Outlet: National Public Radio (NPR)
Title/Program: Should Economists Reveal Who Pays Them?
Publication Date: 01/11/2011
Media Type: Daily Newspaper
Extract: …years ago, one of economist George DeMartino’s students asked him a question about ethics he couldn’t answer. So the University of Denver professor went to the website of his professional organization, the American Economic Association, or AEA, but he found nothing at all about ethics. Puzzled, he did some research. Professor GEORGE DEMARTINO (Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver): In the 1920s, a businessmen’s association wrote a letter to the AEA, saying, we’re studying codes of conduct, please… …going to capture what they do is quite hard. ABRAMSON: Colander says economists should be disclosing conflicts of interests, but universities and governments should do the policing. The University of Denver’s George DeMartino isn’t sure a formal code is as necessary as the conversation that’s taking place. Prof. DEMARTINO: The most important…
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Outlet: ScienceDaily
Title/Program: Our perceptions of masculinity and femininity swayed by our sense of touch
Publication Date: 01/11/2011
Media Type: News Web Sites
Extract: to press hard, to make two copies, and some were told to press lightly, so the carbon paper could be reused. People who were pressing hard were more likely to categorize faces as male, while the soft writers were more likely to choose female. “We were really surprised,” says Slepian, who cowrote the study with Max Weisbuch of the University of Denver, Nicholas O. Rule at the University of Toronto, and Nalini Ambady of Tufts University. “It’s remarkable that the feeling of handling something hard
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Outlet: The McClatchy Company
Title/Program: Arizona shootings unlikely to change federal gun laws
Publication Date: 01/11/2011
Media Type: News Web Sites
Extract: majority embracing Second Amendment rights, significant new congressional action appears unlikely. At most, lawmakers may try to pick around the edges. “I think the odds of something passing the House of Representatives are very, very slender,” said David Kopel, research director with the Colorado-based Independence Institute. Some lawmakers, for instance, have suggested banning high-capacity gun magazines, some capable of carrying 30 rounds or more. Kopel, who also teaches law at the University
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Outlet: Voice of America
Title/Program: Iran’s Spy Chief Denounces Alleged Israeli Plot Against Nuclear Scientists
Publication Date: 01/11/2011
Media Type: News Web Sites
Extract: millions of Iranians who watched that are pessimistic about the whole staging of this situation,” he said. “People in Iran [are] criticizing the regime: how they pretend to be able to monitor a fly in the sky and are not capable to find the assassins of those who killed ali-Mohammedi.” University of Denver Political Science Professor Nader Hashemi says the Iranian government is suffering a “huge crisis of legitimacy” and that its normal reaction is to blame either the United States or Israel whenever Read Full Text Link to Article
Outlet: The Valley Courier
Title/Program: All rise! Here come de judge! – As I see it
Publication Date: 01/12/2011
Media Type: Online Print Version
Extract: district attorney. Edwards is now the Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Homicide Assistance Team. They provide support to local DA’s in complex murder cases. He also teaches courses in evidence, evidence practicum, basic criminal procedure, advanced criminal procedure, trial practice, advanced trial practice, voir dire, and appellate writing and oral argument at University of Denver’s Sturm College of Law. In the 12th Judicial District Edwards and Dan McIntyre are leading
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Outlet: Anchorage Daily News Online
Title/Program: Arizona shootings unlikely to change federal gun laws
Publication Date: 01/11/2011
Media Type: Online Print Version
Extract: -based Independence Institute. Some lawmakers, for instance, have suggested banning high-capacity gun magazines, some capable of carrying 30 rounds or more. Kopel, who also teaches law at the University of Denver, said the idea would face resistance from gun rights groups. Gun control efforts were a hard sell even before Republicans regained House control this year. But this can’t be reduced to a simple of matter of gun lobbyists thwarting the public will. When it comes to guns, the public will itself seems
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Outlet: Free Internet Press
Title/Program: Arizona Shootings Unlikely to Change U.S. Federal Gun Laws
Publication Date: 01/11/2011
Media Type: News Web Sites
Extract: are very, very slender,” said David Kopel, research director with the Colorado-based Independence Institute. Some lawmakers, for instance, have suggested banning high-capacity gun magazines, some capable of carrying 30 rounds or more. Kopel, who also teaches law at the University of Denver, said the idea would face resistance from gun rights groups. Gun control efforts were a hard sell even before Republicans regained House control this year. But this can’t be reduced to a simple of matter of gun
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Outlet: GlobalSecurity.org
Title/Program: Iran Spy Chief & Israeli Plot Against Scientists
Publication Date: 01/11/2011
Media Type: News Web Sites
Extract: they pretend to be able to monitor a fly in the sky and are not capable to find the assassins of those who killed ali-Mohammedi.” University of Denver Political Science Professor Nader Hashemi says the Iranian government is suffering a “huge crisis of legitimacy” and that its normal reaction is to blame either the United States or Israel whenever something goes wrong. “Whenever anything goes wrong [the regime] falls back on this standard refrain that the entire world is conspiring against us, everyone
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Outlet: Health Canal
Title/Program: Our Perceptions of Masculinity and Femininity Are Swayed by Our Sense of Touch
Publication Date: 01/11/2011
Media Type: News Web Sites
Extract: , to make two copies, and some were told to press lightly, so the carbon paper could be reused. People who were pressing hard were more likely to categorize faces as male, while the soft writers were more likely to choose female. We were really surprised, says Slepian, who cowrote the study with Max Weisbuch of the University of Denver, Nicholas O. Rule at the University of Toronto, and Nalini Ambady of Tufts University. Its remarkable that the feeling of handling something hard or soft can influence
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Outlet: Suite101.com
Title/Program: A Professional Code of Ethics for Economists
Publication Date: 01/11/2011
Media Type: News Web Sites
Extract: for proponents of professional ethical regulations of economists. 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 Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver. In “Inside Job,” a documentary released in the U.S. in October 2010, attention was drawn to academic economists with extensive ties to banks, hedge funds
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