Spectrum - Volume 17 Issue 38 August 10, 1995 - Newsmakers

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Newsmakers

Spectrum Volume 17 Issue 38 - August 10, 1995

Virginia Tech faculty, staff members and students are often the subject of significant national and state-wide news coverage. To better inform the university community about these accomplishments, the Office of University Relations has compiled this monthly report. This report excludes coverage in the Roanoke news-media market. For more information about the articles mentioned, call Julie Kane, university public relations coordinator, at 1-9934, or contact your college public relations office.

(Santiago, Chile) El Mercurio (May 29) : Virginia Tech (College of Architecture and Urban Studies) was mentioned as having an institutional affiliation with the University of Chile.

The Christian Science Monitor

(June 6) : Mary Beth Oliver , assistant professor of communication studies, was featured in an article about children's television.

New York Times (June 18) : Marshall Fishwick in communication studies was quoted in a story about "What It Takes to Make a Hero."

"The Blue Sheet"

(June 21) : Doris Zallen , associate professor in humanities, was quoted advocating continued public presence on the Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee.

(New Orleans) The Times-Picayune (June 28) : Mike Sporakowski , professor in family and child development, is quoted in a "Living" section page one story about "Long, Long Lasting Marriages."

Parents

(July 1995) : Provost Peggy Meszaros , also president of the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences, was quoted in the article "Will Your Child be a Good Parent?"

Blue Ridge Regional Business Journal

(July 1995) : John Cairns , director for the University Center for Environmental and Hazardous Materials Studies, was featured in an article on assessing critical risk of environmental problems.

WRC-TV; WUSA-TV

; News Channel 8 (Washington, D.C.); and (Montgomery County) Cable TV News (July 7) : Director of technology assistance and development Frederick Krimgold was interviewed in stories about a new search-and-rescue device for collapsed buildings. The coverage included a demonstration of the device in Rockville, Md.

Richmond Times Dispatch

(July 13) : Richard Zallen , physics professor, and James Marchman , assistant department head of aerospace and ocean engineering, were quoted in an article about the physics of mirages and bugs on the windshield.

(Harrisonburg, Virginia) WHSV TV, Channel 3 (July 26) : Karen Poff , Extension agent in family and consumer sciences, appeared as a guest on "The Noon Show," to discuss ways parents can enhance a child's self-concept.

Woman's Day

(August 8) : Irene Leech of housing, interior design, and resource management was quoted in the "Solutions" section story, "Are You Too Thrifty?"