Newsmakers -- January/February 2000 Forbes Magazine UC's one-year MBA (Master of Business Administration) program was recently featured. The magazine surveyed members of UC's first graduating class and reported that the return on investment as significant: UC graduates earned back their tuition investment in less than three years and doubled their salaries within four years. The URL for the story is http://www.forbes.com/forbes/00/0207/6503100s2.htm National Public Radio Roger Daniels, professor of history, was interviewed for NPR's All Things Considered about U.S. immigration policy and how it might affect the case of Elian Gonzalez. NPR's Performance Today highlighted the work of UC piano professor Richard Morris, playing Beethoven's "Moonlight" Sonata using the "WAPIN bridge" technology developed at UC. The classical music peformance was one of the most frequently downloaded selections (over 350,000 hits) from the web site MP3.com in 1999. Associated Press Daniel Nebert and Michael Carvan, both of environmental health, were quoted in a story about their program to develop transgenic zebrafish as a detection system for certain water pollutants. The article also appeared in Newsday. Chicago Tribune Nan Adler of UC's University College was quoted in an article about efforts to create learning communities. Chicago Sun-Times Electronic artist Ben Britton, associate professor of fine art, was quoted in an article about the future of athletics. Changes that are coming, according to Britton, include virtual reality boxing and tennis matches; cameras on the helmets of football players; and software that allows you to "virtually inhabit" your favorite athlete. Chronicle of Higher Education The premiere publication about higher education reported on the recent upgrade of UC's bond rating by Moody's Investors Service from A1 to Aa3. Scripps Howard News Service Duncan Irschick, post-doctoral researcher in biology, was quoted in coverage of the controversy between creationists and those who believe in evolution. Irschick authored a protest letter to Kansas authorities that was signed by 322 scientists addressing the decision to remove mention of macro-evolution from that state's curriculum and standardized tests. Cleveland Plain Dealer Eric Cline, classics, was quoted in a story about his archaeological work at Megiddo in Israel, also known as the biblical Armageddon. The story also appeared in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and France's International Herald Tribune. Scripps Howard News Service also picked up an article on Cline and his work Megiddo, which appeared in the Chattanooga, Tenn., Free Press. Columbus Dispatch The paper reported the appointment by Ohio Governor Bob Taft of Dr. Anant Ram Bhati, MD, a gynecologist and clinical instructor at UC, to the UC Board of Trustees. Gannett News Service George Vredeveld of UC's Center for Economic Education, was quoted on income growth inequality during a period of economic expansion. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Paula Hillard of UC's College of Medicine, was quoted in a story about the risks of too-rapid births that occur before the mother has time to get to a hospital. Alumni making news: Christopher Schuttera, a designer for DaimlerChrysler whograduated from the College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning just two years ago, was lauded for his design of the Howler, a concept vehicle the company showcased at the Greater Los Angeles Auto Show. The Howler melds DaimlerChrysler's popular performance roadster, the Prowler, with a pickup bed. Ron Palma, a UC graduate and teacher in Tulsa, Okla., is the first-ever recipient of a national award in pre-collegiate teaching from the American Philological Association, a group composed of a national society of college and university professors in Latin and Greek, along with the American Classical League, which is made up of secondary school teachers of classics. Jeffrey Stout, a UC graduate, has been named dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at Palm Beach Atlantic College in West Palm Beach, Fla. Mary Pat Bowles, a graduate of UC's speech pathology program, was honored by the Orlando Sentinel with that paper's Teacher of the Week award. Bowles teaches second grade at Stenstrom Elementary School in Oviedo, Fla. Archive of Previous Newsmakers Contact the Division of Public Relations and tell us about your newsmaking project.