Winter 2009: Of Note
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- Election 2008: Faculty experts led by political scientists Merle Black, Alan Abramowitz, and Andra Gillespie, and psychology professor/Democratic consultant Drew Westen were in constant demand during the historic presidential election by news outlets around the world, from CBS, FOX News, BBC, C-SPAN, and CNN, to the New York Times, Politico.com, The Economist, the Washington Post, USA Today, NPR, and even New Zealand Radio.
- Other than war, “nothing unites people like economic collapse,” observed religion professor Gary Laderman in USA Today’s “Faith and Reason” blog November 5 in a dialogue about the economy and faith-based issues.
- Paul Rubin, professor of economics and law, wrote two Wall Street Journal columns in one week in October. Rubin warned that President Obama’s policies would “likely radically increase government interference in the economy.”
- Mind Readers: “I always tell my students that there is no science fiction anymore. All the science fiction I read in high school, we’re doing,” Center for Ethics director Paul Root Wolpe told CBS’s 60 Minutes in a January piece about new research that allows scientists to observe thoughts.
- Green News: In October, the New York Times noted Emory’s efforts to challenge the campus car culture and encourage alternatives with the free Bike Emory program. The Chronicle of Higher Education took a look at sustainable food trends and the challenges schools like Emory face in meeting local food goals.
- Home Base: Psychology professor Marshall Duke spoke with USA Today about a Pew Research Center survey on hometowns and American migration: “Home is not a place . . . home is an emotion,” he says. “One thing we turn to is this feeling called home.”
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Winter 2009
Of Note
- The Truth about Fiction Umberto Eco, a mild-mannered Medievalist, confesses all
- Carter’s Quest for Peace, Health Continues After more than two decades, the Carter Center closes in on guinea worm disease
- Tough Love The Jane Fonda Center helps teens build healthy, respectful relationships
- Early dementia revealed by simple test Quick, draw a clock
- Lights, Camera, Reality Students dial up first-year drama for Emory television
- Missing the Forest for the Trees Jared Diamond on the collapse of societies
- New nursing school dean enlivens theory with practice Research will continue with minority populations
- Conflict of Interest Policies Receive Increased Focus Center for Ethics director to head effort
- New link to preterm births? Mental health may play a role
- The Sound of Science Faculty highlighted in original series
- Exploring Evolution Earth’s wild abundance, mutating enzymes, and sexy species were hot topics at packed symposium
- Emory Named Georgia ‘Conservationist of the Year’
- Trinket, or Ticket to Immortality? Tut’s riches reveal layers of meaning
- Perfect Pitch Emory in the news
- Ticker Emory a good value among private universities
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