June 22, 2009 at 9:44 am
The value of physical education in public schools across America is being scrutinized, particularly in inner-cities like Chicago and Boston. Many educators, like John McCarthy from the School of Education’s Institute for Athletic Coach Education, are fighting to keep P.E. programs in public school districts because they claim these programs help fight childhood obesity and raise students’ self-esteem. To hear more about the fight for gym class, please contact McCarthy at coaching@bu.edu or 617-353-0365.
June 22, 2009 at 8:43 am
With a variety of healthcare reform bills emerging in Congress, a new CBS News/New York Times poll shows 72 percent of Americans favoring creation of a politically controversial public insurance option for coverage. School of Management Professor Stephen Davidson, author of the forthcoming "In Urgent Need of Reform: Saving the U.S. Healthcare System," can discuss the options.
Contact Stephen Davidson, 617-353-7422, sdavidso@bu.edu
June 19, 2009 at 3:24 pm
Barely 60 minutes after Thursday's launch of NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, the BU-developed Cosmic Ray Telescope for the Effects of Radiation instrument was turned on to begin measuring radiation levels. Over the next 12 months, CRaTER will provide data to help Harlan Spence, its developer, assess the risks of the harsh lunar and deep space radiation environment for human survival when astronauts return to the moon in 2020.
Contact Harlan Spence (617) 353-7421, spence@bu.edu
June 19, 2009 at 11:34 am
The Boston Globe's largest union meets again on Monday with management to talk about a new contract with the parent company The New York Times. The union also has set July 20th for a contract ratification vote, though there's no contract yet to ratify. College of Communication Dean Tom Fiedler, a Pulitzer-winning former executive editor of the Miami Herald, can discuss the situation.
Contact Tom Fiedler, 617-353-3488, tfiedler@bu.edu
June 19, 2009 at 11:09 am
Nestle USA is voluntarily recalling its Toll House refrigerated cookie dough products after reports of people getting ill from eating the dough raw. School of Management Professor Michael Salinger, a former director at the Federal Trade Commission, can discuss the mechanics of such recalls.
Contact Michael Salinger, 617-353-4408, salinger@bu.edu
June 19, 2009 at 10:37 am
Former CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite, 92, is reportedly "gravely ill," according to sources. College of Communication journalism Professor Robert Zelnick, a long-time ABC News correspondent, can talk about the impact "The most trusted man in America" had on broadcast news.
Contact Robert Zelnick, 617-353-5007, bzelnick@bu.edu
June 19, 2009 at 10:13 am
Individual investors can benefit from a proposal within the Obama regulatory reform plan that obliges brokers to put their client's interest ahead of their own and act with a higher "fiduciary" standard. School of Law Professor Tamar Frankel, an expert on fiduciary law, can discuss how it would clear up the blurring of when the law applies to brokers and investment advisers.
Contact Tamar Frankel, 617-353-3773, tfrankel@bu.edu
June 19, 2009 at 9:58 am
President Obama will nominate IBM's David Kappos as director of the Patent and Trademark Office and under secretary of Commerce for intellectual property. School of Law Professor Michael Meurer, an authority on patent law, says the appointment is a good sign "for those of us who hope the patent system can be reformed to better serve the interests of innovators."
Contact Michael Meurer, 617-353-6292, meurer@bu.edu
June 18, 2009 at 4:49 pm
The Supreme Court has decided 5-4 that convicts have no constitutional right to test old DNA evidence, ruling against an Alaska man convicted in an attack on a prostitute 16 years ago. School of Law Professor Tracey Maclin can discuss the constitutional ramifications.
Contact Tracey Maclin, 617-34688, tmaclin@bu.edu
June 18, 2009 at 4:08 pm
The delicate balancing act between manufacturing enough of the yearly influenza vaccine that is widely administered in the fall and limiting the production of the forthcoming vaccine to control the H1N1 flu virus pandemic to children and people under 30 years old, raises competing constitunency concerns for Al Ozonoff, assistant professor of biostatistics who has studied the issues facing state and federal health officials.
Contact Al Ozonoff, 617-638-5866, aozonoff@bu.edu
