Faculty in the News - Archive
Tuesday, January 3, 2006
Assistant Dean Teresa LaMasterThe Clarion Ledger – Blogs, short for "Web logs," personal postings on the Internet that are usually personal and opinionated, are a new source of employer-employee trouble. There are many existing laws regarding what employees can and can't say about their employers. What is different about blogging is that it makes those public statements worldwide in a matter of nanoseconds," said Teresa LaMaster, JD, assistant dean for technology affairs and chief information officer at the School of Law.
Tuesday, January 3, 2006
Professor Michael GreenbergerUSA Today, The National Post, FoxNews.com - President Bush fired the first shot in the renewed battle regarding the USA Patriot Act, hosting on Tuesday a group of federal prosecutors who said the soon-to-expire law helped solve major crimes. Michael Greenberger, JD, professor at the School of Law and director of the University of Maryland Center for Health and Homeland Security, said Bush may be aiming to pressure the four dissenting Republicans, but said controversy surrounding the warrantless surveillance program could make renewing the law an uphill task.
Monday, January 2, 2006
School of LawMSNBC.com – Maryland's hospitals are ramping up their emergency response plans and buying supplies in preparation for the possibility that avian influenza could strike the United States. "We've tried to gear up so that what's good for one event can be used for other events as well," said Harold Standiford, MD, FACP, professor and director for infection control and antimicrobial effectiveness at the School of Medicine. The story also mentions that the School of Law, on Jan. 13, will hold a symposium to discuss potential responses to an avian flu outbreak.
Sunday, January 1, 2006
Professor Michael GreenbergerYahoo News – President Bush is starting his sixth year in office with a flurry of activity designed to trumpet upturns in the economy, defend U.S. action in Iraq, and challenge critics who claim his methods of fighting terrorists infringe on civil liberties. Michael Greenberger, JD, professor at the School of Law and director of the University of Maryland Center for Health and Homeland Security, said a meeting with a group of former secretaries of state and defense allows the White House to show it is standing firmly behind getting the Patriot Act extended.
Sunday, January 1, 2006
Professor Michael GreenbergerCNN.com, Associated Press, 118 more newspapers and Web sites - President Bush is starting his sixth year in office with a flurry of activity designed to trumpet upturns in the economy, defend U.S. action in Iraq, and challenge critics who claim his methods of fighting terrorists infringe on civil liberties. Michael Greenberger, JD, professor at the School of Law and director of the University of Maryland Center for Health and Homeland Security, said a meeting with a group of former secretaries of state and defense allows the White House to show it is standing firmly behind getting the USA Patriot Act extended.
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