UAlbany in the News
by Media & Marketing Staff (March 7, 2006)
- A new report from the Center for Women in
Government and Civil Society on women in state
leadership positions was the topic of an Associated
Press story. "Women hold fewer than a quarter
of the top jobs in state governments and have
made little progress increasing their representation
in the last eight years," the report found. "After
reporting for almost 10 years these very modest
gains for women, I have come to believe it is
a very persistent social phenomenon," said
Judith Saidel, author of the report and center
director. "The problem does not appear
to be going away." Some of the media organizations
that ran the story include ABC News, CBS News,
New York Post, Newsday,
The Washington Post, Guardian Unlimited (U.K.), Forbes,
Miami Herald, and Los
Angeles Times. The report was also featured
on the CNN Headline News morning show "Robin
and Company." Saidel was also interviewed
on local and national radio stations, including
WBZ in Boston and WGY in Albany.
- Several University at Albany professors were
tapped for their expertise on subjects related
to the 20th Winter Olympic Games in Turin, Italy.
Professor of psychology and neuroscience Bruce
Svare was quoted in the Los
Angeles Times and
Hampton Roads Daily of Newport News, Va., regarding
the issues of doping and steroid abuse. The Baltimore
Sun interviewed Professor of Russian Henryk Baran,
Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures,
about Russia's adjustment to a free market
economy as evidenced by its heavy commercialization
in Turin. President Kermit L. Hall was interviewed
by USA Today for a story on free speech in sports.
Correction: In the Jan. 30 UAlbany in the News column, Richard Perez was listed as a professor in the College of Nanoscale Science & Engineering. Perez is a solar energy senior research associate with the Atmospheric Sciences Research Center.
