In The News

The latest headlines garnered by CLAS faculty and students in the national media through April 2009.

Andrew Tatem: American Scientist
Andrew Tatem, who holds a joint position with the Emerging Pathogens Institute and the Department of Geography, was quoted in the May-June issue of American Scientist about his research into how global air traffic patterns and climate might affect the travel of pathogens from one part of the world to another. The article was the result of a News Bureau news release.

Ben Hebblethwaite: Wall Street Journal
Ben Hebblethwaite was quoted in a Wall Street Journal article on the corret way to pronounce names.

Tevatron Program: Various Sources
CDF and Dzero jointly announced the discovery of the electroweak production of single top quarks and also larger exclusion regions for the mass of the Higgs boson. These are very significant milestones for the field and each a real tour-de-force. Below are several media releases that discuss the results including a short interview on Chicago Public Radio.
Science News
Boston Globe
Washington Post
Chicago Public Radio
Fermilab: National Geographic
The discovery of a new and unexpected composite particle by Fermilab was reported by National Gepgraphic. This story was the result of a Fermilab press release.
Jacobo Konigsberg: National Science Foundation
Jacobo Konigsberg was also recently interviewed for a video in the discoveries page of the National Science Foundation web-site. In the interview, Darien Wood, co-spokesperson for the Dzero experiment, and Konigsberg discuss the Tevatron Collider physics program.
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David Hackett: Associated Press
Religion professor David Hackett was quoted in an April 22 Associated Press story about a monastery in Massachusetts that is selling $65-a-tube facial cream to raise money.

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