HEADLINERS
UNDERSTANDING WARMING
George Tsoflias, assistant professor of geology, was quoted in a recent Washington Post article about Greenland's melting ice cap. Tsoflias is studying why the ice cap is melting at such a rapid rate. It has been estimated that if the glacier melted, sea levels could rise by as much as 23 feet, endangering countless coastal cities. "Greenland has the potential to put a lot of water, a lot of ice, into the sea," Tsoflias said.
BIG SPENDING EDUCATION
Bruce Baker, associate professor of education leadership and policy studies, was quoted in a recent New York Times article about New Jersey's Abbott school districts, which sued the state 26 years ago for more funding but now ranks among the state's top spenders. "The state has, since 1990, shifted from a regressive (lower spending in higher poverty districts) to a flat system in the later 1990s, to a progressive one by 2005," he wrote in an e-mail message that was quoted in the story. The district is a prime example of the rising costs of education in the region.
GETTING STUDENTS INTO OIL
Don Green, Distinguished Professor of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, was featured in an issue of Oil and Gas Investor earlier this year. Green took part in a roundtable discussion about the world's future oil supply and what must be done to secure it. Green said that oil companies will have to compete to get future students to take part in oil companies' integrated research and development programs.
NOTABLE ALUMS
During the oppressive heat of summer, many people enjoy the work of 1949 business graduate Bill Braum. Braum built his family ice cream processing business up from a store in Emporia to a 280-restaurant chain found in Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Missouri and Arkansas. The chain remains the last major ice cream maker to milk its own cows.
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