The latest headlines garnered by CLAS faculty and students in the national media in June 2009.
Share This Story
Bookmark
This
Email
Story
RSS
Feed
FACEBOOK
TWITTERIn The News
Jonathan Bloch: Associated Press
June 25, 2009
Jonathan Bloch, vertebrate paleontologist at the Florida Museum of Natural History and zoology professor, were quoted in a June 23 Associated Press story about their discovery of how an early primate relied more on smell than vision. The story was based on a News Bureau news release.
Jill Ciment and Mary Robison: WCJB
June 10, 2009
English professors Jill Ciment and Mary Robison were interviewed by local television affiliate WCJB about their recent books that were listed by Oprah Winfrey on her 2009 summer reading list.
Barbara Purdy: National Geographic
Oldest
Art in Americas Found on Mammoth Bone?
June 10, 2009
Barbara Purdy, an emerita professor of anthropology, was quoted in a June 10 National Geographic News story about the discovery of a 13,000-year-old bone etching.
Ted Schuur: U.S. News & World Report
Arctic Thaw May Result In Snowball Effect
June 9, 2009
Ecologist Ted Schuur was quoted in a June 9 U.S. News & World Report story about his research into how the thaw of the permafrost may increase carbon concentration in the atmosphere.
Doug Levey: Palm Beach Post
UF
Students Volunteer for Dangerous Mockingbird Study, Birds Recognize
Specific Kids to Dive Bomb
June 9, 2009
Zoologist Douglas J. Levey was quoted in a June 9 Palm Beach Post story about his research into the behavior of mockingbirds.
Daniel Smith: New York Times
Race
Is on for Florida Governorship
June 3, 2009
Political science professor Daniel A. Smith was quoted in a May 19 New York Times story about the race for Florida’s governorship.
Douglas J. Levey: Associated Press
Study:
Mockingbirds can Tell People Apart, React
June 3, 2009
Zoology professor Douglas J. Levey was quoted in a May 18 Associated Press story about his research into the ability of mockingbirds to discern human faces.
David Leavitt: New York Times
An
American in Oxford
June 3, 2009
English professor David Leavitt’s review of Reynolds Price’s memoir, Ardent Spirits Leaving Home, Coming Back, was published May 17 in the New York Times’ Sunday Book Review.
Kathleen Deagan: Washington Post
Who
Went With Columbus? Dental Studies Give Clues.
June 3, 2009
Kathleen Deagan, Curator of Archaeology at the Florida Museum of Natural History and adjunct professor of history and anthropology, was quoted in a May 17 Washington Post story about research into the settlers of La Isabela, made up of crew members from Christopher Columbus’ ships on what is now the Dominican Republic.
