Faculty in the News

Faculty News

—Professor Stephen Simon was quoted in the Minneapolis Star Tribune in an article about the increase in females driving while intoxicated (DWI). Simon discussed the high incidence of DWI in relationship…
—Professor Myron Orfield provided testimony to the New Jersey Legislature's Assembly Budget and Education Committees, regarding Governor Jon Corzine's proposal to overhaul the state's system for funding education…
—Professor Prentiss Cox discussed new federal mortgage regulations on the "follow-up" segment of the Midmorning show on Minnesota Public Radio.Professor Cox has also recently appeared in the St. Paul…
—Professor Steve Simon was quoted in an article in the Minneapolis Star Tribune about a recent University of Minnesota study that looked at some of the risks and behaviors of drivers in rural Minnesota.…
—Prof. Jane Kirtley was interviewed by Channel 9 Fox News discussing St. Paul police using an administrative subpoena to obtain the telephone records of reporter Tom Lyden as part of an investigation…
—Professor Orfield's OpEd, "Segregation is back, and our future is on the line," in the Minneapolis Star Tribune discusses the rapid economic and racial resegregation occuring in Minnesota's schools. This…
—"All the World's a Courtroom," which appears in the January/February Minnesota Law and Politics," profiles Prof. Cribari as a playwright. "[H]e strives to infuse his work with a deeper, underlying message…
—Professor Susan Wolf was quoted extensively in a major New York Times Magazine article, "Death in the Family," exploring the issues raised by a campaign to legalize physician-assisted suicide in…
—Professor Hall was recently interviewed and quoted by the Pioneer Press in a major article regarding Riegal v. Medtronic, a case recently argued before the U.S. Supreme Court. The case involves the…
—Professor Alexandra Klass was interviewed and quoted in an article in the Minneapolis Star Tribune about a lawsuit in which she is representing a citizens group on a pro bono basis against the City of…
—Professor Robert A. Stein received the Alumni Service Award, the University’s highest honor for alumni volunteerism, at the 2006-07 volunteer awards ceremony presented by the University of Minnesota Alumni…
—The Minneapolis Star Tribune recently quoted Professor Hall in an article regarding the recall of large quantities of E. coli contaminated beef. The article dealt with potential liability issues for…