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Aug. 13, 2019
CBS 8
Verify Twist: Vetting a Political Poll's AccuracyProfessor Casey Dominguez teaches political science at the University of San Diego, she spoke with CBS 8 about tips to help you verify whether the poll you're looking at is accurate. -
Aug. 12, 2019
Fox 5
USD Students Create Robot to Clean up the OceanThere are more than five trillion pieces of plastic in the sea and now a robot developed by students at the Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering may be able to take them out of the water. -
Aug. 12, 2019
10 News
USD Engineering Students Debut Floating Robot The robot has a conveyor belt that picks up plastic and dumps it in the storage bin. -
Aug. 12, 2019
Wall Street Journal
The Downside of Extroverted CEOsPublic companies run by chief executives with extroverted personality traits have a higher cost of equity capital—the return shareholders demand for bearing the risk of owning the asset—than otherwise similar firms with less-outgoing CEOs, according to new research led by Biljana Adebambo, an associate finance professor at the University of San Diego. -
Aug. 8, 2019
NBC 7
San Diegans on Heightened Alert Following Mass ShootingsAfter the recent mass shootings, there have been multiple false-alarm panic-induced incidents. NBC 7's Danny Freeman spoke with USD Nicholas Ladany, psychologist and dean of the School of Leadership and Education Sciences about how to cope with fear. -
Aug. 7, 2019
VOX
Mexico’s Threats to Take Legal Action Against the US for El Paso, ExplainedEmily Edmonds-Poli, a professor of political science and international relations at the University of San Diego says, the US and Mexico have a very vibrant extradition treaty that is used all the time, but it is generally the case that it’s the United States extraditing people from Mexico. It’s more of a one-way street. -
Aug. 7, 2019
NBC 7 POLITICALLY SPEAKING
Politically Speaking: President Trump Strips Military Prosecutors MedalsNBC 7’s Alex Presha invites Robert Muth, University of San Diego Law professor to discuss President Trump's decision on stripping the medals of military prosecutors in the trial of Navy Seal Eddie Gallagher. -
Aug. 7, 2019
CONNECTINGVETS.COM
First female Commander Takes Helm of Naval War CollegeRear Adm. Shoshana Chatfield holds a doctorate in education from the University of San Diego. -
Aug. 2, 2019
ABC 10 NEWS
President Trump Orders Honors Revoked for JAG Prosecutors in Eddie Gallagher CaseUniversity of San Diego Law Professor Robert Muth is worried about the President's actions setting a precedent. -
Jul. 29, 2019
NBC 7
Politically Speaking: 16 U.S. Marines Arrested for Alleged Human SmugglingUSD law professor Robert Muth, also a former Marine JAG officer, talks about the arrest of 16 marines accused of smuggling immigrants across the border. -
Jul. 29, 2019
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
Smugglers Offer Cash to Troops to Drive Migrants Near Border“This is the kind of official corruption that smuggling networks of all kinds, whether it involves people or drugs, really look for,” said David Shirk, an associate political science professor at the University of San Diego. -
Jul. 26, 2019
ABC 10
Home Surveillance Company Ring Teams with Local Law Enforcement Agencies, Leading to Privacy ConcernsUniversity of San Diego Associate Professor Cid Martinez says "Surveillance technology is very important for law enforcement, that's how they solve a lot of problems." -
Jul. 22, 2019
San Diego Union-Tribune
50th Anniversary of Apollo 11 Landings Recall Great Contributions of San Diego’s Aerospace IndustryIn January 2017, NASA choose two USD graduates for astronaut training. They are Jonny Kim, who became a Navy SEAL and Matthew Dominick, who became a Navy fighter pilot. -
Jul. 19, 2019
KPBS
SDG&E’s New Time-Of-Use Plan ExplainedScott Anders of the Energy Policy Initiatives Center at the University of San Diego explained, more renewables on the grid means less control. -
Jul. 19, 2019
KUSI
Port of San Diego Harbor Police Teach Next Generation of OfficersStudents in the Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering's Cybersecurity Law Enforcement and Digital Forensics Camp took part in the event. -
Jul. 19, 2019
NBC San Diego
Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering and Law Enforcement Team up to Fight Cyber Crime The University of San Diego and half a dozen law enforcement agencies teamed up to fight cyber crime in the camp that included learning to fight track, solve and prosecute cyber crime. -
Jul. 19, 2019
Students at USD Use Their Noodles to Build Bridges Students in the camp at the USD Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering built bridges out of pasta to see which ones could hold the most weight.
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Jul. 18, 2019
CBS NEWS
Chasing El Chapo Cost U.S. a Fortune. Was it Money Well Spent?According to David Shirk, professor at the University of San Diego and an expert in U.S.-Mexico relations. "It does merit some questioning as to whether it's the most efficient use of law enforcement resources to go after major drug traffickers instead of trying to find ways to get people away from using drugs or into rehab or keeping younger at-risk youth from getting involved in criminal activities in Mexico." -
Jul. 18, 2019
INLAND EMPIRE
Voices for Children Appoints Kelly Capen Douglas as President & CEOKelly Douglas has spent the last 26 years working in the legal and higher education communities. She has served as the general counsel of the University of San Diego since 2005. -
Jul. 17, 2019
Voice of San Diego
Five Months from Deadline, Many Companies Still Have All-Male BoardsA 2018 report written by University of San Diego business professor Annalisa Barrett found that 44 percent of companies headquartered in San Diego had no women on their boards – the highest percentage of any county in the state.
