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News mentions, 2/4/11 to 2/7/11

Outlet:  R&D Magazine
Title/Program:   Child care quality key for children from disadvantaged homes
Publication Date:  02/04/2011
Media Type:  Online Print Version
Extract:  by researchers at the University of Denver, Georgetown University, American University, Harvard University, and Auburn University. The research is published in the January/February issue of the journal, Child Development. Researchers used information from a large-scale longitudinal study carried out under the auspices of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). The Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development followed children from birth through
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 The Wall Street Journal
Title/Program:   Los sueldos en Wall Street vuelven a la estratósfera
Publication Date:  02/04/2011
Media Type:  Online Print Version
Extract:  volvieron a la vida. “Las cosas están regresando a donde estaban antes”, dijo J. Robert Brown, un profesor de derecho de la Universidad de Denver que estudia la remuneración y los temas de gobierno corporativo. Enterradas en los números, sin embargo, hay señales de cómo la cultura salarial de Wall Street se está cambiando en respuesta a la presión por parte de reguladores y accionistas. El año pasado, la remuneración diferida representó hasta la mitad del total de los sueldos, frente a casi un
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Outlet:
 National Public Radio (NPR)
Title/Program:   Iran Glories In Egypt’s Unrest, Perhaps Too Soon
Publication Date:  02/05/2011
Media Type:  Daily Newspaper
Extract:  …not foregone conclusion that Iran will replace the United States as the nation of influence in a post-Mubarak Egypt. Nader Hashemi, a Middle East specialist at the University of Denver, believes that Iran is trying to look confident but it’s something of a guise, he says. Professor NADER HASHEMI (International Studies, University of Denver): I think they’re nervous and they’re trying to sort of ideologically spin events in Egypt and before then in Tunisia… …street protests in Egypt, linking them to the protests that erupted after the disputed presidential election in Iran in 2009. Nader Hashemi says there are many similarities. Mr. HASHEMI: There’s almost a replay. In fact, it’s a sense of deja vu…
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Outlet:
 Yahoo!
Title/Program:   Cuba to seek 20-year sentence for U.S. contractor – Yahoo! News
Publication Date:  02/05/2011
Media Type:  News Web Sites
Extract:  to some kind of resolution. Last month, a senior U.S. State Department official expressed cautious optimism that Gross would be tried and freed once formal charges had been pressed. A Western diplomat in Havana said at the time the trial would likely take place in a few weeks and that Gross was expected to plead guilty, then be sent back to the United States. It was possible, said Cuba expert Arturo Lopez Levy of the University of Denver, that the charges would set the stage for a “humanitarian
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Outlet:
 ScienceDaily
Title/Program:   Child care quality key for children from disadvantaged homes
Publication Date:  02/04/2011
Media Type:  News Web Sites
Extract:  are the findings of a new study by researchers at the University of Denver, Georgetown University, American University, Harvard University, and Auburn University. The research is published in the January/February issue of the journal, Child Development. Researchers used information from a large-scale longitudinal study carried out under the auspices of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). The Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development followed
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Outlet:
 msnbc.com
Title/Program:   Cuba to seek 20-year sentence for U.S. contractor
Publication Date:  02/05/2011
Media Type:  Online Broadcast Version
Extract:  , a senior U.S. State Department official expressed cautious optimism that Gross would be tried and freed once formal charges had been pressed. A Western diplomat in Havana said at the time the trial would likely take place in a few weeks and that Gross was expected to plead guilty, then be sent back to the United States. It was possible, said Cuba expert Arturo Lopez Levy of the University of Denver, that the charges would set the stage for a “humanitarian gesture” by Cuba. Gross’ wife, Judy, visited
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Outlet:
 tampabay.com
Title/Program:   Florida lawmaker says his gun bill is needed because of the health care law
Publication Date:  02/04/2011
Media Type:  Online Print Version
Extract:  at the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence. But not Florida. “To say this is a response to Obamacare would be less accurate than to say this is in response to a more general problem going on long before Obamacare,” added David Kopel, research director of the conservative-leaning Independence Institute and an adjunct professor of law at the University of Denver. Kopel said he believes the real issue is with the proliferation of electronic medical records, which means that if a doctor asks a patient
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Outlet:
 9news.com
Title/Program:   Sec. Clinton trying to get Highlands Ranch man in Pakistan released
Publication Date:  02/04/2011
Media Type:  Online Broadcast Version
Extract:  to work this out with local authorities. I think we are confident that in the next few days this case will be resolved,” Crowley said. The story has generated intense coverage in the Pakistani press. One newspaper dubbed Davis “the American Rambo.” University of Denver Professor Ved Nanda is an expert in international law. He believes the Pakistani government is simply stalling and knows what it has to do in the end. “If his name has been submitted to the government of Pakistan as a diplomat
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Outlet:
 wtaq.com
Title/Program:   Cuba to seek 20-year sentence for U.S. contractor – WTAQ News Talk 97.5FM and 1360AM
Publication Date:  02/07/2011
Media Type:  Online Broadcast Version
Extract:  that Gross would be tried and freed once formal charges had been pressed. A Western diplomat in Havana said at the time the trial would likely take place in a few weeks and that Gross was expected to plead guilty, then be sent back to the United States. It was possible, said Cuba expert Arturo Lopez Levy of the University of Denver, that the charges would set the stage for a “humanitarian gesture” by Cuba. Gross’ wife, Judy, visited her husband last summer and told Reuters in October she had
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Outlet:
 Daily News
Title/Program:   Communication key to successful relationships
Publication Date:  02/04/2011
Media Type:  Online Print Version
Extract:  , but lacked expertise. Worse, some passed on advice that was negative or destructive. When it comes to loving the most important people in our lives, no one can ever learn too much. That’s why an educational program was developed by researchers at the University of Denver – to teach couples the skills and principles they need to maintain a healthy and lasting relationship. PREP (Prevention and Relationship Enhancement Program) is a comprehensive and well-respected relationship enhancing
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Outlet:
 Tennessean.com
Title/Program:   New technology makes police databases more vulnerable
Publication Date:  02/05/2011
Media Type:  Online Print Version
Extract:  of people, making it more likely for breaches to occur here and across the nation. “You’re going to have to learn to deal with this new technology,” said John T. Soma, law professor and executive director of the University of Denver‘s Privacy Foundation. “Those issues are very fluid. We’re going to see more of it as a result.” Tisdale couldn’t be reached for comment. He retired as chief in January, and the department was able to keep access to the Tennessee Information Enforcement System, or TIES
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Outlet:  swat
Title/Program:   On Street, Pay Vaults to Record Altitude
Publication Date:  02/03/2011
Media Type:  Blogs
Extract:  jolt from 2008 to 2009 as trading and investment banking sprang back to life. “Things are shifting back to where they were before,” said J. Robert Brown, a law professor at the University of Denver who studies compensation and corporate-governance issues. Buried in the numbers, though, are signs of how Wall Street’s pay culture is bending in response to pressure from regulators and shareholders. Last year, deferred compensation made up as much as half of total pay, up from about a third previously
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Outlet:
 Public International
Title/Program:   Cuba to seek 20-year sentence for U.S. contractor
Publication Date:  02/04/2011
Media Type:  News Web Sites
Extract:  expert Arturo Lopez Levy of the University of Denver, that the charges would set the stage for a “humanitarian gesture” by Cuba. Gross’ wife, Judy, visited her husband last summer and told Reuters in October she had written a letter to Raul Castro expressing the couple’s remorse for his work in Cuba. She has pleaded with Cuba to release Gross because their daughter is being treated for breast cancer, but there has been no public reply by the government. Gross, who is being held in a cell
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Outlet:
 Running ‘Cause I Can’t Fly
Title/Program:   Banksters: “On Wall Street, Pay Vaults to Record Altitude;” A Comment
Publication Date:  02/04/2011
Media Type:  Blogs
Extract:  increase was fueled by a revenue rebound as the financial crisis recedes in the rearview mirror. At 25 large financial firms that have reported full-year results, revenue rose to $417 billion, another all-time high, even though last year’s 1% increase was just a fraction of the industry’s revenue jolt from 2008 to 2009 as trading and investment banking sprang back to life. “Things are shifting back to where they were before,” said J. Robert Brown, a law professor at the University of Denver who studies
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