ITSRG Fellows in the News
Michael Rovito, Ph.D. Candidate in Public Health and Graduate Research Fellow with ITSRG, questioned GOP Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin at Tony Luke's in Philadelphia on her views related to the geographies of border skirmishes around Pakistan. The story has been widely reported throughout the mainstream media and news blogosphere. Here are some links of interest:
October 9, 2008: NPR Radio Times Interview, click here.
October 8, 2008: Rumproast Radio interview, click here.
October 7, 2008: Philadelphia Inquirer op-ed by Rovito: click here.
October 4, 2008: Huffington Post interview with Rovito: click here.
October 2, 2008: For David Maddox's sarcastic take on "Gotcha": click here.
October 2, 2008: Huffington Post editorial picks up on Rovito's comments here.
October 1, 2008: Huffington Post runs another story on Gotcha, read it here. ITSRG commented on this story here.
October1, 2008: The Hill picks up on Gotcha Journalist issue raised in interviews, read more here.
September 30, 2008: Rumproast blog post on CNN interview, click here.
September 30, 2008: To view CNN Interview with Michael Rovito, click here.
September 30, 2008: Chicago Tribune cheat sheet on Waziristan (one of the locales mentioned by Rovito, aka graduate student, in the Cheesesteak Gaffe); read more here.
September 30, 2008: Rumproast Blog/Radio post on follow up with McCain and Palin related to Rovito's comments, story here.
September 29, 2008: View Fox 29 Interview here.
September 29, 2008: Michael Smerconish Interview with Michael Rovito here.
September 29, 2008: Associated Press picks up the story here.
September 29, 2008: See Democracy Now story here.
September 28, 2008: Jonathan Martin of Politico discusses the Rovito-Palin exchange here.
September 28, 2008: See MSNBC story here.
September 28, 2008: See ABC story here.
September 28, 2008: See Daily Kos story here.
September 28, 2008: See CNN video coverage here.
September 27, 2008: Read CBS story here.
Jeffrey Carroll, Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science and Graduate Research Fellow with ITSRG, was quoted in the Philadelphia Daily News related to his role as Philadelphia Mayor John Street's teaching assistant. The story can be read here:
Daily News Story - May 08
Michael Dorn, Michele Masucci and Eran Preis received a seed grant from Temple University's Office of the Provost to pursue an interdisciplinary collaborative project to raise awareness about mental illness through film and online media. Read more about the award program here:
Temple University Seed Grants - April 08
David Organ, Scholar in Residence with the BITS Program, has been cited in recent news about the efforts of historic preservationists to create a buffer around the home site of Colonel Allen Allensworth in the Central Valley of California. Follow recent notices:
Wallbe Blog post - March 07
New York Times feed - March 07
ITSRG in the News
ITSRG and Temple University students enrolled in Environmental Policy Studies participated in National Park(ing) Day. See news stories posted by WHYY and our space shown as background in a CBS 3 News report. Students in the course have blogged the event here, and ITSRG has posted stories on our ITSpace blog here.
September 20, 2008: See Now Public story here.
September 19, 2008: See CBS 3 News story here.
September 19, 2008: See WHYY The Sixth Square Blog story here.
September 18, 2008: See WHYY Its Our City Blog story here.
ITEST Activities On the Web
During the past three years, ITSRG has sponsored an NSF sponsored ITEST Program called Building Information Technology Skills - bITS. This program involved high school students enrolled in the School District of Philadelphia to develop a community geographic information system through participating in after school and summer intensive experiences at Temple University. Here are some links to on-line coverage of the program's activities.
September 24, 2008: The BITS Program is featured on an ITEST Learning Resource Center webinar event related to strategies for project outcomes dissemination. The event was hosted by Sarita Nair of the ITEST LRC. Click here for highlights.
April 2008: "Access to Admissions" is featured on News and Events of the ITEST Learning Resource Center. See post under Pennsylvania projects here. The film has been viewed over 1000 times.
November 17, 2007: The Disabilities Studies Blog of Temple University introduced "Access to Admissions," a film developed by students in the bITS Program during the Summer of 2007. Click here to read the blog. The film can be viewed at the ITSRG Youtube Channel.
October 31, 2007: E-Pumpkin Carve Competition and Outreach for bITS 2.0. Click here for information the event outcomes.
August 3, 2007: bITS Final Showcase Event. Click here to see the winning Project Beta website.
April 17-21, 2007: Research activities of ITSRG were showcased in a two day symposium on Geographies of Disabilities sponsored by the Disabilities Studies Specialty Group at the Annual Meetings of the Association of American Geographers. The symposium schedule can be seen here.
February 7, 2007: Fourth Annual ITEST Summit Agenda and links to presentations can be found here; our Video Postcard can be accessed via Learning Times.
June 23, 2007: Workshop Presentation with Paul Schroeder at the Organizer's Collaborative called: Public Technologies and Local Issue Involvement.
September 28, 2006: ITEST LRC Webcast on Recruiting and Retaining Diverse Participants through Partnerships and Other Strategies - Click here for full record of the event.
March 2006: The bITS Program was featured in the Education Development Corporation's ITEST Idea Brief on Recruiting and Retaining Diverse Participants through Community Partnerships and Other Strategies. The brief can be downloaded as a pdf file or accessed here.
E-Health Research Highlights
ITSRG Director Michele Masucci and Program Manager Caroline Guigar have been involved in the study of the use of an Internet Telemedicine System for managing cardiovascular risk factors. Here are some notices of the work that have appeared on the web.
May 15, 2007: Michele Masucci's presentation at the Annual Meetings of the American Telemedicine Association can be found at the ATA website. Click here to see the presentation power point. The paper is titled: Internet Telemedicine System: System Compliance among Inner City Patients with CVD Risk Factors. The co-authors are Caroline Guigar, William Santamore, Carol Homko and Alfed Bove from Temple University. Click here for the session information and abstract.
March 25, 2006: The College of Liberal Arts and Graduate School of Temple University hosted a conference called "Social Science Perspectives on Health Care: Disparities in the United States." The webcast of my presentation can be found by clicking here. The paper I presented was titled: Cardiovascular Disease Prevention for Underserved Patients Using the Internet: Bridging the Digital Divide.
January 2006: Telemedicine and E-Health published our pilot study of the digital divide implications for using an Internet Telemedicine System to manage CVD risk factors. The journal's on-line abstract and selected citations can be found by clicking here.
March 6, 2003: Reach Out and Heal Someone - Temple News feature on the CVD Risk Factor Study.