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Robert Provine, Psychology, in the Globe and Mail

Robert Provine, professor of psychology, is featured in a Globe and Mail story entitled “Why do Oscar Winners Cry Tears of Joy?” Provine pointed out that it is important to distinguish between...

Posted: February 25, 2013, 10:03 PM

Roy Meyers, Political Science, on PolitiFact

Last week, PoliFact’s “Truth-O-Meter” assessed President Obamas assertion that the sequester “won’t consider whether we’re cutting some bloated program that has outlived its usefulness, or a vital...

Posted: February 25, 2013, 7:48 PM

Ellen Handler Spitz, Honors College, in The New Republic

Ellen Handler Spitz, honors college professor of visual arts, discussed Maurice Sendak’s posthumously-published “My Brothers Book” in a column for The New Republic.  Spitz writes that while the...

Posted: February 25, 2013, 4:58 PM

Robert Provine, Psychology, In New Book

Robert Provine, psychology, has an essay in a newly published book entitled “This Explains Everything,” a collection of answers to Edge.org’s annual question for 2012. This year’s question was...

Posted: February 20, 2013, 9:18 PM

Book by Robert Provine, Psychology, Wins PROSE Award

Robert Provine, professor of psychology, has won an Association of American Publishers’ 2012 PROSE Award for “Curious Behavior: Yawning, Laughing, Hiccupping, and Beyond.”  The book received the...

Posted: February 20, 2013, 8:58 PM

Dennis Coates, Economics, in the Baltimore Sun

Following the Ravens’ Super Bowl win, the team will increase ticket prices at M&T Bank Stadium, reports the Baltimore Sun. Season ticket holders will see an average price increase of 10%, plus...

Posted: February 20, 2013, 7:20 PM

Thomas Schaller, Political Science, in the Baltimore Sun

Responding to recent cheating scandals — from Lance Armstrong using banned substances to reports of inflated performance data in higher ed — Thomas F. Schaller’s latest Baltimore Sun column...

Posted: February 20, 2013, 6:54 PM