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Faculty in the News

Highlights of media coverage of Harris School faculty. For complete coverage, visit /News/harris-school.

September
Susan Mayer—BBC Five Live
Interview on the rising U.S. poverty rates

Tomas PhilipsonNew York Times
“Employment and Prosperity Affect Body Inflation”

October
Susan Mayer—WBEZ talk show Odyssey
Discussion on whether the welfare reforms of the 1990s will withstand the current economic climate.

Jeffrey Milyo—USA Today
Campaign finance reform op/ed, “Political Process Works”

Shelley ClarkUniversity of Chicago Chronicle
“Safety of Early Marriage in Sub-Saharan Africa is a Faulty Presumption”

Thomas DeLeire—University of Chicago Chronicle
“Economic Policy Adviser DeLeire Speaks of Experience in Washington”

November
Robert LaLonde and Susan George – University of Chicago Chronicle
“Researchers Study Incarcerated Mothers’ Prospects”

David MeltzerChicago Daily Herald, Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
“Who Will Take Care of You in the Hospital? Chances Are Getting Better That It Won’t be Your Regular Physician, but a New Breed of In-Hospital Doctors”

Tomas PhilipsonFinancial Times (London)
“Land of the Fat: Is It Really Our Fault That We’re So Obese, Asks Mark Wallace, Reaching For Another Drumstick”

Ariel Kalil—Center for the Advancement of Health, online newsletter
“Young Mothers’ Marital Status, Not Age, Linked to Later Depression”

Ariel Kalil—Health Newswire
“Marital Status of Young Mothers Linked to Later Depression”

December
David MeltzerNew York Times
“Performance: Specialty Gets High Marks”

David Meltzer and Willard ManningUniversity of Chicago Chronicle
“’Hospitalists,’ A New Medical Specialty, Reduce Mortality, Cut Costs, Study Shows”

Robert LaLondeFinancial Times (London)
“Heavy Losses at the World’s Second Largest Carmaker Are Fueling Fears about Its Future, Despite a Big Cash Pile and Cost-Cutting Plan”