teaching there would become interim president for up to 24 months. The board of trustees chose Robert R. Davila from among three finalists for the post after a process that began when the board in October rescinded the selection of the former provost, Jane K. Fernandes. (New York Times, Dec. 11)
A decision on Gallaudet University's accreditation has been postponed, with an oversight group expressing serious concerns about recent developments at the school for the deaf. The university is still accredited while the decision is delayed. The Middle States Commission on Higher Education asked for additional information, and it plans to visit the school next month. (Washington Post, Dec. 8)
Harvard has whittled down hundreds of nominees for its next president to a small list, including internal candidates and presidents of some of the nation’s top universities. The university is considering a smaller group than the 30 names that the presidential search committee presented to Harvard’s Board of Overseers. Harvard is focusing on an elite group of academics, many of them with deep ties to Harvard. (The Boston Globe, Dec. 6)
The Johns Hopkins University has received a $50 million gift that will establish separate business and education schools at the university. William Polk Carey, a trustee emeritus at Hopkins, is donating the money through his W.P. Carey Foundation. The Carey Business School and the School of Education will begin operating Jan. 1, replacing the university's School of Professional Studies in Business and Education. (Baltimore Sun, Dec. 5)
Boston University is competing against universities around the country to open a branch of its communications school in Qatar, which has been cherry-picking top universities’ program for its Education City. Qatar gives multimillion dollar contracts to universities to hire faculty and staff to educate students from throughout the Middle East in Qatar. The universities operate in free, state-of-the-art facilities steeped in luxury. (The Boston Globe, Dec. 8)
The Community College of Philadelphia is extending its reach for students, putting a new global spin on the definition of a “community” college. The school has been recruiting students in Asia and Latin America for the last year to increase the presence of international students on its campus. (Philadelphia Inquirer, Dec. 4)
Upcoming
Richard Freund, director of the Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies, will be a guest with Ray Dunaway and Diane Smith on WTIC-AM’s “Morning Show” to discuss the premiere of a CNN documentary on “The First Christians” in which he is featured. The interview will be on Wednesday, Dec. 20, at 7:20 a.m. and the documentary premieres that same night on CNN.
Freund will also be a guest on WTIC-AM radio’s “Face Connecticut” show on Sunday, Dec. 24, to discuss the early history of Christianity.
David Desplaces, assistant professor and director of the Institute for Entrepreneurship and Economic Development at the Barney School of Business, and students in his “Principles of Entrepreneurship” class will be featured for their work with Simsbury business owners in an article in the January issue of Connecticut Business Magazine.
