Media Covering Ohio State
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October 2006Ohio State experts on elections and campaigns were widely quoted and interviewed this month as the nation prepared for its midterm elections. This report reviews all of the major coverage of Ohio State in the top 50 U.S. markets (excluding reports in the Ohio media and athletics' game stories) and selected international outlets. News service distributions (Associated Press, United Press International, Reuters) cited in some items suggest probable coverage by other newspapers, radio, and television stations not monitored by the university. NEWSPAPERSWorldwide attention was focused on recent research co-authored by Gary Wenk, professor of psychology. His study in rats suggests that marijuana may contain compounds that slow the memory loss associated with Alzheimer's disease. Coverage included: Research Story
New York Times, Oct. 22. Rene Stulz, professor of finance. Article about a study he co-authored that found publicly traded American companies hold so much cash that, as a group, they could pay off all their debt and still have money left over. New York Times, Oct. 12. Paul Beck, professor of political science. Quoted in article about how Rep. Deborah Pryce of Ohio has for years emphasized her ties to the Republican leadership in Washington, which may be a liability in this year's election. New York Times, Oct. 15. Donald Hubin, professor of philosophy. Quoted in article about his use of Google web products, and how users can customize their internet experience using these tools. New York Times, Oct. 22. Steven Conn, associate professor of history. Conn wrote a letter to the editor in which he argued that while other countries, like the United States, have seen declining wages and benefits for workers, these countries generally have a better “social safety net” to help those struggling to make ends meet. New York Times, Oct. 9; Orlando Sentinel, Oct. 23; Toronto Star, Oct. 30. Herb Asher, professor emeritus of political science. Quoted in article about how the loss of manufacturing jobs in Ohio, along with political corruption and scandal, has contributed to “a generally sour atmosphere” among voters here. NPR's “Morning Edition,” Oct. 17. Herb Asher, professor emeritus of political science. Interviewed about a ceremony President Bush had to sign a bill creating special military commissions to try suspected terrorists. Asher said the ceremony was an attempt to focus national attention back on the war on terrorism. United Press International, Oct. 30. Herb Asher, professor emeritus of political science. Quoted in article about how Ohio political candidates have saturated television with ads this election season, so much so that there was little additional time to buy in the week preceding the election. New York Times, Oct. 2; St. Petersburg Times, Oct. 4. Douglas Berman, professor of law. Quoted in article about the possibility that U.S. Rep. Mark Foley of Florida could be charged with a crime for sending explicit Internet messages to several congressional pages. New York Times, Oct. 1; International Herald Tribune, Sept. 30. Robert Davis, professor of history. Quoted in article about how growing number of tourists in Venice has destroyed much of the city's character and made the city less livable for residents. Davis wrote a book on the subject called “Venice: The Tourist Maze.” Research Story Los Angeles Times, Oct. 5; NPR's “Morning Edition,” Oct. 4. Peter Swire, professor of law. Interviewed and quoted for reports about the legal issues concerning whether U.S. Rep. Mark Foley can be prosecuted for the explicit Internet messages he sent to congressional pages. Washington Post, Oct. 2. Hal Arkes, professor of psychology. Quoted in article about the psychological concept of “hindsight bias” and how it relates to liberals who claimed they knew all along that the war in Iraq would go badly. Washington Post, Oct. 26; Baltimore Sun, Oct. 26. Robert Burns, senior institute specialist, National Regulatory Research Institute. Quoted in article about why plans fell through for the $12.4 billion takeover by a Florida company of Constellation Energy Group Inc., owner of the Maryland's largest utility. Washington Post, Oct. 30. Russ Fazio, professor of psychology. Article mentioned his research that found measuring time delays when people respond to opinion surveys about political candidates can accurately tell if these people will vote for that particular candidate on Election Day. USA Today, Oct. 3. Dale Oesterle, professor of law. Oesterle wrote an opinion column in which he argued that the government should not create new regulations for hedge funds, or it would risk encouraging funds to locate offshore and encouraging more investors to use foreign markets. USA Today, Oct. 31. David Goldberger, professor of law. Quoted in article about the reasons why a group of members of the American Civil Liberties Union has called for the ouster of the organization's leadership. Los Angeles Times, Oct. 30. Andrew Slivka, associate professor of neurology. Quoted in article about how the only FDA-approved medication for ischemic stroke is currently limited to a three-hour window immediately after a stroke, but only about 3 percent of stroke victims arrive at the hospital within three hours. Chicago Tribune, Oct. 31. Daniel Tokaji, assistant professor of law. Quoted in article about how most voter fraud involves absentee ballots, and not voting in person. Associated Press, Oct. 18. Daniel Tokaji, assistant professor of law. Quoted in article about how new voting machines in Ohio may cause problems or confusion on Election Day. Houston Chronicle, Oct. 15. Alyssa LaRue, undergraduate student. Article about her research that suggests Monarch butterflies navigate during migration through the use of small bits of iron in their brains which help them feel the Earth's geomagnetic field. Baltimore Sun, Oct. 13; Orlando Sentinel, Oct. 31. Randy Nelson, professor of psychology and neuroscience. Quoted in article about his research that found scientists can get some indication of how aggressively an angry person will react when provoked by measuring the size relationship between a persons ears, as well as other body parts. Research Story Minneapolis Star Tribune, Oct. 26. William Raabe, senior lecturer in accounting. Quoted in article about how the number of Americans who don't pay their federal taxes as a form of protest is very small, and that these people owe relatively little to the IRS. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Oct. 18. Paul Casamassimo, professor of dentistry. Article mentioned his research that suggests sports drinks don't have a detrimental effect on teeth. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Oct. 15. Lucy Caswell, curator of the Cartoon Research Library. Quoted in article about how comic strip characters provide a sense of comfort and familiarity to regular readers, which is one reason why people complain when newspapers cut their favorite strips. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Oct. 12. Lucy Caswell, curator of the Cartoon Research Library. Quoted in article about how only in recent times have cartoonists voluntarily quit doing their strips while they are still successful. New Orleans Times-Picayune, Oct. 24. Article mentioned a program at Ohio State that allows selected business students to invest part of the university's endowment. Washington Times, Oct. 12; United Press International, Oct. 11. Andrew Hayes, assistant professor of communication. Article about his research that found Americans who are reluctant to openly express their opinions when they believe others disagree also tend to avoid publicly visible political activity, such as working for a political campaign. Research Story Washington Times, Oct. 15. Joan Cashin, associate professor of history. The Times gave a favorable review to her new book “First Lady of the Confederacy: Varina Davis's Civil War.” Orlando Sentinel, Oct. 31. Steffanie Wilk, associate professor of management and human resources. Article about research she co-authored that found that the mood which call-center employees had when they started work affected the quality of their work all day. Christian Science Monitor, Oct. 23. 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 there are not many homegrown Islamist terrorist cells operating in the United States. Investor's Business Daily, Oct. 24. Richard Gunther, professor of political science. Quoted in article about how Ohio Sen. Mike DeWine's reelection bid has been hurt by an anti-GOP mood in the state. Financial Times, Oct. 27; United Press International, Oct. 25. Seth Young, doctoral student in earth sciences, and Matthew Saltzman, professor of geological sciences. Article about their research that suggests the rise of the Appalachian Mountains may have caused a major ice age approximately 450 million years ago. Research Story Toronto Sun, Oct. 2; Associated Press, Oct. 2. Gary Smith, associate professor of pediatrics. Article about his research that found children in deep sleep awoke to recordings of their mothers' voices even if they slept through the beeping sound a smoke alarm makes. Montreal Gazette, Oct. 29. Brian Trainor, postdoctoral fellow, and Randy Nelson, professor, both in psychology and neuroscience. Article about their research that shows how simply varying the length of daylight to which mice are exposed to can change how aggressively they react to other mice. Research Story Associated Press, Oct. 28. James Brudney, professor of law. Quoted in article about how the U.S. Supreme Court has been reluctant to interfere with state governments' rights to gerrymander electoral districts to favor one political party. Associated Press, Oct. 17. Curt Daniels, clinical assistant professor of internal medicine. Quoted in article about issues women born with serious heart defects face when they become pregnant. Ohio State has one of the nation's few programs that target these high-risk women. Associated Press, Oct. 27. Fred Snyder, OSU Extension agent. Quoted in article about the impact of a government crackdown on live fish shipments from the Great Lakes states that is intended to check the spread of a deadly aquatic virus. United Press International, Oct. 13. Brian Focht, assistant professor of public health. Quoted in article about how prescribing exercise for elderly patients may be more effective than simply recommending it. United Press International, Oct. 6; New Scientist, Oct. 14. Christopher Kochanek, professor, and Xinyu Dai, postdoctoral researcher, both in astronomy. Article about their research in which they were the first astronomers to look inside quasars -- the brightest objects in the universe. There they found evidence of black holes. Research Story United Press International, Oct. 3. Article about research done at Ohio State and Ohio universities in which they've created a magnetic semiconductor that solves a problem spintronics scientists have been investigating for years. United Press International, Oct. 25. Christina O'Malley, doctoral student, and William Ausich, professor of earth sciences. Article about their research that isolated complex organic molecules from 350-million-year-old fossil sea creatures -- the oldest such molecules yet found. Research Story United Press International, Oct. 24. Bradley Cramer, doctoral student, and Matthew Saltzman, professor of earth sciences. Article about their research that found important rocks from Niagara Gorge -- rock formations that are used to judge the ages of rocks and fossils around North America -- formed five times faster than previously thought. Research Story United Press International, Oct. 19. Lisa Libby, assistant professor of psychology. Article about her research that found registered voters who used a simple visual imagery technique the evening before the 2004 election were significantly more likely to vote the next day. Research Story MAGAZINESPopular Mechanics, Dec. 1. W. Scott McGraw, associate professor of anthropology. Article about his research that suggests prehistoric birds of prey made meals out of some of our earliest human ancestors. Research Story BROADCAST MEDIANPR's “All Things Considered,” Oct. 31. Ned Foley, professor of law. Interviewed for a report about the controversy surrounding a new voter identification law that was to go into effect in Ohio for the midterm election. NPR's “Talk of the Nation,” Oct. 10. Lucy Caswell, curator of the Cartoon Research Library. Interviewed for a report about Ohio State's collection of cartoons, and the history of cartoons in America. NPR's “Fresh Air,” Oct. 9. Tanya Erzen, assistant professor of comparative studies. Interviewed about her new book “Straight to Jesus: Sexual and Christian Conversions in the Ex-Gay Movement.” |
