National, State and Hometown Media Coverage
News Bureau International, National, State and Hometown Placements
The week of Feb. 6, 2012
Casey Holliday, assistant professor of anatomy in the School of Medicine, has discovered a new species of ancient crocodile. Holliday nicknamed the new species, “Shieldcroc,” because of the thick-skinned “shield” on the top of its head.
01/31/12 Physorg.com (#3 most visited science news website)
01/31/12 LiveScience.com (#4 most visited science news website)
01/31/12 ScienceDaily.com (#2 most visited science news website)
01/31/12 Futurity.org (AAU Science News Website) (#24 most visited science news
website)
02/01/12 Agence France Press news service
02/01/12 Children’s British Broadcasting Company
02/01/12 The Daily Mail – U.K. (#2 U.K. newspaper, 2.14 million daily circulation)
02/01/12 Columbia Daily Tribune
02/07/12 New York Times (#3 U.S. newspaper, 916,911 daily circulation)
*Story ran in more than 200 international, national and state media outlets
Ty Christian, a University of Missouri alumnus who played a key role in organizing the Martin Luther King, Jr. memorial in Washington, D.C., presented MU with a smaller replica of the sculpture.
01/18/12 Associated Press
*Story ran in 15 other media outlets across the state
The School of Law and the Missouri Law Review is hosting a two-day symposium on the effects of cyberbullying among elementary and secondary students. The symposium, “Cyberbullying: Emerging Realities and Legal Challenges,” features an array of national experts, including keynote speaker John Palfrey, co-director of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University and vice-dean at the Harvard School of Law.
02/06/12 Associated Press
*Story ran in 10 other media outlets across the state