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Faculty & Staff in the News
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JUNE 2006
Faculty/Staff: Hugo Melgar-Quiñonez, Assistant Professor, Department of Human Nutrition, and OSU Extension State Specialist
Media Outlet: The Associated Press, Los Angeles
Date: June 2006
Content: Dr. Melgar-Quiñonez was interviewed by Jacob Adelman of the Associated Press. The story, about marketing beef to Hispanics, ran in multiple papers and on multiple web site, including the Houston Chronicle on June 13, 2006, the Rockford Register Star, the newspaper of Rockford, Illinois, on June 14, 2006, the Belleville News-Democrat (Illinois), the San Diego Union Tribune, and the Santa Fe New Mexican on June 15, and the web sites of Business Week, MSNBC, and KRGV, Texas.
Faculty/Staff: H.G. Parsa, Associate Professor, Department of Consumer Sciences
Media Outlet: The Daily Journal of Northeast Mississippi
Date: Sunday, June 4, 2006
Content: In a story titled "Revolving restaurants," reporter Emily Le Coz wrote about
restaurants that opened, then closed. She cited Parsa's study, stating that the demands of long hours "mean that successful restaurant owners tend to be either single, divorced, or just extremely good at balancing family and work, according to a recent study by Ohio State University professor H.G. Parsa. Parsa, who teaches hospitality management, also found that between 57 to 61 percent of all restaurants fail within a three-year period. Franchise chains had a 57-percent failure rate; independents had 61."
MAY 2006
Faculty/Staff: OSU Kid Corps Book Drive participants
Media Outlet: WCMH NBC4 TV, Columbus, Ohio
Date: Friday, May 26, 2006
Content: Channel 4 highlighted the efforts of students in OSU Kid Corps, who have collected and are preparing to ship 4,900 books to hurricane-affected areas in the south. The station aired footage of the several of the students sorting and packing some of the thousands of children's books in their Ramseyer Hall headquarters. OSU Kid Corps is a project of the College of Human Ecology and is supported by funding from AmeriCorps.
Faculty/Staff: Catherine Montalto, Associate Professor, Department of Consumer Sciences
Media Outlet: The Columbus Dispatch, Section B, Metro & State
Date: Thursday, May 25, 2006
Content: In "Couples Taking Time Tying the Knot," an article on the cover of the Metro & State section about couples marrying for the first time later in life, Montalto talks about marriage trends over the past century. "Our behavior looks a lot like it did in the early 1900s," said Montalto. "The 1950s and 1960s looks like an aberration when people started to marry a lot sooner. Then we turned it back up to a higher age of marriage."
Faculty/Staff: Julianne Serovich, Department Chair, Department of Human Development and Family Science
Media Outlet: Science and Medicine via kaisernetwork.org
Date: Monday, May 22, 2006
Content: The Ohio State news release on Serovich's study titled "HIV-Positive Gay Men Rarely Regret Revealing Their Status to Friends, Family" appeared. Serovich and colleagues surveyed 76 HIV-positive gay men who have revealed their status to at least one friend, family member or acquaintance. They found that 75% of the men had little or no regret after revealing their status, and 80% of the participants' social networks were aware of their status.
Faculty/Staff: Julianne Serovich, Department Chair, Department of Human Development and Family Science
Media Outlet: Denver, Rocky Mountain News
Date: Tuesday, May 9, 2006
Content: The newspaper ran the Associated Press story picked up from the Ohio State news release on Serovich's study about gay men's disclosure of their HIV-positive status.
Faculty/Staff: Julianne Serovich, Department Chair, Department of Human Development and Family Science
Media Outlet: POZ.com
Date: Friday, May 5, 2006
Content: In "Surviving Disclosure Just Fine," the Ohio State news release on Serovich's study about gay men and revealing HIV/AIDS status was quoted. The article states, "Researchers hope the results will provide peace of mind for those hesitating to tell others about being HIV positive."
Faculty/Staff: Julianne Serovich, Department Chair, Department of Human Development and Family Science
Media Outlet: United Press International
Date: Wednesday, May 3, 2006
Content: The wire service ran an article about her research that suggests gay men who are HIV-positive rarely regret revealing their health status to others
APRIL 2006
Faculty/Staff: H.G. Parsa, Associate Professor, Department of Consumer Sciences
Media Outlet: The Sun News, Myrtle Beach Online
Date: Monday, April 24, 2006
Content: In "Eateries Beat the Odds", an article about small, privately-owned restaurants in South Carolina, Parsa's study is mentioned, stating that 57 percent or more of restaurants do not survive their first three years in business.
Faculty/Staff: Karen Crockett, Early Childhood Specialist, A. Sophie Rogers Laboratory School, Department of Human Development and Family Science
Media Outlet: The Columbus Dispatch, Section F Life
Date: Thursday, April 27, 2006
Content: Crockett is quoted in "Tales that Bind," an article on the cover of the Life section about parent-child bonding through bed-time stories. Crockett said, "Stories stimulate their [children's] creativity and help them to learn language. But the benefits also include the development of emotional health and memory."
MARCH 2006
Faculty/Staff: Sharron J. Lennon, Professor, Department of Consumer Sciences
Media Outlet: WHIO TV-8 Dayton
Date: Thursday, March 30, 2006
Content: Reporter Jim Otte interviewed Lennon on the subject of her research about customer dress and its effect on service in retail stores. This interview resulted from the Ohio State news release titled "Well-Dressed Women Get Better Service at Clothing Stores".
Faculty/Staff: Jaime Foster, Registered Dietitian, OSU Extension, Family and Consumer Sciences, Department of Human Nutrition
Media Outlet: Dayton Daily News
Date: March 29, 2006
Content: Foster was featured in an article titled "Spinach Smackdown- Pile it Up to Produce a Little Taste of Spring." The article compared the nutritional content of cooked vs. raw spinach.
Faculty/Staff: Sharron Lennon, Professor, Department of Consumer Sciences
Media Outlet: The Columbus Dispatch
Date: Sunday, March 2, 2006
Content: Lennon's research was featured in an article by Marshall Hood titled "Appearances matter: Shoppers who are well-dressed get better service, study confirms" about how consumers are treated differently based on the way they are dressed. Lennon said that sales associates believe how you are dressed is a status indicator as well as an indicator of how much money you are able to spend.
FEBRUARY 2006
Faculty/Staff: Sharron Lennon, Professor, Department of Consumer Sciences
Media Outlet: CanWest News Service, Canada
Date: February 23, 2006
Content: An article titled "Clerks give casual dressers the cold shoulder", highlights a recent study conducted by Lennon and alumna Minjeong Kim, professor of human sciences at Oregon State University, that examined how salespeople treat customers based on the type of clothing they wear. The article ran in the following 11 newspapers in the Canada West News Service group: National Post, Montreal Gazette, Ottawa Citizen, Windsor Star, Regina Leader-Post, Saskatoon StarPhoenix, Calgary Herald, Edmonton Journal, Vancouver Sun, Vancouver Province, and Victoria Times-Colonist.
Faculty/Staff: H.G. Parsa, Associate Professor, Department of Consumer Sciences
Media Outlet: The Houston Chronicle
Date: February 15, 2006
Content: Parsa was interviewed for an article titled "Filling a void: At Suzie's Grill it's all kosher all the time," about a newly opened restaurant in Houston that serves kosher foods. A study conducted by Parsa was mentioned, stating that there is an approximate 30 percent failure rate for restaurants in the United States according to his findings.
Faculty/Staff: H.G. Parsa, Associate Professor, Department of Consumer Sciences
Media Outlet: The Durango Herald
Date: February 15, 2006
Content: A study conducted by Parsa was mentioned in "Diverse flavor", an article about new restaurants in Durango, CO. The article stated that according to Parsa's study, between 57 percent and 61 percent of new restaurants fail by their third year.
Facutly/Staff: Cynthia Buettner, Project Director, College of Human Ecology
Media Outlet: Des Moines Register
Date: February 7, 2006
Content: Buettner was quoted in an article titled "Plans would load Veishea with nonalcoholic events" about Iowa State's plans to provide students with alternatives to off-campus parties during Veishea, an annual student-run celebration held each spring. Buettner said that there is not a lot of evidence that those types of events will attract the same students that big, out-of-control parties do.
JANUARY 2006
Faculty/Staff: Deanna Wilkinson, Associate Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Science
Media Outlet: Philadelphia Weekly
Date: Week of January 25-31, 2006
Content: Reporter Steve Volk interviewed Wilkinson about the likelihood that a new DVD titled "Close to Death" can change kids' attitudes about dealing drugs and violence. Wilkinson said kids will tend to focus on the most sensational aspects of any presentation.
Faculty/Staff: Sharron Coplin, Registered Dietitian, OSU Extension, Family and Consumer Sciences, Department of Human Nutrition
Media Outlet: 610 WTVN AM Radio
Date: Thursday, January 26, 2006 and Friday, January 27, 2006
Content: Greg Kurtz interviewed Coplin about the annual report by the Institute of Food Technologists in its magazine, Food Technology, about "What, When, and Where Americans Eat." The report reviews both healthy and unhealthy trends in eating. Coplin focused on advice to consumers about how to make healthful nutrition choices.
Faculty/Staff: H.G. Parsa, Associate Professor, Department of Consumer Sciences
Media Outlet: The Columbus Dispatch
Date: Sunday, January 15, 2006
Content: Parsa was recognized along with six other Ohio State faculty members for receiving a Fulbright Scholar Award for the 2005-06 academic year. The Council for International Exchange of Scholars awards 800 of the grants each year to faculty and professionals to lecture and conduct research abroad.