National, State and Hometown Media Coverage
Placements for the week of 4-28-08
Frederick vom Saal, professor of biological sciences in the College of Arts and Science, is part of a panel of scientists talking about the dangers of the common chemical Bisphenol A, which is used in many plastic baby bottles.
International Placements:
04/21/08 Calgary Global TV
04/21/08 Calgary Herald
National Placements:
04/21/08 The Today Show (NY)
04/21/08 Houston Chronicle
04/21/08 Regina Leader-Post
04/22/08 Anchorage Daily News (AK)
04/22/08 Scientific American
Missouri Placements:
04/23/08 Kansas City Star
Steve Ball, assistant professor of exercise physiology and state fitness specialist for MU
Extension, discussed SMART MOVES, a new program to introduce physical activity to fourth
graders in creative ways. NOTE: This was a cooperative effort between Cooperative Media
Group and the News Bureau.
National Placements:
04/14/08 WPSD-TV (NBC) – Paducah, KY (6 a.m. news) aud. 23,365
04/15/08 WCIA-TV (CBS) – Champaign, IL (5 a.m. news) aud. 11,356
04/16/08 KVLY-TV (NBC) – Fargo, ND (5:30 a.m. news) aud. 14,980
Missouri Placements:
04/11/08 KansasCityInfoZine.com
04/11/08 The Columbia Daily Tribune – Columbia, MO
04/12/08 KSPR-TV (ABC) – Springfield, MO (4:30 p.m. news) aud. 4,278
04/12/08 KQTV (ABC) – St. Joseph, MO (10 p.m. news) aud. 4,015
04/14/08 KTVO-TV (ABC) – Kirksville, MO (6 a.m. news) aud. 3,159
04/16/08 KODE-TV (ABC) – Joplin, MO (5 p.m. news) aud. 9,205
04/16/08 KODE-TV (ABC) – Joplin, MO (6 p.m. news) aud. 8,623
04/16/08 KODE-TV (ABC) – Joplin, MO (10 p.m. news) aud. 7,254
Michael Goldschmidt, MU Extension housing and environmental design specialist and assistant
professor of architectural studies in the College of Human Environmental Sciences, discussed the
importance of testing for radon. NOTE: This project was a cooperative effort between the News
Bureau and Cooperative Media Group.
National Placements:
04/14/08 WFQX-TV (FOX) – Traverse City, MI (6 a.m. newscast)
04/14/08 KFTY-TV (AgDay Nationally Syndicated Show)
Glenn Good, professor of educational, school and counseling psychology in the MU College of
Education, found that the combination of three factors – serious injury, belief in traditional male roles and alcohol abuse — makes treating men challenging.
International Placements:
04/10/08 United Press International
04/12/08 Science Centric (Bulgaria)
04/19/08 The Vancouver Sun – Canada; circ. 1,170,963
National Placements:
04/10/08 PhysOrg.com
04/11/08 Medical News Today
04/11/08 Medilexicon.com
04/12/08 Science Daily
04/13/08 ScienceBlogs.com
04/22/08 Bio-Medicine.org
04/22/08 Google-Sina.com
04/22/08 MedicineWorld.org
04/22/08 TriCityPsychology.com
04/22/08 MyUstinet.com
04/22/08 RevolutionHealth.com
04/22/08 Health.go2blogging.com
04/22/08 HealthNews247.com
04/22/08 MedStore.biz
04/22/08 NetNewPublisher.com
04/22/08 NewsGuide.us
04/22/08 Psychiatry Research News (yahoo)
04/22/08 News.usti.net
04/22/08 OfficialWire.com
04/22/08 FirstScience.com
Missouri Placements:
04/12/08 Kansas City Info Zine.com
04/14/08 St. Louis Post-Dispatch – St. Louis, MO
Jeff Rouder, associate professor of psychology, found that the average person can keep just three or four things in their “working memory,” or conscious mind, at any one time. This model for measuring working memory may lead to better ways to assess and help people with attention-deficit and focus difficulties, improve classroom performance and enhance test scores.
International Placements:
04/24/08 United Press International
04/24/08 DailyIndia.com (India)
04/24/08 TopNewsIndia (India)
04/24/08 Thaindian.com (Thailand)
04/24/08 News-Medical.net (Australia)
04/24/08 Kazinform (Kazakhstan)
04/24/08 TamilStar (Sri Lanka)
National Placements:
04/24/08 Science Daily
04/24/08 PhysOrg.com
04/24/08 PsychCentral.com (MA)
04/25/08 Seattle Post-Intelligencer
04/25/08 HealthJockey.com (India)
04/25/08 RMF-FM (radio station-Poland)
04/25/08 LiveScience.com
Deanna Sharpe, associate professor of personal financial planning in the College of Human
Environmental Sciences, found that financial struggles plagues families of children with autism
and this area is often overlooked.
Missouri Placements:
04/18/08 St. Louis Post-Dispatch – St. Louis, MO; circ. 407,800
Laurie Mintz, associate professor of education, school and counseling psychology in the MU College of Education, discussed body dissatisfaction.
Missouri Placement:
04/20/08 The Columbia Daily Tribune (Sunday)
Loreen Olson, associate professor of communication in the College of Arts and Science, has analyzed the communication process by which sexual predators lure victims. The findings could better equip parents and community members to prevent child sexual abuse.
International Placements:
04/18/08 Daily India (India)
04/18/08 TopNewsIndia (India)
04/18/08 Thaindian.com (Thailand)
04/18/08 The Cheers (Estonia)
04/21/08 United Press International (UPI)
04/22/08 Science Centric (Bulgaria)
National Placements:
04/18/08 Medical News Today
04/18/08 HULIQ
04/18/08 ScienceBlog.com (CA)
04/18/08 New Blaze (CA)
04/18/08 PhysOrg.com (VA)
04/18/08 KansascityInfozine
Jacqueline Litt, associate professor and chair of the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies, found that informal family and community networks coordinated by women are vital in emergency situations.
National Placements:
04/22/08 HULIQ
04/22/08 Science Daily
Frank Booth, professor of biomedical sciences in the College of Veterinary Medicine, found that inactivity could be one of the causes of chronic disease, such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease. His research was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
National Placement:
4/18/08 WJBF-ABC – August, GA; (5 and 6 broadcasts)
Pat Guinan, assistant professor of climatology in the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural
Resources and an MU Extension climatologist with the Commercial Agriculture Program, discussed the highly unusual rainfall that led to major flooding in the Midwest.
National Placements:
04/22/08 KLBA-FM – Albia, KS
04/22/08 KJAN-AM – Atlantic, KS
04/22/08 KDMU-FM – Bloomfield, KS
04/22/08 KWBG-AM – Boone, KS
04/22/08 KCLN-AM – Clinton, KS
04/22/08 KMCN-FM – Clinton, KS
04/22/08 KSIB-FM – Creston, KS
04/22/08 WDBQ-AM – Dubuque, KS
04/22/08 KDST-FM – Dyersville, KS
04/22/08 KCTN-FM – Elkader, KS
04/22/08 KILR-FM – Estherville, KS
04/22/08 KMCD-AM – Fairfield, KS
04/22/08 KVFD-AM – Fort Dodge, KS
04/22/08 KGRN-AM – Grinnell, KS
04/22/08 KLMJ-FM – Hampton, KS
04/22/08 KNOD-FM – Harlan, KS
04/22/08 KHBT-FM – Humbolt, KS
04/22/08 KKIA-FM – Ida Grove, KS
04/22/08 KGRA-FM – Jefferson, KS
04/22/08 KMAQ-AM – Maquoketa, KS
04/22/08 KFJB-AM – Marshalltown, KS
04/22/08 KRIB-AM – Mason City, KS
04/22/08 KILJ-FM – Mt. Pleasant, KS
04/22/08 KMCS-FM – Muscatine, KS
04/22/08 KWPC-AM - Muscatine, KS
04/22/08 KYTC-AM – Northwood, KS
04/22/08 KBOE-FM – Oskaloosa, KS
04/22/08 KBIZ-FM – Ottumwa, KS
04/22/08 KDLS-AM – Perry, KS
04/22/08 KOAK-AM – Red Oak, KS
04/22/08 KCSI-FM – Sheandoah, KS
04/22/08 KSOU-FM – Sioux Center, KS
04/22/08 KSCJ-FM – Sioux City, KS
04/22/08 KICD-FM – Spencer, KS
04/22/08 KAYL-FM – Storm Lake, KS
04/22/08 KKRF-FM – Stuart, KS
04/22/08 KCII-AM – Washington, KS
04/22/08 KCNZ-AM – Waterloo, KS
04/22/08 KNEI-FM – Waukon, KS
04/22/08 KQWC-AM – Webster City, KS
04/22/08 WDKM-FM – Adams, WI
04/22/08 WXCE-AM – Amery, WI
04/22/08 WATK-AM – Antigo, WI
04/22/08 WACD-FM – Antigo, WI
04/22/08 WBDL-AM – Baraboo, WI
04/22/08 WGEZ-AM – Beloit, WI
04/22/08 WISS-AM – Berlin, WI
04/22/08 WDMP-FM – Dodgeville, WI
04/22/08 WATQ-FM – Eau Claire, WI
04/22/08 WFAW-AM – Ft. Atkinson, WI
04/22/08 WTKM-AM – Hartford, WI
04/22/08 WJVL-FM – Janesville, WI
04/22/08 WCLO-AM – Janesville, WI
04/22/08 WLFN-AM – LaCrosse, WI
04/22/08 WGLR-AM – Lancaster, WI
04/22/08 WDLB-AM – Marshfield, WI
04/22/08 WLJY-FM – Marshfield, WI
04/22/08 WLKD-AM – Minocqua, WI
04/22/08 WEKZ-FM – Monroe, WI
04/22/08 WOCO-FM – Oconto, WI
04/22/08 WPKR-FM – Oshkosh, WI
04/22/08 WPVL-AM – Platteville, WI
04/22/08 WQPC-FM – Praire du Chein, WI
04/22/08 WRBD-AM – Reedsburg, WI
04/22/08 WOBT-AM – Rhinelander, WI
04/22/08 WHDG-FM – Rhinelander, WI
04/22/08 WRHN-FM – Rhinelander, WI
04/22/08 WNFM-FM – Reedsburg, WI
04/22/08 WRPN-AM – Ripon, WI
04/22/08 WJMC-AM – Rice Lake, WI
04/22/08 WAQE-AM – Rice Lake, WI
04/22/08 WRCO-FM – Richland Center, WI
04/22/08 WTCH-AM – Shawano, WI
04/22/08 WOSQ-FM – Spencer, WI
04/22/08 WYTE-FM – Stevens Point, WI
04/22/08 WRLU-FM – Sturgeon Bay, WI
04/22/08 WVRQ-AM – Viroqua, WI
04/22/08 WDUX-AM – Waupaca, WI
04/22/08 WBCV-AM – Wausau, WI
04/22/08 WHTL-FM – Whitehall, WI
04/22/08 WKCH-FM – Whitewater, WI
04/22/08 WGLX-FM – Wisconsin Rapids, WI
04/22/08 WHBU-AM – Anderson, IN
04/22/08 WXCH-FM – Aurora, IN
04/22/08 WSCH-FM – Aurora, IN
04/22/08 WRBI-FM – Batesville, IN
04/22/08 WBIW-AM – Bedford, IN
04/22/08 WZBD-FM – Berne, IN
04/22/08 WBNL-AM – Booneville, IN
04/22/08 WCSI-AM – Columbus, IN
04/22/08 WKKG-FM – Columbus, IN
04/22/08 WCVL-AM – Crawfordsville, IN
04/22/08 WIMC-FM – Crawfordsville, IN
04/22/08 WCDQ-FM – Crawfordsville, IN
04/22/08 WGL-FM – Fort Wayne, IN
04/22/08 WILO-AM – Frankfort, IN
04/22/08 WSHW-FM – Frankfort, IN
04/22/08 WFLQ-FM – French Lick, IN
04/22/08 WKLO-FM – Hardinsburg, IN
04/22/08 WBDC-FM – Huntingburg, IN
04/22/08 WAWK-AM – Kendallville, IN
04/22/08 WKVI-FM – Knox, IN
04/22/08 WRZR-FM – Loogootee, IN
04/22/08 WORX-FM – Madison, IN
04/22/08 WXGO-FM – Madison, IN
04/22/08 WEFM-FM – Michigan City, IN
04/22/08 WMRS-FM – Monticello, IN
04/22/08 WJCP-AM – North Vernon, IN
04/22/08 WIBN-FM – Oxford, IN
04/22/08 WUME-FM – Paoli, IN
04/22/08 WPGW-FM – Portland, IN
04/22/08 WRAY-FM – Princeton, IN
04/22/08 WRIN-AM – Rensselaer, IN
04/22/08 WLQI-FM – Rensselaer, IN
04/22/08 WKBV-AM – Richmond, IN
04/22/08 WROI-FM – Rochester, IN
04/22/08 WAXI-FM – Rockville, IN
04/22/08 WIFE-FM – Rushville, IN
04/22/08 WSLM-AM – Salem, IN
04/22/08 WAXL-FM – Santa Claus, IN
04/22/08 WXKU-FM – Seymour, IN
04/22/08 WZZB-AM – Seymour, IN
04/22/08 WSVX-AM – Shelbyville, IN
04/22/08 WSBT-AM – South Bend, IN
04/22/08 WNDI-FM – Sullivan, IN
04/22/08 WSDM-FM – Terre Haute, IN
04/22/08 WFML-FM – Vincennes, IN
04/22/08 WKUZ-FM – Wabash, IN
04/22/08 WAMW-AM – Washinton, IN
04/22/08 WZZY-FM – Winchester, IN