UAlbany in the News
by Media Relations Staff (May 10, 2006)
- A national report on a looming crisis
associated with aging and the health workforce
from the Center for Health Workforce Studies at
the School of Public Health was featured by
The Associated Press
on April 5. The report also received coverage in
newspapers and business journals from
Washington, D.C., to San Antonio, and in
American Medical News,
Modern Health Care,
and AHA News
(American Hospital Association). "As the first
wave of baby boomers heads into its 60s, a
report to be released Wednesday questioned the
ability of the nation's health system to care
for a new generation of elderly Americans. The
report by the University at Albany's Center for
Health Workforce Studies found growth across a
range of fields, like nursing aides and physical
therapists, is not keeping pace with an aging
population that will be increasingly
knowledgeable and demanding about its medical
care," the article noted.
- Wendy Becker, an assistant professor of
management in the School of Business, was
featured in a story about stress in the
workplace for psychologists in the April 24
edition of the Dallas
Morning News, which in part stated, " 'We
know how to go into an organization, diagnose a
problem, and study it scientifically so that the
ultimate solution is based on data and not
short-term, superficial analysis. I-O
psychologists are deep thinkers,' said Dr. Wendy
S. Becker, who heads the Visibility Committee of
the Society for
Industrial and Organizational Psychology.
One of her projects involves crime labs. While
technology such as DNA testing and fingerprint
databases can help solve more crimes quickly,
these labs are hampered by their inability to
attract, develop, and retain forensic
scientists, said Dr. Becker."
- President Kermit L. Hall, a legal historian, was quoted in an April 16 article in The New York Times about a land dispute in Mahopac, Putnam County. The 18th-century Hill-Agor Farm, currently under litigation, was under dispute and under consideration by the Supreme Court in an 1831 case that involved the Wappingers Indians and real estate mogul John Jacob Astor. Local preservationists today contend that the Supreme Court used the case to exercise its power over lower courts. Hall, however, suggested otherwise, stating that the case had no special historical significance.