The New York Times featured a story about the University's five-year partnership agreement with Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, Conn. Under the agreement, students will mount three to four productions per year at Long Wharf, using the theater's shops for technical production of the plays.
The first production staged under the agreement was Euripides' "Medea," an ancient Greek tragedy of jealousy and revenge, starring Mary Vreeland. The play, which ran from Feb. 27 to March 2 on the main stage at Long Wharf Theatre, was directed by theater professor Kelly Morgan.Read the story... (free registration required to view full text)
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Money magazine names Quinnipiac as a reason why Hamden is a 'best place to live'
In this year's "Best Places to Live and Launch," Money magazine mentions Quinnipiac as a reason why Hamden is one of the 100 "best places" to live in the U.S.
The story mentions Quinnipiac's picturesque campus and top business school. This year Money's list focused on towns that combine a great business environment with alluring leisure offerings. The magazine looked at economic conditions, such as local tax rates, alongside natural beauty, easy access to museums, outdoor activities and more. Hamden was ranked 33rd.
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Alex Halavais quoted in Wired magazine article about iPod etiquette
Alex Halavais, assistant professor of communications, was quoted in a Wired magazine article about iPod etiquette. "Commuters plug in because they don't want to be where they are," Halavais was quoted as saying. "iPods create a sphere of isolation."
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Quinnipiac Poll cited in election coverage nationwide
With the 2008 presidential race heating up, the Quinnipiac Poll has been frequently mentioned in the election coverage of a range of news publications and Web sites.
Results from the Feb. 14 swing state poll were cited in numerous outlets, including the Washington Post, CBS, Forbes.com, the Orlando Sentinel and USA Today. The March 3 Ohio presidential poll was mentioned in more than 80 media outlets, including the Houston Chronicle, the Toledo Blade, Fox News and the Orange County Register of Calif.
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Students campaigning for presidential candidates draw media spotlight
Several newspapers and a television station featured stories about students who campaigned for presidential candidates in New Hampshire as part of a political science course. Stories appeared in the hometown newspapers of several students in the course, including:
The Lompoc Record of Lompoc, Calif.
The Central Maine Morning Sentinel
The Times Herald-Record of Middletown, N.Y.
The News-Times of Danbury, Conn.
Deseret Morning News of Deseret, Utah
The Trenton Times of Trenton, N.J.
The Sun Journal of Maine
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Rick Hirsch quoted in NBC 30 story on negotiating car prices
Rick Hirsch, director of the Family Business Center, was quoted in a story on effective negotiating while shopping for a car. The NBC 30 story, "Car Shopping? Advice to Save You Money," aired on 50 affiliate stations around the country, including Honolulu.
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Jerry Conlogue quoted in national AP story on Polaroid film
Jerry Conlogue, co-director of the Bioanthropology Research Institute, was quoted in a national AP story about the decision by Polaroid Corp. to stop producing its instant film. Conlogue uses the film to take X-ray photographs of ancient mummies. The story was picked up by more than 190 media outlets nationwide, including the Chicago Tribune, the Hartford Courant, National Public Radio, The New York Times, the Houston Chronicle, Newsweek, the San Francisco Chronicle and the Los Angeles Times.
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Scott McLean quoted in New York Times and New Republic
The New York Times quoted political science professor Scott McLean in a story about the Connecticut primaries. The story, "Connecticut Sees Surge of Voters for Primary," discusses the state's increasingly important role in this year's presidential primary election. McLean was also quoted in The New Republic about the significance of Connecticut Senator Joseph Lieberman's endorsement of Republican candidate John McCain.
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The New York Times (free registration required to view full text)
The New Republic
Xiaohong He quoted national business newspaper in India
Mint, a national business newspaper in India, quoted Xiaohong He in a story on entrepreneurship in India and China. The story, "Learning to Venture: Entrepreneurship Enters the Campus," examined the trend toward educating students to be entrepreneurs. "I see entrepreneurial skills and education as the way to economic freedom, and we in academia have the responsibility to find out what can be taught and learnt in this area," she said. He, a professor of international business, is working on a comparative study of entrepreneurship in China and India.
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Joan Mohr quoted in New York Times story on college admissions
Joan Isaac Mohr, vice president and dean of admissions, was quoted in a New York Times story on college admissions. The story, "Admissions Anxiety, With a Twist," examines the challenges faced by high school seniors who are applying for college in an increasingly competitive pool. "It's gotten nutty," Mohr was quoted as saying about the number of schools many students apply to. "The rise in applications only increases the competition. But I understand that they feel they need to increase their options," Mohr said.
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Alex Halavais quoted in The Christian Science Monitor
Alex Halavais, assistant professor of communications, was quoted about fake CEO blogs in The Christian Science Monitor. The story examines the increasing number of satiric, Internet blogs that parody business leaders, including Apple CEO Steve Jobs and News Corporation's Rupert Murdoch. Halavais is quoted as saying the role of CEO "has changed from good manager to charismatic leader over the last decade."
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Jeff Meyer's comments on the appointment of John Durham get national coverage
Jeffrey Meyer, associate professor of law, was quoted in several national media outlets on the appointment of John Durham to lead an investigation into possible criminal wrongdoing in the CIA's destruction of videotapes of terrorism suspects' interrogations. Meyer worked alongside Durham as a federal prosecutor for many years.
Meyer's comments were included in stories in the The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Bloomberg and the New Haven Register. He was also interviewed by WTIC and WQUN.
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John Thomas quoted in national AP story
John Thomas, a health law professor at the School of Law, was quoted in a national AP story about a lawsuit against the biotech company Amgen. Two former sales representatives from the company allege that Amgen pushed its sales force to search doctor's confidential medical records for potential patients to boost sales of a drug used to treat psoriasis. The story was picked up by more than 140 media outlets nationwide, including the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, USA Today, the Houston Chronicle, CBS and Time.com.
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Blaine Branchik quoted in New York Times story on marketing to baby boomers
The New York Times quoted Blaine Branchik, associate professor of marketing, in a story on marketing to baby boomers. “Seniors, particularly baby boomers, each believe they belong to a market segment made up of exactly one person,” said Branchik. “Many believe the only thing they have in common is that they are all so unique that they have nothing in common.”
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The New York Times features story on men's basketball program
The New York Times featured a story about the men's basketball program and new head coach Tom Moore. In a story titled "New Quinnipiac Coach Is Expected to Build a Winner," The New York Times predicted that the program will greatly improve in coming years, thanks to its new coach and new arena in the $52 million TD Banknorth Sports Center. Moore and Val Belmonte, vice president for athletic marketing and external relations, were quoted in the article.
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Eric Bronson quoted in national AP story about the Mitchell Report
Eric Bronson, assistant professor of sociology, was quoted in a national AP story about the Mitchell Report on baseball players' use of performance-enhancing drugs. The story ran in more than 250 newspapers and Web sites, including The New York Times, Newsweek.com, the Dallas Morning News, the Kansas City Star, the Miami Herald, the San Francisco Chronicle, the New Haven Register, the Denver Post and the Seattle Times.
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Rich Hanley quoted in The Dallas Morning News
The Dallas Morning News quoted Rich Hanley in a story about the Hollywood writers' strike and its effect on pop culture. The article explores the strike's impact on political campaigns, since many late-night talk shows and current events comedies have been silenced by the strike. Hanley was quoted as saying the strike "is showing how irrelevant, or at least disposable, this type of programming really is."
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ScienceDaily features article on professor's research on older workers and stress
The online magazine ScienceDaily featured an article about Professor Carrie Bulger's analysis of a University of Michigan study on older workers and stress. The study found that older workers generally report low levels of work-related stress. Bulger and her colleagues examined the prevalence of different kinds of job stressors reported by participants between the ages of 53 and 85. They also examined how those stressors relate to workers' life satisfaction and physical health.
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Among the media outlets which published stories about the study's findings were:
UPI
The American Association for the Advancement of Science/EurekAlert
Yahoo! News
Live Science
Earth Times
Christopher Dodd's speech picked up in six states outside Connecticut
Christopher Dodd's speech on campus Oct. 1, in support of his new book "Letters from Nuremberg: My Father's Narrative of a Quest for Justice," received press coverage nationwide. The book presents a personal and detailed look at the Nuremberg Trials through the letters of his father, the late Sen. Thomas J. Dodd, who was a member of the executive trial counsel.
The story by Randall Beach was picked up by:
United Jewish Council of Toledo, Ohio
Arizona Jewish Post
Milwaukee Jewish Federation
Jewish Federation of New Mexico
Jewish Federation of Omaha, Nebraska
Jewish Federation of Delaware
Carter lecture gets national coverage
Jimmy Carter's lecture at Quinnipiac Sept. 26 was featured by numerous news outlets. Coverage was especially strong in Georgia, the former president's home state.
The Associated Press story by John Christofferson ran in 22 outlets including:
The Boston Globe
MSNBC
The Macon Telegraph
The New London Day
The Yale Daily News
Columbus (Ga.) Ledger-Enquirer
WTX.com (ABC affiliate in Florida)
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Mummy research by professors gets wide coverage
News of research into 22 Mexican mummies by professor Jerry Conlogue and Ronald Beckett was broadcast all over the country. An Associated Press story by Dave Collins was picked up by numerous news outlets, including:
San Francisco Chronicle (SFGate.com)
USA Today
New York Times
New Orleans Times-Picayune & Nola.com
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
New York Post
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
The Charlotte Observer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
The Hartford Courant
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Rich Hanley quoted widely on future of The Wall Street Journal
Interactive communications professor Rich Hanley made news with his comments about the future of The Wall Street Journal. Among the news outlets quoting him were:
New York Times features Theater for Community production
The New York Times featured a story about Theater for Community's premiere of "Gathering Shells" on July 29. Theater professor Crystal Brian and Allan Gary, a Vietnam veteran who stars in the production and co-wrote the play with Brian, were interviewed.
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Scott McLean's comments on immigration get national coverage
Scott McLean, associate professor of political science, was quoted in national AP story about immigration in New Haven. The story ran in more than 50 newspapers and Web sites, including the Washinton Post, the Kansas City Star, the Denver Post, the Boston Globe, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and Forbes.com.
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Op-ed by David Ives appears in the Providence Journal
An op-ed piece about the 20th anniversary of the Esquipulas II peace treaty by David Ives, executive director of the Albert Schweitzer Institute, appeared in the Providence Journal on July 18.
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New York Times calls TD Banknorth Sports Center 'new chapter' in state hockey history
In a story titled "Arena Fit for Quinnipiac’s Ambition," The New York Times suggested Connecticut's hockey legacy, hit by the demolition of the New Haven Coliseum, will be reborn thanks to Quinnipiac's TD Banknorth Sports Center. The magnificent, $52 million facility opened with much fanfare Jan. 27.
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USA Today featured a story about the sports center titled "New arena is real Quinnipiac dream" on Feb. 12. Read the story...
Quinnipiac's men's hockey team and the TD Banknorth Sports Center were also featured on NHL.com. Read the story...
Also, Sports Illustrated called Quinnipiac "hot" in its Feb. 5 issue. The University was lauded for its $52 million TD Banknorth Sports Center and the inaugural wins by the men's basketball and hockey teams. Quoted was men's hockey captain Reid Cashman, stating the team's desire to be a national contender.
Quinnipiac named one of the nation's top 'wired' colleges
News of Quinnipiac’s ranking as the nation's ninth most technologically wired university by PC Magazine and The Princeton Review was published and broadcast all over the country, including these news outlets:
| ABC News | Boston Globe and Boston.com |
| Businessweek | Chronicle of Higher Education |
| Forbes.com (Forbes Magazine) | Fox News |
| MSNBC | New York Times |
| San Jose Mercury News | Yahoo! Finance |
| Yahoo! News |
Cambodian judge's Quinnipiac lecture makes international headlines
The International Herald Tribune covered the remarks of Motoo Noguchi, a judge appointed to serve on tribunal trying Khmer Rouge leadership, who spoke at Quinnipiac Dec. 13. The lecture was organized by School of Law professor Jeff Meyer. The lecture was also covered by CNN.
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