Media Covering Ohio State
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February 2005
NEWSPAPERSNew York Times, Feb. 13; International Herald Tribune, Feb. 15; Reuters News Service, Feb. 8. Oded Shenkar, professor of management and human resources. Interviewed for articles about how Chinese companies are working to build brand identities for products they sell in the United States, and the rise of the Chinese economy. New York Times, Feb. 9. Donald Terndrup, associate professor of astronomy. Terndrup wrote a letter to the editor arguing that intelligent design cannot be considered part of science because it cannot provide testable answers to how lifes complexity came about. Washington Post, Feb. 8; National Post, Feb. 23; Scripps Howard News Service, Feb. 11. James Moody, professor of sociology. Article about his research that mapped the romantic and sexual relationships of an entire high school over 18 months, providing evidence that these adolescent networks may be structured differently than researchers previously thought. Research Story Washington Post, Feb. 13; United Press International, Feb. 7. Jay Zagorsky, research scientist, Center for Human Resource Research. Article about his research that found typical non-smokers net worth is roughly 50 percent higher than that of light smokers and about twice the level of that of heavy smokers. Research Story Washington Post, Feb. 8; Toronto Globe and Mail, Feb. 11; Montreal Gazette, Feb. 14; Ottawa Citizen, Feb. 14. Barry Shank, associate professor of comparative studies. Article about his research suggesting that, when people write personal notes in greeting cards, they use the same language, clichés and stereotypes found in the greeting cards themselves. Shank wrote a recent book about greeting cards. Research Story Washington Post, Feb. 22. Art Ramirez, assistant professor of communication. Quoted in article about how the impersonal nature of rejections on online dating sites may make the sting even worse for those who are rejected. Research Story Washington Post, Feb. 5. An op-ed column gives credit to Ohio State for taking a sensible approach to controlling alcohol use before football games. The column was written by James Mosher of the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, a public health research institute. Washington Post, Feb. 21; NPRs All Things Considered, Feb. 21; CBS Radios The Osgood File, Feb. 22. Peter Swire, professor of law. Quoted and interviewed for reports about the privacy implications of a huge new nationwide fraud case. The case involves the personal and financial details of thousands of people, which were stolen and sold to criminals behind a nationwide identity theft scheme. Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Feb. 6; Baltimore Sun, Feb. 27. Peter Swire, professor of law. Quoted in article about how privacy issues at college campuses have changed with the widespread use of such modern technology as smart card IDs and surveillance cameras in many buildings. Los Angeles Times, Feb. 10; Christian Science Monitor, Feb. 18. Douglas Berman, associate professor of law. Quoted about the fallout from a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that stated federal sentencing guidelines were not mandatory. Berman said appeals courts around the country will have to deal with how to respond to the decision. Boston Globe, Feb. 6. Vladimir Sloutsky, professor in the Center for Cognitive Science. Article mentioned his research that found young children preferred and paid more attention to sounds than to visual images when they were presented simultaneously. Research Story Houston Chronicle, Feb. 20; Newsday, Feb. 13; Miami Herald, Feb. 11; Indianapolis Star, Feb. 14. Janice Kiecolt-Glaser, professor of psychology and psychiatry. Quoted in article about her research with Ronald Glaser, professor of molecular virology, immunology and medical genetics, that has found that a happy marriage can help boost the immune system, while marital fighting, especially if it includes sarcasm and insults, can hurt immune function. Research Story, Research Story Miami Herald, Feb. 3; Kansas City Star, Feb. 3. Kathleen Fuegen, assistant professor of psychology, Lima campus. Article about her research that suggests mothers in the workplace are held to stricter standards for employment and promotion than childless women and male workers. Research Story Baltimore Sun, Feb. 20; Glen Needham, associate professor of entomology. Quoted in article about how putting a pillow in a freezer overnight will kill all the dust mites on it. Seattle Times, Feb. 13. J. Patrick Coolican, Kiplinger Fellow. Coolican wrote a review of the book Purple Hearts: Back from Iraq, by Nina Berman. Kansas City Star, Feb. 24. Saul Cornell, associate professor of history. Quoted in article about how there is little desire among proponents and opponents of gun rights in Congress to debate the issue at this time. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Feb. 19. Tim Rhodus, professor, and Elaine Eberlin, systems specialist, both in horticulture and crop science. Article about Eberlins recording of the pronunciation of 1,100 plant names for the departments web site, WebGarden (webgarden.osu.edu/). Christian Science Monitor, Feb. 10. Fred Sack, professor of plant cellular and molecular biology. Article about his experiments on moss grown aboard two space shuttle Columbia missions, which showed that the plants didnt behave as expected in the near-absence of gravity. Research Story Christian Science Monitor, Feb. 16; United Press International, Feb. 21. Lindsay Jones, associate professor of comparative studies. Quoted in article about controversies that can arise when churches must sell their buildings, and congregants debate about appropriate reuse of the buildings. Tampa Tribune, Feb. 14; The Times of London, Feb. 5. Joshua Bomser, assistant professor of nutrition. Article about his research that provides the first laboratory evidence that certain antioxidants found in dark leafy green vegetables can indeed help prevent cataracts. Research Story The Times of London, Feb. 22. Velimir Matkovic, professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation and nutrition. Article mentioned his research that suggests efforts to prevent osteoporosis, generally considered a geriatric disease among women, could actually start before puberty. Research Story London Independent, Feb. 8. Courtney DeVries, assistant professor of psychology. Article mentioned her research that found companionship helps wounds on animals heal faster. Research Story Ottawa Citizen, Feb. 19. John Mueller, professor of political science and Woody Hayes Chair of National Security Studies at the Mershon Center. Quoted in article about his belief that the threat of terrorism has been grossly exaggerated and the response to it is out of proportion to the real risk. New Scientist, Feb. 12; Associated Press, Feb. 5. Article mentioned the work of the late John Mercer, an Ohio State geologist who forecast in the 1970s that warming would cause the Antarctic Peninsula ice shelves to disintegrate, from north to south. His prediction appears to be coming true. Investors Business Daily, Feb. 17; London Daily Mail, Feb. 22; United Press International, Feb. 11. Steve Hertzler, assistant professor of nutrition. Article about his research that found an herb used in traditional Indian medicine to treat diabetes seems to lower blood sugar and insulin levels in a manner similar to prescription drugs. Research Story Associated Press, Feb. 24. Laurel McSherry, professor of architecture. Article mentioned that McSherry was chosen as one of five finalists, from a field of 1,011 entries, in the Flight 93 National Memorial Project Competition. San Diego Union-Tribune, Feb. 23; Scripps Howard News Service, Feb. 3. Lonnie Thompson, professor of geological sciences. Quoted in article about his research showing that glaciers around the world are melting at extraordinary speeds, indicating that global warming is becoming a serious problem. Research Story, Research Story United Press International, Feb. 22. Brad Peterson, professor of astronomy. Article about his research that measured the mass of a unique black hole, and determined that it is the smallest of its kind found so far. Research Story United Press International, Feb. 28. Diego Pol, postdoctoral researcher in the Mathematical Biosciences Institute and the Department of Biomedical Informatics. Article about his research which helped identify a new species of raptor dinosaur from fossils found in Patagonia -- the very southern tip of South America. It is the first raptor ever found in the Southern Hemisphere. Research Story MAGAZINESThe Economist, Feb. 5. Rene Stulz, professor of finance. Article mentioned his research that found from 1991 to 2001, in the three days following U.S. merger announcements, acquiring shareholders lost $216 billion over 50 times what they lost in real terms in the 1980s. New Scientist, Feb. 5. Matthew Saltzman, assistant professor of geological sciences. Article about his research that suggests a proliferation of marine plants and a period of mountain formation could be the reason why an ice age occurred 450 million years ago. This would solve the puzzle of how temperatures dropped despite the extremely high levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere at around that time. Research Story BROADCAST MEDIAFox News The OReilly Factor, Feb. 4. Terri Fisher, associate professor
of psychology, Mansfield campus. Interviewed for a report
about a new survey that found 27 percent of 13- to 16-year-olds
are sexually active. |
