PUBLICATIONS Inside Illinois Vol. 20, No. 10, Nov. 16, 2000

NEWSNOTES
A sampling of UI names in the news

David Bullock, agriculture, was cited in an Oct. 24 Associated Press dispatch on the handling of grain and whether current technology can keep GMO corn separate from non-GMO corn.

Business Wire (Oct. 31) carried a dispatch that mentioned a new program, "BrandZOO," designed specifically to help companies develop new product and service offerings; one of the founders is Peter Davis, a theater and communications professor at the UI.

The Nov. 6 issue of People magazine contains an article that mentions Brenda Eheart, sociology, and her involvement in Hope for the Children, the Rantoul foster-children’s project.

The Gazette (Colorado Spring, Colo.) and Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service carried a story Oct. 31 about bullying that cited a UI study on the prevalence of bullying in school and the frequency with which children of different ages are bullied. The research was done by Dorothy Espelage, educational psychology.

Martha Gillette, cell and structural biology, was quoted in an article distributed Oct. 29 by The Associated Press that focused on her research on the body’s internal clock.

A new musical instrument created by Lippold Haken, engineering, was featured in an Oct. 22 Associated Press dispatch. Haken also was interviewed by a reporter with "Performance Today," a program broadcast nationally on National Public Radio.

John Kindt, business administration, was quoted in an Associated Press dispatch (Oct. 24) on what effect he thinks gambling could have on a community in West Virginia.

Michael LeRoy, labor and industrial relations, was cited in the Oct. 24 Wall Street Journal in an article about the decline in long, traditional strikes and the increase in temporary walkouts and "sickouts."

Alan Nathan, physics, who has done research on baseball, was quoted in a United Press International dispatch of Oct. 30 on how tightly to grip the bat while swinging at a pitched ball.

Julian Rappaport, psychology, was mentioned in an Oct. 23 article in the Irish Times about his attendance in Cork at the annual conference of Grow, described as "the largest mutual support organization in the mental health arena."

Kenneth Robertson, natural resources and environmental sciences, was cited in an Oct. 31 story in the Christian Science Monitor on prairies because he has established a Web site listing prairies in Illinois.

The very popular "The Why Files?" science Web site (Oct. 26) carried a long feature on the work of Mark Rood, environmental engineering, on the use of a new type of filter that could be used in spray-painting operations.

Nancy Sottos and David Payne, both engineering, were cited in the Oct. 23 edition of Electronic Engineering Times in an article about the shrinking of smart thin films, such as piezoelectric composites.

The Idaho Falls Post Register (Oct. 24) quoted a "fun" list of pumpkin facts, all supplied by UI Extension.