With 22 states in play in the Super Tuesday (Feb. 5) jockeying for the White House, the University of Wisconsin-Madison has experts able to analyze the race, its many moving parts and what Tuesday's primary and caucus results might mean for Wisconsin's Feb. 19 primary.
Amidst the hectic scrambling for dinner reservations and artfully prepared floral decorations for Valentine's Day, it's unlikely that one may stop to think about who St. Valentine was or why his feast day is celebrated with red-heart gift cards and plush teddy bears.
Whether it's out of frustration with the current administration or because they've embraced and identified with a candidate's platform, young people are voting in record numbers this primary season. With this early and significant turnout, candidates and political pundits want to know more about this demographic and their voting behavior before November's election day.
Has Barack Obama's movement grown strong enough that he can win in states where he hasn't campaigned extensively? That's the overriding question as voters head to the polls on Super Tuesday, says Rowan University professor Larry Butler.
Katherine A. S. Sibley, Ph.D., chair and professor of history at Saint Joseph's University and an expert in the role first ladies have played in the White House, comments on the new dynamics gender diversity brings to this history-making election.
The adage that more is better is certainly true when it comes to Super Bowl advertisements. Companies are spending as much as $2.7 million for a 30-second television spot to capture the attention, and perhaps coax a chuckle out of the 90 million game watchers on Super Bowl Sunday. Advertisers are also supporting their television commercials with online spots in hopes of extending the experience for viewers.
When the New England Patriots and New York Giants face off in this year's Super Bowl on Feb. 3, the game also will bring a flood of new commercials to the airwaves "” but perhaps not as many as it used to. Central Michigan University School of Broadcast and Cinematic Arts Director Peter B. Orlik can talk about why.
Super Bowl Sunday is coming, and it's not just about parties, commercials and the big game. For many, it also is a day for gambling. Central Michigan University recreation, parks and leisure services administration faculty member Tim Otteman cautions that the simple act of buying a Super Bowl square may eventually lead to a larger issue.
Fox's "American Idol" is back for another season and will again present "Idol Gives Back," its multimillion-dollar philanthropic fund drive, in 2008. Central Michigan University School of Broadcast and Cinematic Arts faculty member Patty Williamson is available to comment on the results of the show's previous charity campaign and what is likely to occur during the current "Idol" season.
As Catholics prepare to enter the Lenten season, choosing to make financial sacrifices for religious reasons may help those concerned about the economic downturn, according to Michele Dillon, professor of sociology at the University of New Hampshire.
A Texas Tech expert can discus how the U.S. economy influences the global market. Also, he can shed light on how some of these complex economic issues at hand fit into the past, present and future macroeconomic picture.
The U.S. Supreme Court is reviewing Quanta v. LG, a case that could determine the future direction of patent law. "This case is key to ensuring that patent law develops in a way that best promotes innovation and competition," says F. Scott Kieff, J.D., professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis. Kieff and colleagues have filed an amicus brief in the Supreme Court in support of LG.
Peter Ricchiuti, assistant dean of Tulane University's A.B. Freeman School of Business, is available for expert analysis of the latest stock market slide.
Clarkson University Economics Prof. Sonmez Atesoglu is available for expert comment on today's Fed rate cut.
Tim Yeager, finance professor in the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas and former analyst at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, is available to comment on the Fed's decision Monday to cut interest rates by three-quarters of a point.
As the presidential hopefuls hit the campaign trail hard, news outlets from across the country are turning to Colgate University professors for their insight and perspective. Colgate faculty can provide analysis on topics ranging from facial characteristics of candidates and hand gestures to campaign finance reform and spending.
University at Buffalo political science professor James E. Campbell has studied presidential campaigns for more than three decades and says this year's race for party nominations is the "most peculiar" he can remember.
Experts from Binghamton University, State University of New York, are available to discuss issues related to the 2008 presidential campaign, including 1) illegal immigration 2) the right of workers to organize and collectively bargain 3) economic globalization 4) campaign financing 5) voter turnout.
Are we at a tipping point where our country is ready to elect an African-American president? Stephen Jones, Central Michigan University assistant professor of history and authority on African-Americans in the legal process, is available to discuss how we might be.
David Finkelhor, director of the Crimes Against Children Research Center at the University of New Hampshire, is available to discuss new policies adopted by MySpace designed to protect children from Internet predators.
Dr. Timothy S. Harlan, assistant professor of clinical medicine at Tulane University School of Medicine, provides delicious recipes and sound nutritional advice as "Dr. Gourmet" on his nutrition website at www.drgourmet.com.
Texas Tech experts can discuss how to express love effectively, why people stay in bad relationships, intimate partner violence, mental abuse, how a couple's handling of conflict is more important than amount of conflict in a relationship and how everyday acts of love mean more than cards, candy and flowers.
February is the month of love and other "matters of the heart." Several Central Michigan University experts are available to comment on topics related to this theme.
Experts can discuss cutting-edge reproduction research and translational medicine between equine reproduction and human reproduction. Topics include newly discovered causes of sexual dysfunction, how mammals recognize that they are pregnant, factors affecting fetus sex differentiation, affects of aging, and selection the sex of offspring.
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death and disability in American women. More women than men die of cardiovascular disease. 462,000 women die annually, and 410,000 men die from the same cause, yet only 17 percent of cardiologists knew this, according to an AHA 2005 study. Women are twice as likely as men to die when they suffer a heart attack. Why? For one thing, they typically wait longer (20 minutes to 2 hours) to call 911.
Mount Sinai Cardiac Experts Available for Heart Month Interviews
Johns Hopkins University experts can comment on Hispanic voters, the fate of women candidates in past elections, civility in the midst of a heated election, presidential power and executive-congressional relations, and other aspects of the 2008 election.
UMass Amherst Experts are ready to comment on the Worldwatch Institutes "State of the World 2008: Innovations for a Sustainable Economy" report and can speak to issues of energy and water resource economics, carbon taxes, green building and international trade and development.
Hillary Clinton's changed campaign style made the difference last night, says a University of Maryland political communication expert just back from New Hampshire. Her colleague says voters there humbled media, pollsters and pundits in yesterday's first primary election of 2008.
40 years after North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong troops used the beginning of the Vietnamese lunar new year to launch a sweeping military campaign that surprised allied South Vietnamese and U.S. forces and proved a turning point in public support of the war, scholars reflect on the offensive's strategic and political impact.
As voters go to the polls in New Hampshire, Barak Obama's rhetoric has become a "controversial, key storyline" says University of Maryland political communication expert Shawn Parry-Giles, who has been in New Hampshire observing media and candidates and citizens.
On Jan. 9, 2008, the U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in a case that will determine whether an Indiana law requiring all voters to present a government-issued photo ID before voting is unconstitutional and unfairly impacts the elderly, the poor and minorities. An Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis expert is available for media interviews regarding the case.
University of Maryland political communication expert Kathleen Kendall is continuing a 20-year tradition: trailing presidential candidates through New Hampshire from an unusual vantage. Traveling and sitting with the press, Kendall carefully notes the interactions between the candidates, media and citizens. See her dispatches from the Granite State.
No longer "corrupt and contented"? Noted political commentator Randall Miller, Ph.D., of Saint Joseph's University discusses the sweeping changes expected in Philadelphia with the inauguration of Mayor-elect Michael Nutter.
Today's Iowa Caucuses may be the last in which the largely rural, sparsely populated and predominately white conservative Midwestern state exerts such a huge influence on the presidential nomination process, predicts Steven S. Smith, a political expert at Washington University in St. Louis.
Politicians may sling mud at one another, but wise workers will stay above the fray during the 2008 presidential election campaign by keeping heated political discussions out of the workplace, a civility expert says.
Today's assassination of Benazir Bhutto is not only a great loss to Pakistan, but also a great loss to the world, says a sociocultural anthropologist at Washington University in St. Louis who lived in Pakistan for six months and whose research focuses on Islamic movements in that country and in Afghanistan.
Last year security researchers saw the creation of the world's largest "botnet", or collection of personal computers being controlled by hackers," said Gary Warner, director of Research in Computer Forensics at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). "This botnet, called "the Storm Botnet," has at various times included more than 3 million infected computers," Warner said. "One of the primary ways machines became infected was by users clicking on e-mails that were often associated with holidays, including Valentine's Day, Labor Day, Fourth of July and others.
University of Maryland political communication experts Kathleen E. Kendall and Shawn Parry-Giles will be in New Hampshire to observe the final days of campaigning before the nation's first Primary. Kendall has chronicled the interactions between media, candidates and citizens in New Hampshire since 1988. Kendall and Parry-Giles will be available for media interviews and should be contacted directly.
Today's busy families have moved toward a pattern of individual activities (listening to an iPod, surfing the internet), rather than joint activities, according to Dennis Orthner, a professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Social Work. Orthner offers seven tips to keep the holidays happy.
Election 2008 is in full swing and it is any candidates' ballgame. Central Michigan University experts are available for commentary on various issues including elections and voting, campaign practices, youth political participation, the Iraq war, health care, global warming, candidates' use of the Web and new media, and candidate communication.
Experts from Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) discuss the 2008 presidential campaign. Topics include Mitt Romney's remarks about his religious beliefs; campaign financing; religion and politics; political polling, and African American voters.
University of Arkansas researchers available to comment on the pre-primary period, funds and fundraising, the use of Web sites and blogs, negative campaigning and the impact of debates -- as well as on candidate Mike Huckabee.
On Thursday, December 13, 2007, Major League Baseball (MLB) will release the highly anticipated findings from former Senator George Mitchell's investigation into the use of performance enhancing drugs in baseball. Northeastern University's Athletic Director Peter Roby is available to comment on this issue.
Experts from Vanderbilt University's Peabody College of education and human development are available to discuss 2007's top education stories and what to expect in 2008.
Should physicians accept free trips, free meals, payments for speeches, and other gratuities from the pharmaceutical industry? Has bioethics neglected issues including health disparities, social justice, global health, and the environment? Bioethicist Howard Brody says "no" and "yes," respectively.
Although U.S. citizens can't vote on each individual issue or dilemma facing this nation, that's no excuse for Americans to refrain from participating in their own governance, declares Dr. Larry Burris, a First Amendment scholar and journalism professor, who adds that "the public's business should be conducted in public; not in smoke-filled rooms, restaurants or sports facilities."
Allan D. Sobel, director of the Arlin M. Adams Center for Law and Society at Susquehanna University in Selinsgrove, Pa., argues that inmate executions in the U.S. should be stopped while institutional problems with the justice system are addressed.
Sarah Lawrence College Professor of American History, Public Policy & Africana Studies, Komozi Woodard, is an expert in African American History, and the Black Power movement, including Black freedom struggles, and is available for comment.
Members of the House of Representatives recently passed legislation giving reporters the right to protect confidential sources in most federal cases, but the shield-law legislation's future is unsure and President Bush says he'll veto it. One First Amendment scholar says the legislation is more about the public's right to know than the reporter's right to protection.
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