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Some items in the news you may have missed:

• President Luis Proenza is quoted in a Feb. 27 New York Times story on Ohio and NAFTA.
• John Green, Bliss Institute director, is quoted in the Feb. 26 New York Times and a March 3 article in the New Republic, both about the Ohio Democratic primary.
• Dan Coffey of the Bliss Institute is quoted in the Feb. 28 St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times about Ohio’s black voters and in the Feb. 28 USA Today about union presidential candidate support.
• Stephen Brooks of the Bliss Institute is quoted in the March 6 Washington Post about Ohio voters.
• Colleges and universities engaged in off-campus development are becoming major drivers of economic development, according to this Wall Street Journal article.

Some items in the news you may have missed:

• Saturday’s Cleveland Plain Dealer analyzes Mayor Don Plusquellic’s proposal to sell the city’s sewer system to raise funds that would allow qualifying Akron high school students to attend UA. See also: “Mayor offers tuition plan” (Beacon Journal, Feb. 8 ).
• During his State of the State Address on Wednesday, Governor Strickland proposed a huge expansion of the Post Secondary Enrollment Option program. Summary of the governor’s proposals. The Columbus Dispatch’s account of the address.
  Also, the Beacon looked at how the Governor’s stimulus plan may benefit UA and Akron: “Two area industries applaud governor” (Feb. 8)
• The paper also continued its coverage of the University’s proposal to establish an Orthopedic Research Institute in Akron: “Group seeks research funds” (Feb. 7).

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Here are a few recent news-media stories about UA and its people that you may have missed:

• A front-page Akron Beacon Journal story on Sunday notes that the University is involved with local hospitals and NEOUCOM to bring an Orthopedic Research Institute to Akron.
• Associate history professor Gregory Wilson is the subject of an Akron Beacon Journal question-and-answer column.
• John Green, Bliss Institute director, is quoted in Saturday’s New York Times about evangelical Democrats.