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Media Watch (Jan. 2-8, 2007)
Posted 1/9/2007
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.
Carol J. Guardo, who served as provost of the University of Hartford from 1980 to 1986, has been named interim president of St. Joseph College in West Hartford. She will begin her new duties in February. A 1961 graduate of St. Joseph, Guardo will head the school on a temporary basis while officials conduct a national search for a new president. Guardo replaces Evelyn C. Lynch, who resigned last month. Lynch had been on a medical leave following her arrest in October on a drunken-driving charge. (Hartford Courant Jan. 3)
In its 2006 “Year In Review” article, the Connecticut Jewish Ledger cited three items involving the University of Hartford’s Maurice Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies that were among the year’s top local stories affecting the Jewish community. A June story involved the Greenberg Center hosting an event to honor Phillip Feltman and the establishment of the Feltman Professorship in Modern Jewish History. The Ledger also cited the inauguration of the new Jewish Music area of the George J. Sherman and the Lottie K. Sherman Museum of Jewish Civilization, which was highlighted in the newspaper’s October issue. In addition, Professor Richard Freund was featured in a cover story in a December issue for his archaeological work that was featured in a CNN documentary on early history of Christianity. (Connecticut Jewish Ledger, Dec. 29)
Each of the five secondary schools in New Ross, Ireland, are being asked to nominate a student to travel for a month to Hartford, Conn. – which is New Ross’ sister city – where they will study with local students at the University in June. Three weeks of the trip will involve an educational program structured by the University of Hartford, while two or three days at the beginning and the end of it will be used for visits and tours. Among the ideas for study topics are the Irish in America, including their impact on American literature, and a series of comparative topics that attempt to explore the similarities and differences between the United States and Ireland in areas such as politics, business and economic development and the acquisition and integration of technology. (New Ross Standard, New Ross, Ireland, Jan. 4)
University of Hartford Life Regent Judge Jon O. Newman, 74, was married to Ann Z. Leventhal, 70, on Monday, Jan. 1, in their home in West Hartford, according to a story in The New York Times. Cantor Pamela Siskin officiated at the wedding. Newman is on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in New York. (New York Times, Jan. 7)
University President Walter Harrison, who is chairman of the NCAA’s Executive Committee, was quoted in a special report by the Indianapolis Star titled “Colleges Play, Public Pay.” The article was about the pros and cons of funding for athletics and how it affects education. (Indianapolis Star, Jan. 7)
The New York Times gave a highly favorable review of the exhibition “femme brut(e)” currently on view at the Lyman Allyn Museum in New London. Curated by alumna and Hartford Art School trustee Nancy Stula ’83, ’85, the exhibition includes work by Ellen Carey, associate professor of photography at the Hartford Art School. The review also included quotes from Sherry Buckberrough, associate professor and chair of the Art History Department in the College of Arts and Sciences. (New York Times, Jan. 7)
In a letter to the editor published in the Hartford Courant, Donald Ellis, professor of communication in the College of Arts and Sciences, decried efforts by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter to characterize Israel as an apartheid state for its treatment of its Palestinian population. He wrote, “I would remind people of the observation attributed to Benjamin Netanyahu: If the Palestinians laid down their arms there would be no violence, no occupation. If the Jews laid down their arms, there would be no Jews.” (Hartford Courant, Dec. 12)
Other News
The University of Connecticut has spent about $28 million to fix hundreds of fire and building code violations on its newly renovated campus and is paying for those repairs out of the university’s operating fund. That fund – supported in part by student tuition and fees – has built up sufficient reserves to cover those repairs, say university officials. In a recent report to the state legislature, Uconn outlined 481 violations it has found in 41 buildings on campus during inspections held over the last year. It also set timetables for the repairs, gave some cost estimates and explained who would pay for what. (Hartford Courant, Jan. 6)
The Hartford Courant did a question-and-answer interview with Joel Podolny, 41, who is dean of the Yale School of Management. Podolny, who became dean in July 2005, is a former professor of sociology at Harvard University and a former faculty member at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He spoke about changes in the school’s curriculum. “We’ve replaced the disciplinary silos with courses that are structured on the key constituencies that managers need to engage to be effective,” he said. (Hartford Courant, Jan. 5)
The University of Connecticut was one of nine colleges and universities in the nation, and the only one in Connecticut, that recently received a Katrina Compassion Award for excellence in hurricane relief service, placing it on the first President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll. The honor roll is sponsored by the Corporation for National and Community Service, the U.S. Department of Education, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, USA Freedom Corps and the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation. (Hartford Courant, Jan. 2)
Charter Oak State College in New Britain and The Center for Financial Training Atlantic States, based in Norwich, have formed a partnership to help employees of the financial services industry improve their job skills and move toward completion of an associate or bachelor's degree. Courses offered by the center and approved by the American Council on Education in areas including accounting, lending, banking law, human relations, supervision and economics can now be used in Charter Oak's business administration, organizational management, and individualized concentrations. (Hartford Courant, Jan. 2)
Japan’s Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. (known globally for its Panasonic brand products), South Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co. and Finland’s Nokia Corp. have been accused of violating patented work from the University of Washington with their use of the Bluetooth wireless technology found in millions of computers, cell phones and headsets. The federal lawsuit, which accuses the companies of illegally incorporating unlicensed Bluetooth chip sets in a variety of products, seeks unspecified damages and an injunction barring the companies from selling those products. (Associated Press, Jan. 5)
The planned American University of Iraq will be modeled after the famous private universities in Cairo and Beirut, at which classes are taught in English, teachers come from around the world and graduates compete for lucrative jobs in fields like business and computer science. The project’s managers have a board of trustees; a business plan recently completed by McKinsey & Company, an international consulting firm; three candidates for university president; and $25 million, much of it in pledges from the American government and Kurdish sources. To fulfill their dream, they need much more: $200 million to $250 million over 15 years, said Azzam Alwash, the board's executive secretary. (New York Times, Jan. 4)
The OpenCourseWare movement, begun at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 2002 and now spread to some 120 other universities worldwide, aims to disperse knowledge far beyond the ivy-clad walls of elite campuses to anyone who has an Internet connection and a desire to learn. OpenCourseWare provides free access to course materials such as syllabi, video or audio lectures, notes, homework assignments, illustrations, and more. So far, by giving away their content, the universities aren’t discouraging students from enrolling as students—actually, the online materials appear to be only whetting appetites for more. (Christian Science Monitor, Jan. 4)
The University of Missouri-Columbia has dropped its opposition to a Christian fraternity that restricts membership to students who “share the common bond” of Jesus Christ. The university’s decision regarding Beta Upsilon Chi - its Greek letters stand for Brothers Under Christ - follows a similar decision by the University of Georgia earlier this month to exempt the fraternity from campus nondiscrimination policies. The fraternity, which began two decades ago at the University of Texas in Austin, had filed a civil rights lawsuit against the University of Georgia in an Athens, Ga., federal court. (Kansas City Star, Jan. 3)
Upcoming
Deacon Arthur Miller, who will be the keynote speaker at the University of Hartford’s Martin Luther King Day remembrance event, will be a guest on WTIC-AM’s “Face Connecticut” show, which will air at 6:30 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 14.
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 CT Business magazine.
Carol J. Guardo, who served as provost of the University of Hartford from 1980 to 1986, has been named interim president of St. Joseph College in West Hartford. She will begin her new duties in February. A 1961 graduate of St. Joseph, Guardo will head the school on a temporary basis while officials conduct a national search for a new president. Guardo replaces Evelyn C. Lynch, who resigned last month. Lynch had been on a medical leave following her arrest in October on a drunken-driving charge. (Hartford Courant Jan. 3)
In its 2006 “Year In Review” article, the Connecticut Jewish Ledger cited three items involving the University of Hartford’s Maurice Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies that were among the year’s top local stories affecting the Jewish community. A June story involved the Greenberg Center hosting an event to honor Phillip Feltman and the establishment of the Feltman Professorship in Modern Jewish History. The Ledger also cited the inauguration of the new Jewish Music area of the George J. Sherman and the Lottie K. Sherman Museum of Jewish Civilization, which was highlighted in the newspaper’s October issue. In addition, Professor Richard Freund was featured in a cover story in a December issue for his archaeological work that was featured in a CNN documentary on early history of Christianity. (Connecticut Jewish Ledger, Dec. 29)
Each of the five secondary schools in New Ross, Ireland, are being asked to nominate a student to travel for a month to Hartford, Conn. – which is New Ross’ sister city – where they will study with local students at the University in June. Three weeks of the trip will involve an educational program structured by the University of Hartford, while two or three days at the beginning and the end of it will be used for visits and tours. Among the ideas for study topics are the Irish in America, including their impact on American literature, and a series of comparative topics that attempt to explore the similarities and differences between the United States and Ireland in areas such as politics, business and economic development and the acquisition and integration of technology. (New Ross Standard, New Ross, Ireland, Jan. 4)
University of Hartford Life Regent Judge Jon O. Newman, 74, was married to Ann Z. Leventhal, 70, on Monday, Jan. 1, in their home in West Hartford, according to a story in The New York Times. Cantor Pamela Siskin officiated at the wedding. Newman is on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in New York. (New York Times, Jan. 7)
University President Walter Harrison, who is chairman of the NCAA’s Executive Committee, was quoted in a special report by the Indianapolis Star titled “Colleges Play, Public Pay.” The article was about the pros and cons of funding for athletics and how it affects education. (Indianapolis Star, Jan. 7)
The New York Times gave a highly favorable review of the exhibition “femme brut(e)” currently on view at the Lyman Allyn Museum in New London. Curated by alumna and Hartford Art School trustee Nancy Stula ’83, ’85, the exhibition includes work by Ellen Carey, associate professor of photography at the Hartford Art School. The review also included quotes from Sherry Buckberrough, associate professor and chair of the Art History Department in the College of Arts and Sciences. (New York Times, Jan. 7)
In a letter to the editor published in the Hartford Courant, Donald Ellis, professor of communication in the College of Arts and Sciences, decried efforts by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter to characterize Israel as an apartheid state for its treatment of its Palestinian population. He wrote, “I would remind people of the observation attributed to Benjamin Netanyahu: If the Palestinians laid down their arms there would be no violence, no occupation. If the Jews laid down their arms, there would be no Jews.” (Hartford Courant, Dec. 12)
Other News
The University of Connecticut has spent about $28 million to fix hundreds of fire and building code violations on its newly renovated campus and is paying for those repairs out of the university’s operating fund. That fund – supported in part by student tuition and fees – has built up sufficient reserves to cover those repairs, say university officials. In a recent report to the state legislature, Uconn outlined 481 violations it has found in 41 buildings on campus during inspections held over the last year. It also set timetables for the repairs, gave some cost estimates and explained who would pay for what. (Hartford Courant, Jan. 6)
The Hartford Courant did a question-and-answer interview with Joel Podolny, 41, who is dean of the Yale School of Management. Podolny, who became dean in July 2005, is a former professor of sociology at Harvard University and a former faculty member at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He spoke about changes in the school’s curriculum. “We’ve replaced the disciplinary silos with courses that are structured on the key constituencies that managers need to engage to be effective,” he said. (Hartford Courant, Jan. 5)
The University of Connecticut was one of nine colleges and universities in the nation, and the only one in Connecticut, that recently received a Katrina Compassion Award for excellence in hurricane relief service, placing it on the first President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll. The honor roll is sponsored by the Corporation for National and Community Service, the U.S. Department of Education, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, USA Freedom Corps and the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation. (Hartford Courant, Jan. 2)
Charter Oak State College in New Britain and The Center for Financial Training Atlantic States, based in Norwich, have formed a partnership to help employees of the financial services industry improve their job skills and move toward completion of an associate or bachelor's degree. Courses offered by the center and approved by the American Council on Education in areas including accounting, lending, banking law, human relations, supervision and economics can now be used in Charter Oak's business administration, organizational management, and individualized concentrations. (Hartford Courant, Jan. 2)
Japan’s Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. (known globally for its Panasonic brand products), South Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co. and Finland’s Nokia Corp. have been accused of violating patented work from the University of Washington with their use of the Bluetooth wireless technology found in millions of computers, cell phones and headsets. The federal lawsuit, which accuses the companies of illegally incorporating unlicensed Bluetooth chip sets in a variety of products, seeks unspecified damages and an injunction barring the companies from selling those products. (Associated Press, Jan. 5)
The planned American University of Iraq will be modeled after the famous private universities in Cairo and Beirut, at which classes are taught in English, teachers come from around the world and graduates compete for lucrative jobs in fields like business and computer science. The project’s managers have a board of trustees; a business plan recently completed by McKinsey & Company, an international consulting firm; three candidates for university president; and $25 million, much of it in pledges from the American government and Kurdish sources. To fulfill their dream, they need much more: $200 million to $250 million over 15 years, said Azzam Alwash, the board's executive secretary. (New York Times, Jan. 4)
The OpenCourseWare movement, begun at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 2002 and now spread to some 120 other universities worldwide, aims to disperse knowledge far beyond the ivy-clad walls of elite campuses to anyone who has an Internet connection and a desire to learn. OpenCourseWare provides free access to course materials such as syllabi, video or audio lectures, notes, homework assignments, illustrations, and more. So far, by giving away their content, the universities aren’t discouraging students from enrolling as students—actually, the online materials appear to be only whetting appetites for more. (Christian Science Monitor, Jan. 4)
The University of Missouri-Columbia has dropped its opposition to a Christian fraternity that restricts membership to students who “share the common bond” of Jesus Christ. The university’s decision regarding Beta Upsilon Chi - its Greek letters stand for Brothers Under Christ - follows a similar decision by the University of Georgia earlier this month to exempt the fraternity from campus nondiscrimination policies. The fraternity, which began two decades ago at the University of Texas in Austin, had filed a civil rights lawsuit against the University of Georgia in an Athens, Ga., federal court. (Kansas City Star, Jan. 3)
Upcoming
Deacon Arthur Miller, who will be the keynote speaker at the University of Hartford’s Martin Luther King Day remembrance event, will be a guest on WTIC-AM’s “Face Connecticut” show, which will air at 6:30 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 14.
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 CT Business magazine.
