Dr. Michael Okun, a neurologist and co-director of the UF Movement Disorders center at the McKnight Brain Institute, was quoted in a Jan. 6 Associated Press story about the success and risks of Deep Brain Stimulation surgery for Parkinson’s disease.
Katheryn Russell-Brown, the director of the Center for the Study of Race and Race Relations, was quoted in a Jan. 6 McClatchy Newspapers story about the election of Barack Obama as the nation’s first African-American president.
Finance professor Jay Ritter was quoted in a Jan. 5 Bloomberg News story about the unlikely prospect of a rebound in initial public offerings this year.
Political science professor Richard Scher was quoted in a Jan. 4 Sarasota Herald-Tribune story about what Gov. Crist and the state Legislature will do about the state’s current budget crisis.
Political science professor Mike Seigel was quoted in a Jan. 2 South Florida Sun-Sentinel story about Florida’s lack of a law that would help ex-felons to gain work after serving their time in prison.
Dr. Mark Gold, chairman of psychiatry in the College of Medicine, was quoted in a Dec. 31 story in The New Republic about problems of addiction among anesthesiologists.
Stan Smith, director of the Bureau of Economic and Business Research, was quoted in a Dec. 22 USA Today story about the end of the population boom in the Sun Belt.
Agricultural economist Mark Brown was quoted in a Dec. 22 http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-fg-brazil-pests22-2008dec22,0,2096163.story story about how greening is affecting the citrus industry in Brazil.
Wayne Wallace, director of the Career Resource Center, was quoted in a Dec. 22 Tampa Tribune story about job prospects for college students. The story also appeared on the MSNBC Web site.
Land economist Grant Thrall was quoted in a Dec. 22 Sarasota Herald-Tribune story about the possibility of economic deflation and its impact.