11:42 a.m., Jan. 22, 2010----UD in the News provides a roundup of recent news items about the University of Delaware, its faculty, students, staff and alumni.

Willett Kempton, professor in the College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment who has worked to develop vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology, was cited in a Jan. 22 Philadelphia Inquirer article about use of the technology by Delaware's AutoPort.

Robert Boudwin, a UD alumnus and former member of the YoUDee mascot team who is now working as Clutch, the Houston Rockets mascot, was featured in a Jan. 22 article in the Houston Chronicle.

Christopher J. Christie, a UD alumnus, was featured in media throughout the region on Jan. 20 as he was inaugurated as governor of New Jersey.

Joseph Pika, James R. Soles Professor of Political Science and International Relations, was quoted in a Jan. 20 News Journal article speculating about Beau Biden and a run for U.S. Senate in light of Republican Scott Brown's defeat of Democrat Martha Coakley in Massachusetts.

Bernard Dworsky, policy scientist in the Institute for Public Administration, was quoted in a Jan 20 News Journal article about the Safe and Mobile Delaware Campaign and ways to adapt roads and intersections to older drivers. Noting he has a personal stake in the campaign, which draws on his 2007 study, Dworsky told the newspaper, "I want to drive as long as I can, but I don't want to hurt anybody or have anybody hurt me.”

Mona Adams, assistant vice president, was quoted in a Jan. 19 News Journal article about college students and financial aid.

Dawn Rogala, doctoral student, and Joyce Hill Stoner, Edward and Elizabeth Goodman Rosenberg Professor of Art Conservation, were quoted in a Jan. 19 Smyrna-Clayton Sun Times article about an art conservation project being completed in cooperation with the Smyrna School District. UD students are restoring a mural.

Leland Ware, Louis L. Redding Professor of Law and Public Policy, was quoted in a Jan. 18 Gannett News Service article about President Barack Obama and race relations. "Obama's election was clearly a landmark event for America," Ware said, "But I think you can't sustain the level of euphoria and emotion that was present on Inauguration Day. The reality of day-to-day life sets in again, and people realize that everything doesn't change overnight."

David Legates, associate professor of geography, was quoted in a Jan. 18 Heartland Institute article about the “climategate” controversy concerning e-mails among scientists about global warming. “This is clear proof of what we have suspected: That these thugs have strong-armed and subverted the peer review process by demanding they be reviewers of papers critical of their work, removing editors who are not predisposed to their views, and even threatening to boycott journals that publish papers with which they disagree,” Legates said.

James M. Jones, professor and director of the Black American Studies Program, was quoted in a Jan. 18 News Journal article about President Barack Obama, African Americans, the economy and the future.

Marsha Dickson, chairperson of the Department of Fashion and Apparel Studies, was quoted in a Dec. 30 Women's Wear Daily article about the fashion industry and increasingly thrifty consumers. She said the industry has been limited by its unwillingness to work cooperatively, adding, “It is time for innovation again. Everything has been about making sure you have what everybody else has so you don't get left out of the great idea.”

Jason E. Reiss, UD alumnus who earned master's and doctoral degrees and is now a Wheaton College professor of psychology, was featured in an Oct. 30 CNN report about movies and fear.

Aivi Nguyen, a UD Honors Program graduate with a degree in molecular biology, was featured in the fall 2009 issue of the Jefferson Medical College Alumni Bulletin. She has an interest in global medicine.