|  Remedies for readers
Reading Clinic partners with area foundations
to aid City school
TU’s Reading Clinic, The Citigroup Foundation and CitiFinancial’s
Baltimore office pooled their resources to help pull one of Baltimore
City’s most academically challenged schools back from the
brink—in just over a year. [more...]
Infographic: Top 10 databases
Cook Library offers a world of information
online
In the pursuit of knowledge, it pays to know where to look. That’s
where the library’s online databases can help, says Yvonne
Lev, associate university librarian. [more...]
 Asia (in the Big Apple)
One-day ‘cultural excursion’
to include exhibition, art fair, dining
TU’s Asian Arts Gallery may be undergoing renovation, but
that’s no reason to curb your love for all things Asian. Simply
reserve your seat ... [more...]
Recent Media Highlights
Review
The Sun, February 17
Sun music critic Tim Smith reviewed Concerto for Five
Percussionists and Band, the work of composer Jonathan Leshnoff,
Department of Music, following its February 15 premiere at the University
of Maryland’s Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. Smith
praised the performance by the United States Marine Band and five
of its top-flight percussionists under Col. Timothy W. Foley, adding
that Leshnoff’s concerto “represents a masterful grasp
of form and function.”
Scholars: Presidential libraries keep
top-shelf info out of reach
Star-Telegram [Fort Worth, Texas], February 16
Martha Kumar, Department of Political Science, explained President
Bush’s 2001 executive order allowing a former president, a
representative of his, or even the current president to keep files
closed. Kumar told writer Patrick McGee “the intent is to
prevent a ‘chilling effect’ that might hinder aides
when advising presidents.”
ZDF/3SAT Television
Mainz, Germany, February 16
Richard Vatz, Department of Mass Communication and Communication
Studies, spoke to a reporter about the U.S. primary system and situation.
His observations will be part of a program to air March 2 (“Super
Tuesday” in the United States) in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
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