Fox News Discussion Cites University of Arkansas Research

A study by a University of Arkansas-based research team was cited during a special report April 14 on Fox News about the Washington, D.C., school voucher program. The Obama administration has decided not to offer vouchers for new students because Congress extended the program for only one more year.

The research team led by Patrick J. Wolf, professor of education reform at the University of Arkansas, has been commissioned by the U.S. Department of Education to study the program.

Byron York of the Washington Examiner cited Wolf's recent report: "The education department commissioned a study of these students for the last three years, didn't show much difference in math between the voucher students and public school students, showed that the voucher students were three months on average ahead in reading, but in the first group of voucher students, probably the most motivated group, a year and half to two years ahead of their cohort in public school in that voucher program."

Panelist Juan Williams of National Public Radio also apparently drew from the study findings when he commented that "these kids getting the vouchers … [are] doing better than the rest of the kids …"

The five-minute panel discussion may be viewed at http://media.bulletinnews.com/playclip.aspx?clipid=8cb8b65f4adbac4.

Anthropology Professor's Research Garners Widespread Media Coverage

Anthropology chair Peter Ungar participated in a symposium on the evolution of the human diet during the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science held Feb. 12-16 in Chicago. National Geographic and AP sent out releases on the meeting, which also generated a blog by Ann Gibbons on Findings, the Science journal's news blog, (http://blogs.sciencemag.org/newsblog/2009/02/a-matter-of-taste.html#more) and a podcast on Science's Web site (http://blogs.sciencemag.org/newsblog/2009/02/podcast-the-origin-of-the-huma.html).

Media outlets across the U.S. and world also picked up on the AP release featuring Ungar's work, including FOX News, MSNBC, the Seattle Post, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Taipei Times, Austria OneNewsNow, the International Herald Tribune in France, Newsday, USA Today,  the Sacramento Bee, Indopia in India, and Forbes.

University of Arkansas Professor Cited in Einstein History Channel Special

Daniel Kennefick, department of physics in Fulbright College at the University of Arkansas, appeared in a new documentary about Einstein that aired Monday, Nov. 17 at 9 p.m./8 p.m. Central on the History Channel. To learn more, go to http://www.history.com/minisites/einstein.

Finance Professor Featured on KNWA

Dr. Craig Rennie, Clete & Tammy Brewer Professor of Finance Department, Walton College of Business, was interviewed by the KNWA on the “Troubled Assets Relief Program" (TARP) on Monday, Sept. 29, after the bill was voted down in Congress.

Rennie commented on what was in the bill, its strengths and weaknesses, and the effects on the financial markets. The comments were done in front of the Financial Trading Center in the Walker Hall.

Political Scientist Tells New York About Arkansas and the Election

Political scientist and University of Arkansas professor Janine Parry was interviewed for 15 minutes by Leonard Lopate of WNYC, an NPR affiliate in New York City, as part of the radio station's series "States of the Union." Parry and Lopate discussed a wide range of subjects related to Arkansas and the election.

Parry predicted that Arkansas will get more attention in the general election than in the primary.

"For the general election, Arkansas is one Southern state that will very much be in play," Parry said."I think right now as things look, it's likely to go back into the Democratic column in 2008."

A link to listen to the full radio interview is available at

http://www.wnyc.org/shows/lopate/episodes/2008/01/30/segments/92710 .

Professor Cited on CBS News on Huckabee's Presidential Campaign

Dr. Andrew Dowdle, an assistant professor of political science at the University of Arkansas, is quoted in a story on CBSNews.com about Mike Huckabee's presidential campaign.