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Media Watch (July 11-18, 2005)
Posted 7/19/2005
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.
Professor of Communication Roger Desmond was quoted in a front-page Hartford Courant article about the impact that bloggers are having on media coverage of the Karl Rove story. Rove is at the center of a high-profile controversy about his role in a news leak that exposed the identity of a CIA official. "Bloggers are keeping this story alive. This is the topic of the week and they're going nuts," Desmond said. “Bloggers are predictable in terms of partisanship,” but they cannot be ignored, Desmond added. After all, he said, “they really do extend stories.” (Hartford Courant, July 16)
Michael Yaffe, executive director of The Hartt School, was quoted in an "Arts" section story in the Hartford Courant about the school’s partnership with the Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts. “For Hartt it’s advantageous because it gives our university students a chance to perform in the Belding,” said Yaffe, who noted that The Hartt School puts on nearly 400 concerts a year. (Hartford Courant, July 17)
Woody Doane, chair of the social sciences department and associate dean of Hillyer College, was quoted in a story about the number of Hispanic or black students being expelled from Meriden schools compared to the number of white students getting the same punishment. Doane said that, in general, Hispanic students are disciplined more harshly and are more likely to be classified as special education students. “It’s sad, but predictable,” he said of Meriden’s expulsion data. (Record-Journal, Meriden, July 17)
Susan Coleman, professor of finance in the Barney School of Business, was quoted in a story about the continuing rise in real estate prices in Greater Hartford. After four years of robust sales in Greater Hartford, it would be healthy for annual price appreciation to settle into the single-digits, Coleman said. “One would really expect, and hope, it would slow down,” she said. (Hartford Courant, July 15)
Jilda Aliotta, chair of the politics and government department in the College of Arts and Sciences, was quoted in a Hartford Courant story about the group of 14 moderate U.S. senators who may play a significant role in determining the fate of any potential nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court. Aliotta noted that any nominee who seems too far on the conservative fringe will have a difficult time passing muster with the “Gang of 14,” whose membership includes Connecticut Senator Joseph Lieberman. (Hartford Courant, July 12)
Neil Prade, economic development coordinator and assistant town planner for the town of Vernon, recently received his master’s in business administration from the University of Hartford and was profiled in the Hartford Courant. Prade has also brought other university students to help work with town merchants on economic revitalization projects. (Hartford Courant, July 18)
The Hartford Advocate previewed an exhibition by artist Ann Hodgdon-Cyr, a Hartford Art School alumna who will be displaying her photography, “Denudes,” in the Silpe Gallery. “By overexposing the negatives and underdeveloping the paper, Hodgdon-Cyr creates works of varying colors and contrasts that cannot be duplicated,” the article noted. (Hartford Advocate, July 15)
Marc Landry, 23, of Simsbury, who earned a bachelor of science degree from the University of Hartford, was highlighted in a story about how the hiring of two firefighters/ambulance workers to respond to weekday calls already has paid dividends for the town of East Haddam. (Hartford Courant, July 13)
A page one article in the Norwich edition of the Reminder newspaper featured Ana Knowles, who completed the Entrepreneurial Center and SBA Women’s Business Center’s Comprehensive Small Business Training, a certificate program in February 2005, and immediately opened her canine massage therapy and grooming business, Terra Paws, in Baltic. (Reminder newspaper, July 1)
In the Hartford Business Journal’s annual “Book of Lists” issue, the University of Hartford was rated fifth in the state in terms of total 2004 student enrollment, behind the University of Connecticut (14,843 students), Central Conn. State University (12,320), Southern Conn. State University (12,177), and Yale (11,441). The University of Hartford’s 2004 student enrollment was listed at 7,246. (Hartford Business Journal, July 5)
Dan Gaspar, who was recently named men’s soccer coach at the university, was the subject of a question-and-answer article in the July/August issue of the official publication of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America. The magazine also included a photograph from the press conference announcing his appointment at the university on its contents page. (Soccer Journal, July/August ’05 issue)
James Reed, who is heading into his senior year at the University of Hartford and has been a member of the Hawks’ golf team for the past two seasons, held the first round lead at the 2005 Vermont Golf Association’s men’s amateur championship after shooting a two-under par 69. He finished in a tie for fourth place. (Burlington Free Press, July 13, July 15)
“Although [New Haven County Cutters] right-handed pitcher Jarrett Stawarz is only a rookie, he is quickly making a name for himself within the Can-Am League. The Burlington, Conn. native and University of Hartford alum has appeared in a team high 13 games with an earned run average of 2.49, the third lowest in the league,” noted a sports column in the Branford Review. “With an electric fastball and a knee-buckling curve, Stawarz has been able to keep batters off-balance at the plate. His 18 strikeouts are tops among Cutters relievers.” (Branford Review, July 11)
Other News
The Chase family has made two gifts totaling $1.75 million to the University of Connecticut’s School of Law and the UConn Health Center. Both gifts are eligible to be submitted to the state matching endowment gift program, which could bring the total to more than $2 million. The family made a $1 million gift that will provide endowment support for the health center’s program in musculoskeletal medicine; and two facilities in Farmington will be named the Chase Family Skeletal Biology Research Laboratories and the Chase Family Research Floor. The family’s gift of $750,000 to the law school establishes the Cheryl A. Chase Endowment to provide support for programs at the school in Hartford. The law school’s administration building will be named Cheryl A. Chase Hall. (Hartford Courant, July 12)
Quinnipiac University’s artificial turf field for field hockey and lacrosse will be the new home of the field hockey and men’s and women’s lacrosse programs this fall. The field will also be used for the university intramural program and as a secondary practice site for baseball, softball and soccer. (Collegesports.com, July 12)
The Backus Foundation Inc. has awarded Three Rivers Community College a $10,000 grant to support its nursing recruitment program to support professional development and mentoring for faculty and increase student recruitment, retention and program completion. (The Day, New London, July 18)
The University of Connecticut and a Glastonbury car dealership have abruptly ended a deal that sent “courtesy cars” to the college’s athletic department in exchange for tickets to sporting events and other perks. UConn President Philip Austin banned the cars-for-tickets practice this year after it was revealed that Athletic Director Jeff Hathaway and others secretly sent game tickets to Monaco Ford for the personal use of cars. Both UConn and the dealership claimed credit for ending the deal. (Associated Press, July 14; Hartford Courant, July 15)
Neal Eskin, deputy to University of Connecticut Athletic Director Jeff Hathaway, struck a deal for “endorsement services” with Monaco Ford of Glastonbury for a discounted car, even after Raymond Green, interim director of the State Ethics Commission, advised him that the deal could violate ethics rules and refused to approve the request. (Hartford Courant, July 13)
Nearly three years after engineers found flaws in the majestic granite façade of the University of Connecticut’s law school library, water leaks continue to plague the building, and work should begin to remove soggy walls to avoid potential problems with mold. So far, there has been no work done to fix the fundamental structural problems, officials say. (Hartford Courant, July 15)
William Cibes Jr., chancellor of the Connecticut State University system, will retire in February after 12 years on the job. Officials said they will begin a national search for Cibes’ successor. The university system has more than 35,000 students on campuses in New Britain, New Haven, Willimantic and Danbury. (Hartford Courant, July 15)
The University of Connecticut Foundation alerted nearly 200,000 alumni, donors and others that their personal information had been improperly stored at the home of a foundation employee. There is no indication the information was used improperly, but John K. Martin, the foundation president, sent a letter urging alumni and others to monitor their financial records and take steps to prevent identity theft. (Hartford Courant, July 13)
A U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee proposed redefining for-profit education companies so that they may enjoy many benefits of traditional colleges, including eligibility for federal grants. The measure includes a change in definitions that would put companies such as Apollo Group Inc., Career Education Corp. and ITT Educational Services Inc. into the same category as traditional colleges and universities. (Chicago Tribune, July 15)
Massachusetts is endeavoring to save millions of dollars annually through conservation, and some of the most ambitious efforts are at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. Thousands of toilets and faucets have already been replaced to reduce water consumption at the state’s flagship university, and dozens of hybrid vehicles are being purchased with the goal of cutting energy costs by about $6 million per year, or 25 percent of the campus utility bill. (Boston Globe, July 12)
Allegations of misconduct by U.S. researchers reached record highs last year as the Department of Health and Human Services received 274 complaints — 50 percent higher than 2003 and the most since 1989 when the federal government established a program to deal with scientific misconduct. In a survey published June 9 in the journal Nature, about 1.5 percent of 3,247 researchers who responded admitted to falsification or plagiarism. (One in three admitted to some type of professional misbehavior.) (Boston Globe, July 10)
Professor of Communication Roger Desmond was quoted in a front-page Hartford Courant article about the impact that bloggers are having on media coverage of the Karl Rove story. Rove is at the center of a high-profile controversy about his role in a news leak that exposed the identity of a CIA official. "Bloggers are keeping this story alive. This is the topic of the week and they're going nuts," Desmond said. “Bloggers are predictable in terms of partisanship,” but they cannot be ignored, Desmond added. After all, he said, “they really do extend stories.” (Hartford Courant, July 16)
Michael Yaffe, executive director of The Hartt School, was quoted in an "Arts" section story in the Hartford Courant about the school’s partnership with the Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts. “For Hartt it’s advantageous because it gives our university students a chance to perform in the Belding,” said Yaffe, who noted that The Hartt School puts on nearly 400 concerts a year. (Hartford Courant, July 17)
Woody Doane, chair of the social sciences department and associate dean of Hillyer College, was quoted in a story about the number of Hispanic or black students being expelled from Meriden schools compared to the number of white students getting the same punishment. Doane said that, in general, Hispanic students are disciplined more harshly and are more likely to be classified as special education students. “It’s sad, but predictable,” he said of Meriden’s expulsion data. (Record-Journal, Meriden, July 17)
Susan Coleman, professor of finance in the Barney School of Business, was quoted in a story about the continuing rise in real estate prices in Greater Hartford. After four years of robust sales in Greater Hartford, it would be healthy for annual price appreciation to settle into the single-digits, Coleman said. “One would really expect, and hope, it would slow down,” she said. (Hartford Courant, July 15)
Jilda Aliotta, chair of the politics and government department in the College of Arts and Sciences, was quoted in a Hartford Courant story about the group of 14 moderate U.S. senators who may play a significant role in determining the fate of any potential nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court. Aliotta noted that any nominee who seems too far on the conservative fringe will have a difficult time passing muster with the “Gang of 14,” whose membership includes Connecticut Senator Joseph Lieberman. (Hartford Courant, July 12)
Neil Prade, economic development coordinator and assistant town planner for the town of Vernon, recently received his master’s in business administration from the University of Hartford and was profiled in the Hartford Courant. Prade has also brought other university students to help work with town merchants on economic revitalization projects. (Hartford Courant, July 18)
The Hartford Advocate previewed an exhibition by artist Ann Hodgdon-Cyr, a Hartford Art School alumna who will be displaying her photography, “Denudes,” in the Silpe Gallery. “By overexposing the negatives and underdeveloping the paper, Hodgdon-Cyr creates works of varying colors and contrasts that cannot be duplicated,” the article noted. (Hartford Advocate, July 15)
Marc Landry, 23, of Simsbury, who earned a bachelor of science degree from the University of Hartford, was highlighted in a story about how the hiring of two firefighters/ambulance workers to respond to weekday calls already has paid dividends for the town of East Haddam. (Hartford Courant, July 13)
A page one article in the Norwich edition of the Reminder newspaper featured Ana Knowles, who completed the Entrepreneurial Center and SBA Women’s Business Center’s Comprehensive Small Business Training, a certificate program in February 2005, and immediately opened her canine massage therapy and grooming business, Terra Paws, in Baltic. (Reminder newspaper, July 1)
In the Hartford Business Journal’s annual “Book of Lists” issue, the University of Hartford was rated fifth in the state in terms of total 2004 student enrollment, behind the University of Connecticut (14,843 students), Central Conn. State University (12,320), Southern Conn. State University (12,177), and Yale (11,441). The University of Hartford’s 2004 student enrollment was listed at 7,246. (Hartford Business Journal, July 5)
Dan Gaspar, who was recently named men’s soccer coach at the university, was the subject of a question-and-answer article in the July/August issue of the official publication of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America. The magazine also included a photograph from the press conference announcing his appointment at the university on its contents page. (Soccer Journal, July/August ’05 issue)
James Reed, who is heading into his senior year at the University of Hartford and has been a member of the Hawks’ golf team for the past two seasons, held the first round lead at the 2005 Vermont Golf Association’s men’s amateur championship after shooting a two-under par 69. He finished in a tie for fourth place. (Burlington Free Press, July 13, July 15)
“Although [New Haven County Cutters] right-handed pitcher Jarrett Stawarz is only a rookie, he is quickly making a name for himself within the Can-Am League. The Burlington, Conn. native and University of Hartford alum has appeared in a team high 13 games with an earned run average of 2.49, the third lowest in the league,” noted a sports column in the Branford Review. “With an electric fastball and a knee-buckling curve, Stawarz has been able to keep batters off-balance at the plate. His 18 strikeouts are tops among Cutters relievers.” (Branford Review, July 11)
Other News
The Chase family has made two gifts totaling $1.75 million to the University of Connecticut’s School of Law and the UConn Health Center. Both gifts are eligible to be submitted to the state matching endowment gift program, which could bring the total to more than $2 million. The family made a $1 million gift that will provide endowment support for the health center’s program in musculoskeletal medicine; and two facilities in Farmington will be named the Chase Family Skeletal Biology Research Laboratories and the Chase Family Research Floor. The family’s gift of $750,000 to the law school establishes the Cheryl A. Chase Endowment to provide support for programs at the school in Hartford. The law school’s administration building will be named Cheryl A. Chase Hall. (Hartford Courant, July 12)
Quinnipiac University’s artificial turf field for field hockey and lacrosse will be the new home of the field hockey and men’s and women’s lacrosse programs this fall. The field will also be used for the university intramural program and as a secondary practice site for baseball, softball and soccer. (Collegesports.com, July 12)
The Backus Foundation Inc. has awarded Three Rivers Community College a $10,000 grant to support its nursing recruitment program to support professional development and mentoring for faculty and increase student recruitment, retention and program completion. (The Day, New London, July 18)
The University of Connecticut and a Glastonbury car dealership have abruptly ended a deal that sent “courtesy cars” to the college’s athletic department in exchange for tickets to sporting events and other perks. UConn President Philip Austin banned the cars-for-tickets practice this year after it was revealed that Athletic Director Jeff Hathaway and others secretly sent game tickets to Monaco Ford for the personal use of cars. Both UConn and the dealership claimed credit for ending the deal. (Associated Press, July 14; Hartford Courant, July 15)
Neal Eskin, deputy to University of Connecticut Athletic Director Jeff Hathaway, struck a deal for “endorsement services” with Monaco Ford of Glastonbury for a discounted car, even after Raymond Green, interim director of the State Ethics Commission, advised him that the deal could violate ethics rules and refused to approve the request. (Hartford Courant, July 13)
Nearly three years after engineers found flaws in the majestic granite façade of the University of Connecticut’s law school library, water leaks continue to plague the building, and work should begin to remove soggy walls to avoid potential problems with mold. So far, there has been no work done to fix the fundamental structural problems, officials say. (Hartford Courant, July 15)
William Cibes Jr., chancellor of the Connecticut State University system, will retire in February after 12 years on the job. Officials said they will begin a national search for Cibes’ successor. The university system has more than 35,000 students on campuses in New Britain, New Haven, Willimantic and Danbury. (Hartford Courant, July 15)
The University of Connecticut Foundation alerted nearly 200,000 alumni, donors and others that their personal information had been improperly stored at the home of a foundation employee. There is no indication the information was used improperly, but John K. Martin, the foundation president, sent a letter urging alumni and others to monitor their financial records and take steps to prevent identity theft. (Hartford Courant, July 13)
A U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee proposed redefining for-profit education companies so that they may enjoy many benefits of traditional colleges, including eligibility for federal grants. The measure includes a change in definitions that would put companies such as Apollo Group Inc., Career Education Corp. and ITT Educational Services Inc. into the same category as traditional colleges and universities. (Chicago Tribune, July 15)
Massachusetts is endeavoring to save millions of dollars annually through conservation, and some of the most ambitious efforts are at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. Thousands of toilets and faucets have already been replaced to reduce water consumption at the state’s flagship university, and dozens of hybrid vehicles are being purchased with the goal of cutting energy costs by about $6 million per year, or 25 percent of the campus utility bill. (Boston Globe, July 12)
Allegations of misconduct by U.S. researchers reached record highs last year as the Department of Health and Human Services received 274 complaints — 50 percent higher than 2003 and the most since 1989 when the federal government established a program to deal with scientific misconduct. In a survey published June 9 in the journal Nature, about 1.5 percent of 3,247 researchers who responded admitted to falsification or plagiarism. (One in three admitted to some type of professional misbehavior.) (Boston Globe, July 10)
