In the Media: March, 2017
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                                                                      March 31 - WTNH-TV8 
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   Maria Hinojosa, host of the Peabody-award winning National Public Radio program Latino
                                                            USA, was the keynote speaker at the "Women, Media, and Gender Lens" Conference on
                                                            March 31. The conference focused on how women are depicted by the media. 
                                                   
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                                              March 31 - New Haven Register 
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   Maria Hinojosa, host of the Peabody-award winning National Public Radio program Latino
                                                            USA, was the keynote speaker at the Women’s Leadership Conference on "Women, Media,
                                                            and Gender Lens."  
                                                   
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                                              March 31, 2017 - New Haven Register 
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez, creater of the curvy female comic book superhero La Borinquena,
                                                            will speak at the University of New Haven, April 6.  
                                                   
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                                              March 30, 2017 - Hartford Courant 
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   Susan Campbell, distinguished lecturer in communications, writes an op-ed piece about
                                                            Devan Bowden, who is a driver for Meals on Wheels, a nonprofit that provides free
                                                            meals to underprivileged families.   
                                                   
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                                              March 29, 2017 - Redmond Magazine 
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   Abe Baggili, assistant dean and associate professor of computer science, comments
                                                            on the cyber attack on the non-profit organization, Planned Parenthood.  
                                                   
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                                              March 28, 2017 - New Haven Register 
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   Students in Patrick Gourley’s Economics in Transition class traveled to Cuba to study
                                                            the rapidly changing economic environment. The students spent six days in Havana,
                                                            and two in Varadero. 
                                                   
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                                              March 28, 2017 - New Haven Register 
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   Holocaust survivor Ruth Fishman of West Hartford will be the keynote speaker at the
                                                            University of New Haven’s 14th annual Holocaust Remembrance Event at 3 p.m. April
                                                            19 in the Bucknall Theater in Dodd’s Hall on the UNH campus. 
                                                   
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                                              March 26, 2017 - WTIC-Fox 61  
                                                   
                                                Patrick Gourley, assistant professor of economics, and Tom Pezzolesi, an economics
                                                         student from Waterford, Conn., discuss their experience taking the course where students
                                                         traveled to Cuba and studied their economy. 
                                                
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                                              March 24, 2017 - The Beverage Journal  
                                                   
                                                The Hospitality and Tourism Management Department at the University of New Haven welcomed
                                                         Bacardi’s Global Brand Master of Rum & Cane Spirits, David Cid to its campus on March
                                                         2. Renée Allen, adjunct faculty for the hospitality and tourism management department,
                                                         hosted special guest speaker Cid for his annual presentation on the history and production
                                                         of rum.  
                                                
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                                              March 23, 2017 - CBS CT/WTIC 
                                                   
                                                Howard Stoffer, associate professor of national security, a retired U.S. Department
                                                         of State official and former deputy executive director of counter-terrorism for the
                                                         United Nations Security Council, joins Ray Dunaway to discuss cyber security and North
                                                         Korea. 
                                                
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                                              March 23, 2017 - WWLP-News 22 (Mass.) 
                                                   
                                                Abe Baggili, co-director and founder of the Cyber Forensics Research and Education
                                                         Group (UNHcFREG) and associate professor and assistant dean of the Tagliatela College
                                                         of Engineering, comments on the potential misuse of drones.  
                                                
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                                              March 22, 2017 - WFSB-TV3 
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   Kenneth Gray, retired FBI special agent and coordinator of the national security studies
                                                            program, comments on the deadly attack in London on Wednesday that resulted in five
                                                            people dead, and 40 people injured.  
                                                   
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                                              March 21, 2017 - The Daily Nutmeg  
                                                   
                                                Students in the Cyber Forensics research group comment on their work, technology and
                                                         cyber security.  
                                                
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                                              March 21, 2017 - Hartford Courant 
                                                   
                                                John DeCarlo, associate professor of criminal justice, comments on federal agents
                                                         posing as police to conduct an operation in Hartford to enforce federal immigration
                                                         laws. Advocates worry the episode could damage the relationship between local law
                                                         enforcement and the city's population. 
                                                
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                                              March 20, 2017 - China US Focus 
                                                   
                                                Howard Stoffer, associate professor of national security, writes an op-ed about President
                                                         Trump taking an adversarial approach to China on trade, currency, regional influence,
                                                         and on reigning in North Korea.  
                                                
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                                              March 20, 2017 - WFSB-TV3 
                                                   
                                                Students gathered to watch the documentary, Chasing the Dragon, a film about the opium
                                                         epidemic. Charles Grady, community outreach specialist for the New Haven Field Office
                                                         of the FBI and two former addicts were part of a panel to educate students on the
                                                         dangers of opioids and other drugs.  
                                                
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                                              March 20, 2017 - Valley News Now 
                                                      
                                                   Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts has announced that on Sunday, March 26, it will
                                                            make a formal presentation of a collection of historic documents and original exhibition
                                                            catalogs to the Lyme Art Association. The event will occur immediately prior to the
                                                            opening of the Lyme Art Association’s A Show in Four Acts exhibition. 
                                                   
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                                              March 18, 2017 - Times Argus 
                                                      
                                                   Defense Spending Jump May Not Help 
                                                   
                                                Howard Stoffer, associate professor of national security, comments on Trump’s proposal
                                                         to increase defense spending by 10 percent. He explains that investing another $54
                                                         billion in the U.S. military follows a model set by President Reagan. 
                                                
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                                              March 16, 2017 - USA Today  
                                                   
                                                Christopher Dowd, associate professor and department chair of English, comments on
                                                         the history of St. Patrick's Day. 
                                                
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                                              March 15, 2017 - New Haven Independent  
                                                   
                                                Mike Lawlor, Gov. Daniel Malloy's undersecretary for criminal justice policy and an
                                                         associate professor of criminal justice (on leave), comments on the governor's new
                                                         proposed criminal justice package that provides a no-money bail stipulation for those
                                                         accused of misdemeanors except in cases of violent crimes or when a judge decides
                                                         otherwise. It also creates a new "young adults" category in which cases would remain
                                                         confidential.  
                                                
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                                              March 5, 2017 - Hartford Courant 
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                                Susan Campbell, distinguished lecturer in communications, shares the story of the
                                                         University of New Haven student, Tariq Alfaifi, who moved here from Saudi Arabia and
                                                         had to learn English and American ways from the ground up.  
                                                
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                                              March 2, 2017 - New Canaan Patch  
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                                Summer McGee, director of the M.S. in Healthcare Administration program and associate
                                                         professor of management, comments on the controlled substance agreements between patients
                                                         and physicians as a result of the heroin epidemic. This story was featured by Patch
                                                         outlets across the country.  
                                                
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