Dr. Brown's new book named to core academic list
Dr. Christopher Brown, Economics at Arkansas State University, has been selected by Yankee Book Peddler (YBP) Library Services and online magazine Academia for inclusion on the list of core academic books for 2008. Brown’s book, entitled “Inequality, Consumer Credit, and the Saving Puzzle” (Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar, 2008, 200 pages), presents a vision of an economy relying on consumer credit for growth. Brown’s book investigates the importance of recent financial innovations, such as the securing of consumer loans and subprime lending, in increasing the borrowing power of households at all income levels, and it analyzes the tradeoffs and risks associated with consumer credit dependence. For details, see the NewsPage release.

College of Communications students win awards
Collin Pillow, Radio-Television, Bonnie Thrasher, Journalism, and Dr. Mary Jackson-Pitts, Radio-Television, saw several of their students win awards at this year's Southeastern Journalism Conference, held earlier this month in Nashville, Tenn. John Steele, a radio-television major, was chosen Best of the South 2008 Radio Journalist of the Year. Senior journalism major Sarah Morris placed third at SEJC in the Best of the South 2008 Journalist of the Year competition at the same conference. Other radio-television majors have earned awards from the Broadcast Education Association (BEA). Students in the R-TV class in reporting for the electronic media took third in the BEA's Media Festival. Another R-TV student, Hunter West, was chosen in the top 10 percent of the BEA video contest. View the award-winning radio news podcasts and R-TV student projects online, or see the NewsPage release for a complete list of participating students who prepared the award-winning podcasts.

Dr. Dockter, Dr. Buchanan, students go to Research Day
Dr. Michael Dockter, associate vice chancellor for Research and Technology Transfer, and Dr. Roger Buchanan, Zoology, recently escorted a group of ASU students to Little Rock to participate in the Research Day at the Capitol. The students include Marisa Wawryzniak, Lindsey Beall-Clark, Brielan Smiechowski, Alejandra Ratti, K.C. Blackwood, and Shea Harris. The event, organized by the Arkansas Science and Technology Authority, was held in the Rotunda at the Capitol Building. It promoted the idea that investing in university research and Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematic (STEM) initiatives produce benefits for Arkansas’ economy. Students and researchers had an opportunity to share poster displays and visit with the state legislators about research on respective campuses. This interaction provided legislators with information on the long-term return on investment the state of Arkansas will gain through support of university research and development and STEM programs.

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