An opinion piece by health and human performance professor Gordon Marin about whether sports build character ran Aug. 31 in the Wall Street Journal (circ. 2.2 million)
USA Today’s annual tuition survey ran Aug. 31 and showed that the University of Florida has the lowest tuition among the nation’s 75 flagship universities.
The university’s receipt of a $1.1 million grant from PepsiCo to study obesity was the subject of an Aug. 30 Associated Press national wire story.
The story was the result of a news release.
Admissions director Zina Evans was quoted in an Aug. 30 St. Petersburg Times (circ. 442,348) story about falling national SAT scores.
Survey director Chris McCarty was quoted in Aug. 30 stories in the Miami Herald(circ. 444,119), the St. Petersburg Times (circ. 442,348) and Florida Today about the August consumer confidence report. The stories were the result of a news release.
Pop culture expert Jim Twitchell was quoted in an Aug. 30 BusinessWeek story about male shoppers.
Tom Spreen, chairman of UF’s food and resource economics department, was quoted in an Aug. 30 story in the Wall Street Journal (circ. 2.2 million) about Tropical Storm Ernesto’s expected effect on Florida’s citrus crop.
An opinion piece by International Center Dean Dennis Jett about peacekeeping in Lebanon ran Aug. 29 in the Miami Herald (circ. 444,119)
Pharmacists Leslie Hendeles and Randy C. Hatton were quoted in an Aug. 29 Baltimore Sun story about their research showing that a new decongestant is less effective than what it replaces. The story was the result of a news release.
Neuroscientist Roger Reep’s research on manatees was the focus of a Aug. 29 story in the New York Times (circ. 1.1 million) See related news release.