Faculty News

January 11, 2013 —The Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity has released "Open Enrollment and Racial Segregation in the Twin Cities: 2000-2010," a new study of the Metro area's 69 school districts, written by…

January 10, 2013 —Professor Prentiss Cox was extensively quoted in a Star Tribune article about new rules issued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The rules implemented limits on mortgage lending enacted as part…

January 8, 2013 —Professor Jane Kirtley discussed a recent incident involving the confiscation of a bystander's video recording of Ramsey County sheriff's deputies in a public place in a Pioneer Press article. "I wish the…

January 4, 2013 —Professor Stephen Cribari's poem "No Man's Land" received a commendation in the Pendle War Poetry competition in November 2012, was published in its book War Poems, and was twice read over the radio and…

December 29, 2012 —Professor Susan Wolf was quoted in a Boston Globe article on whole genome sequencing in newborns. "A tangled debate centers on newborns' DNA" quotes Wolf on issues raised by newborn sequencing, including…

December 26, 2012 —Professor Dale Carpenter's book, Flagrant Conduct: The Story of Lawrence v. Texas, was selected by the editors of the New York Times…

December 26, 2012 —Professor Richard Painter appeared on CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360" on December 20 and…

December 21, 2012 —Professor Dale Carpenter was quoted in a Politics in Minnesota article entitled "Session ’13 Politics: Let the Games Begin." Carpenter was quoted about gay marriage possibly being resolved by the Supreme Court…

December 20, 2012 —Professor Daniel Schwarcz was interviewed for a story on Bankrate.com about the "anti-concurrent causation clause," found in many homeowners insurance policies, and Hurricane Sandy.

December 19, 2012 —Professor Richard Painter published an op-ed in the New York Times on-line edition about the excessive influence of the National Rifle Association on the Republican Party.

December 17, 2012 —Professor Barry Feld was interviewed on the National Public Radio Dallas affiliate KERA Radio program "Think" about his new book Kids, Cops, and Confessions: Inside the Interrogation Room (NYU Press 2012…