Mike Foley, master lecturer in journalism, was the subject of a feature in the June 12 St. Petersburg Times. Foley is a former Times staffer and one of the 2006-07 UF Teachers of the Year.
Bertram Wyatt-Brown, an emeritus professor and Civil War historian, was quoted in a June 10 Boston Globe story about the often provocative nature of academic research done by Drew Gilpin Faust, Harvard’s new president.
Mark Shermis, educational psychology professor, was quoted in a June 10 St. Petersburg Times column about paying students who do well on standardized tests.
Ali Haghighat, chairman of the nuclear and radiological engineering department, was quoted in a June 10 St. Petersburg Times story about the increased demand for graduates to work in the revitalized nuclear power industry.
Stanley Smith, director of the Bureau of Economic and Business Research, was quoted in a June 10 and 11 St. Petersburg Times series on the changing demographics of west-central Florida and the exodus of some residents from Florida to other states.
Research done by the University of Florida on how talcum powder can stunt lung cancer growth was reported in the Los Angeles Times on June 9. The brief was the result of a news release.
Shark expert George Burgess was quoted in a June 5 St. Petersburg Times story about three men who caught a 9-foot bull shark.