Outlet: 24/7 Wall St.
Title/Program: American Economic Association Considers Ethics Code
Publication Date: 01/07/2011
Media Type: Blogs
Extract: over whether through our teaching and our work we may have contributed to the financial crisis,” said George DeMartino, associate dean of graduate studies at the University of Denver‘s Josef Korbel School of International Studies. The documentary “Inside Job” highlighted economists who testified before Congress on financial regulation without disclosing their ties to firms that would be affected. DeMartino, who released a book last month called “The Economist’s Oath: On the Need for and Content
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Outlet: TheStreet.com
Title/Program: Lessons for America’s Budget Cutters
Publication Date: 01/07/2011
Media Type: News Web Sites
Extract: …skeptics. “I would view Colorado Springs as an anomaly,” says Bob McGowan, professor in the Department of Management at the University of Denver’s Daniels College of Business. He thinks the region’s uniquely conservative outlook has made it very receptive to fiscal conservatism. He also believes such concerns over today’s local…
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Outlet: TheStreet.com
Title/Program: Lessons for America’s Budget Cutters
Publication Date: 01/07/2011
Media Type: News Web Sites
Extract: ‘t unique in its approach to municipal belt-tightening, but there are some skeptics. “I would view Colorado Springs as an anomaly,” says Bob McGowan, professor in the Department of Management at the University of Denver‘s Daniels College of Business. He thinks the region’s uniquely conservative outlook has made it very receptive to fiscal conservatism. He also believes such concerns over today’s local budget issues may be short-sighted. “It’s fine if you make those cuts and everything works well,” Mc
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Outlet: Global Warming Focus
Title/Program: BIOPHYSICS; New biophysics study findings reported from University of Denver
Publication Date: 01/10/2011
Media Type: Daily Newspaper
Extract: …stressors. In addition, it predicts the dependence of cellular growth rates on temperature,” wrote K. Ghosh and colleagues, University of Denver. The researchers concluded: “This approach may be useful for studying physical forces in biological evolution and the role of climate change… …protein stability. Biophysical Journal, 2010;99(12):3996-4002). For additional information, contact K. Ghosh, University of Denver, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Denver, Colorado USA. Keywords: City:Denver, State:Colorado, Country:United States, Amino…
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Outlet: Chronicle of Higher Education
Title/Program: Economists’ Group Forms Panel to Consider Ethical Standards
Publication Date: 01/07/2011
Media Type: Online Print Version
Extract: the 1920s, the economic association has faced periodic calls for the creation of an official code of conduct. But none of those efforts has ever come to fruition. That history is sketched in The Economist’s Oath: On the Need for and Content of Professional Economic Ethics (Oxford University Press), a new book by George F. DeMartino, a professor of finance and trade at the University of Denver. In an e-mail message to The Chronicle on Thursday, Mr. DeMartino wrote that objections like Mr. Glaeser
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Outlet: The Washington Post
Title/Program: After string of gay-friendly measures, Nepal aims to tap valuable tourist market
Publication Date: 01/07/2011
Media Type: Online Print Version
Extract: at the University of Denver. Attracting couples like Mitchell and Welton is part of the Nepal’s plan to establish itself as the world’s newest gay tourism destination. As it begins to recover from a decade-long insurgency and a prolonged political stalemate, the country wants a share of the multibillion-dollar gay tourism market to boost its sliding economy. Two years ago, Nepal became the first country in South Asia to decriminalize homosexuality, a move the government hoped would invite gay and lesbian
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Outlet: Boulder Weekly
Title/Program: Capitol outlook
Publication Date: 01/06/2011
Media Type: Online Print Version|
Extract: green-energy initiatives. * * * * Heath is all about fiscal policy issues. He sponsored a resolution last spring calling for a study on the state’s tax structure, a study that the University of Denver is winding up later this month. Heath says it’s clear the state is “on a path to nowhere” in funding things like education and transportation, and the question is how far Colorado residents are willing to go to raise state revenue. Possibilities include a slight boost to state income tax or sales
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Outlet: DenverPost.com
Title/Program: Economic association weighs ethics code
Publication Date: 01/07/2011
Media Type: Online Print Version
Extract: code of ethics since its founding in 1885, despite academic disciplines from sociology to archaeology doing so. “There is a lot of hand-wringing in this profession over whether through our teaching and our work we may have contributed to the financial crisis,” said George DeMartino, associate dean of graduate studies at the University of Denver‘s Josef Korbel School of International Studies. The documentary “Inside Job” highlighted economists who testified before Congress on financial regulation
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Outlet: Vail Daily
Title/Program: Vail Valley Voices: Vail looks to the world
Publication Date: 01/08/2011
Media Type: Online Print Version
Extract: in international business development. The Homeowners Association, as part of this effort, sponsored a study of the potential for Vail to expand its stature from a world class to a truly international resort community.The study was conducted by a team of graduate students from the University of Denver Daniels School of Business. Their analysis concluded that the community’s inventory of new luxury hotels and residential properties have the potential to attract greater numbers of prosperous international
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Outlet: Public International
Title/Program: Economists Mull a Code of Ethics
Publication Date: 01/06/2011
Media Type: News Web Sites
Extract: DENVER, CO (KUNC) – Prominent economists from around the country will begin meeting in Denver later today as part of the American Economic Association’s annual meeting. The buzz this year is whether the association will adopt a formal code of ethics for economists, an idea that’s not without controversy. Most professions have an ethical code, if not formal ethical guidelines; doctors, journalists to name two. But not economists. George DeMartino, an economist and professor at the University
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Outlet: America Speaks Ink
Title/Program: After string of gay-friendly measures, Nepal aims to tap valuable tourist market
Publication Date: 01/09/2011
Media Type: Blogs
Extract: After string of gay-friendly measures, Nepal aims to tap valuable tourist market Published By Feeds On Sunday, January 9th 2011. Under Gay News [Translate] “I thought if we could expose others in our lives to the transitioning landscape in terms of gay rights issues in Nepal, that would be amazing,” said Mitchell, 40, who teaches psychology at the University of Denver. Attracting couples like Mitchell and Welton is part of Nepal’s plan to establish itself as the world’s newest gay tourism
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Outlet: Prose Before Hos
Title/Program: Why Cam Newton Proves College Players Should Be Paid
Publication Date: 01/10/2011
Media Type: Blogs
Extract: inception, the NCAA has exploited its workhorses with an egregious lack of concern for its participants. In one particularly damning example, the NCAA went so far as to develop a new designation for athletes in order to avoid Workers Compensation claims. After losing The University of Denver v. Nemeth in 1953, in which the court determined that the University of Denver would have to provide athletes with Workers Compensation provisions, the NCAA created the “student-athlete” designation. This feat
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