· An article appeared in the December 11, 2005 issue of the NY Times, highlighting Victor Yakovenko's Econophysics research. The article, written by Christopher Shea, describes some of Yakovenko's research on money and income distribution. To view the article, visit:
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/11/magazine/11ideas1-15.html

To view Yakovenko's papers click here .

· Ted Jacobson wrote the cover article to the December 2005 issue of Scientific American. The article, co-written with Renaud Parentani, was titled, “An Echo of Black Holes.” To read an excerpt of the article, click here .

· Robert Park appeared in a taping of PBS' Frontline. The episode, titled “Alternative Fix,” covered the popularity and profitability of alternative medicine. To view a preview or transcript of the show, visit: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/altmed/etc/script.html

· Andrew Baden appeared in the October issue of Discover Magazine. Dr. Baden was quoted on the large amount of data that will collect at the Large Hadron Collider, at CERN, in a few years time. The article, titled “What Patterns Lie in Our Growing Mass of Data?” can be viewed by registered subscribers at http://www.discover.com/issues/oct-05/features/data/ .

· Sylvester James Gates Jr. was interviewed on the internet talk radio show, Science and Society . The show presents interviews with trendsetting and groundbreaking researchers, industry leading executives and government officials. To listen to Dr. Gates interview, visit:

http://www.scienceandsociety.net/podcasts/archives/2005/10/dr_sylvester_ja.html .

· An article was written on Bill Norwood in, the faculty and staff newspaper, Outlook Online. Norwood won a a pedometer challenge made by the Center for Health and Wellbeing Challenge. To read the article, visit:

http://www.outlook.umd.edu/article.cfm?id=2067

· An article appeared in Washington Jewish Week titled, “Tea with a Legend,” that recalled O.W. Greenberg's afternoon with Albert Einstein. The article was written on the 100th anniversary of Einstein's remarkable year.


 

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