National, State and Hometown Media Coverage
News Bureau International, National, State and Hometown Placements
Week of May 14, 2012
College of Arts and Science psychology professor Kennon Sheldon developed a model to help people maintain higher levels of happiness. The model consists of two major components: the need to keep having new and positive life-changing experiences and the need to keep appreciating what you already have and not want more too soon.
05/09/12 Yahoo! News (#1 most visited news website)
05/07/12 Live Science (#4 most visited science news website)
05/07/12 Science Daily (#2 most visited science news website)
05/09/12 ABCNews.Go.com (#27 most visited news website)
05/10/12 Columbia Daily Tribune
05/14/13 The Globe and Mail (#1 Canadian newspaper, 317,781 daily circulation)
05/13/12 The Vancouver Sun (#5 Canadian newspaper, 178,672 daily circulation)
05/08/12 Indian Express (#88 most visited news website)
*This story ran in more than 115 international, national, regional and local media outlets.
In an op-ed, Ben Trachtenberg, associate professor of law in the School of Law, argues against a recent ruling by a New York state judge that requires new members of the New York bar to perform community service before being licensed.
05/14/12 New York Times (#3 U.S. newspaper, 916,911 daily circulation)
Michelle Kaiser, a doctoral candidate researching food insecurity in the School of Social Work, says the farm bill’s stricter rules for food assistance eligibility and significant reductions in benefits will affect approximately 50 million Americans struggling to meet their food needs.
05/09/12 Salem News (Oregon)
*This story ran in 10 national, regional and local media outlets.
So-Yeon Yoon, an associate professor of architectural studies in the College of Human Environmental Sciences, has studied restaurant design and has recommendations for how restaurateurs can design waiting areas to be more comfortable, thus increasing diners’ willingness to wait for a table.
05/09/12 Futurity (#25 most visited science news website)
05/09/12 Science Daily (#2 most visited science news site)
*This story ran in 15 other international, national, and local media outlets.
Eduardo Simoes, chair of the Department of Health Management and Informatics in the School of Medicine, developed a system that could help public health care officials determine the best method of allocating resources by prioritizing health risk factors and conditions.
04/30/12 PhysOrg.com (#3 most visited science news website)
04/30/12 RedOrbit.com (#9 most visited science news website)
04/30/12 EurekAlert! (#10 most visited science news website)
05/01/12 Futurity.org (#25 most visited science news website, AAU news website)
*This story ran in 20 international, national, state and local media outlets
Nearly 5,800 graduates will receive degrees during MU’s spring commencement ceremonies. Educator Euclid Williamson and author Ron Powers received honorary degrees.
05/11/12 KOMU
05/11/12 KMIZ
05/11/12 KRCG
05/12/12 St. Louis Post-Dispatch
05/12/12 Columbia Missourian
05/12/12 Columbia Tribune
*This story ran in 9 state and local media outlets