Richard Puntillo and Mark Cannice, School of Business and Management, spoke to KGO-TV April 27 about the planned initial public offering of shares in Internet search engine Google.

Robert Talbot, School of Law, was interviewed by the Associated Press April 27 about the case of Scott Peterson, accused of murdering his pregnant wife, Laci, and their unborn son. He also spoke to AP April 16 about the prosecution following the California energy crisis. Talbot also appeared on KNTV-TV April 25, talking about the Michael Jackson case.

Stephen Zunes, politics, published an opinion piece in the San Francisco Chronicle April 26 and The Providence Journal April 18 about President George W. Bush’s endorsement of Israel’s disengagement plan. He also spoke to the Washington Post April 7 and to Newsday April 9 about the war in Iraq. On April 2, Zunes talked to KNTV-TV about Iraqi outrage against Americans.

Carlos Castresana, School of Law, spoke April 26 to La Opinion about the murder of more than 300 women in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico over the last few years.

Stories about the hiring of Jessie Evans as USF’s new basketball coach were published April 23 by more than 40 news outlets around the country including USA Today, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, San Diego Union-Tribune, MSNBC, CBS Sports, and the Associated Press.

Eugene Muscat, School of Business, was quoted by the Baltimore Sun April 19 about the impact of the death of McDonald’s CEO, Jim Cantalupo, on the company. Muscat and MBA candidate Brigitte Adams were interviewed March 28 by the San Francisco Chronicle about the reality TV show The Apprentice. Muscat also talked to KNTV-TV March 29 on the same topic.

Vamsee Juluri, media studies, wrote an opinion piece for Boston-based magazine IndUs Business Journal April 15 about outsourcing American jobs to India. The same article was printed in the April issues of India West and Khabar magazine.

Julio Moreno, history, was quoted in the article “The Sins of Wal-Mart” for BusinessWeek online and FoxReno.com April 15.

Zachary White, rhetoric and composition, was interviewed by KRON-TV April 13 about President George W. Bush’s recent press conference on the 9/11 commission hearings and the ongoing turmoil in Iraq.

Uldis Kruze, history, talked to local Chinese TV station KSTF April 12 about North Korea’s nuclear weapons.

Nora Cortiñas, president of Argentinean protest group Línea Fundadora de Madres de Plaza de Mayo, spoke to Radio Unica April 8 while visiting USF.

Maria Ontiveros, School of Law, talked to the Oakland Tribune, Alameda Times-Star, The Argus, and the Tri-Valley Herald April 7 about a claim by a slain psychiatrist’s family against Alameda County for failing to provide the doctor with a safe workplace. 

Stephen Roddy, modern and classical languages, was quoted by the San Francisco Chronicle April 5 about Japanese pop culture and literature.

The FlashMob Supercomputer experiment was covered by more than 200 news outlets world wide including CNN Headline News, The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Tech TV, Wired magazine, India Press, Australian IT, Straits Times (Singapore), Ming Pao (Hong Kong), CTV Canada, and the Associated Press.

The School of Business and Management’s Business Plan competition was featured April 1 and April 3 in the San Francisco Chronicle.

Arthur Furst, Professor Emeritus, was featured in the San Jose Mercury News April 3 about the Lifetime Achievement Award he received from the Society of Toxicology. Furst’s award was also reported by the The Jewish Bulletin of Northern California in April.

Maureen O’Sullivan, psychology, was interviewed April 2 by KNTV-TV about the public getting used to terrorist threats.

Sally Vance-Trembath, theology, spoke April 2 to the Atlanta Journal Constitution about a Catholic Church’s controversial foot-washing edict.

The Center for the Pacific Rim’s Gala Dinner was featured April 1 in the local Japanese newspaper Hokubei Mainichi and April 15 in Asian Week.

Patrick Hatcher, Center for the Pacific Rim, spoke to KRON-TV and KVON-FM (Napa) March 30 about Presidential Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice’s testimony on the security warnings before 9/11. He also talked to KGO radio March 31 about the same topic.

Raymond Denehy, philosophy, was interviewed by KRON TV March 29 about partial birth abortions.

Michael Lehmann, economics, talked to KFWB-AM (Los Angeles) March 29 about higher food prices.

A conference at USF about the Catholic Church, Imaging the Future Church, was featured on KGO-TV March 27.

Richard Zitrin, School of Law, was quoted March 25 by the San Jose Mercury News about a Bay Area judge who is being charged with conspiracy and favoritism.

Joshua Gamson, sociology, spoke to Reuters in February about media images of same-sex weddings. Also in February, he talked to the Los Angeles Times about the Janet Jackson/Justin Timberlake Super Bowl scandal.