{"id":26991,"date":"2014-03-17T09:50:20","date_gmt":"2014-03-17T14:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=26991"},"modified":"2014-03-17T09:50:44","modified_gmt":"2014-03-17T14:50:44","slug":"media-talk-feb-21-march-4-2014-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2014\/03\/media-talk-feb-21-march-4-2014-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Talk (Feb. 21 &#8211; March 4, 2014)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>&#8220;Media Talk&#8221; is a recurring summary of select Brock faculty, staff and student appearances in the media. If you have details of a media appearance to share with The Brock News, please send them to campusnews@brocku.ca<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_27023\" style=\"width: 205px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/tsiani3.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27023\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-27023 \" title=\"tsiani3\" src=\"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/tsiani3-244x300.jpg\" alt=\"Litsa Tsiani\" width=\"195\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-27023\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Litsa Tsiani<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Feb. 21:<\/strong> <em>Wine Spectator<\/em> &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.winespectator.com\/webfeature\/show\/id\/49623\">Wine Kills Lung Cancer Cells in Lab Tests<\/a>&#8221;<br \/>\nFeaturing comments by Litsa Tsiani, associate professor of health sciences, about <a href=\"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=26675\">a research study she was a part of<\/a> that discovered that red wine inhibits lung cancer cell proliferation in doses as low as two per cent concentration.<\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Feb. 25:<\/strong> <em>The Escapist<\/em> &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.escapistmagazine.com\/articles\/view\/tabletop\/11028-Dungeons-Dragons-With-Class-Bringing-Old-School-RPGs-to-College\">Dungeons &amp; Dragons With Class<\/a>&#8221;<br \/>\nOnline post for The Escapist &#8211; the go-to website for video gamers, designers and industry types &#8211; written by Greg Gillespie, associate professor of communication, popular culture and film, about his <a href=\"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/get-involved\/?p=886\">role-playing games (RPG) class at Brock<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Feb. 25:<\/strong> <em>canada.com<\/em> &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/o.canada.com\/life\/wine\/are-you-getting-your-daily-serving-of-wine\/\">Are you getting your daily serving of wine?<\/a>&#8221;<br \/>\nFeaturing comments by Litsa Tsiani, associate professor of health sciences, about her wine and lung cancer cells research.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Feb. 26:<\/strong> <em>CHCH-TV<\/em> (Hamilton) &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.chch.com\/hub-creates-new-ways-teach-learn\/\">Hub creates new ways to teach &amp; learn<\/a>&#8221;<br \/>\nTV spot about the new Educational Research and Innovation Hub created <a href=\"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=26787\">in partnership by Brock University researchers<\/a> in the Faculty of Education and the District School Board of Niagara.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Feb 26:<\/strong> <em>Brock Radio CFBU 103.7 FM<\/em> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cfbu.ca\/aud\/IM-2014-02-26.mp3\">Inquisitive Minds with Mike Saunders<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Interview #1 &#8211; Remember the three Brock geology students who had their spring convocation in 1972 <a href=\"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=10773\">while working in the Arctic?<\/a> We talk to one of those students, Kenneth Blewett, who still lives way up north.<\/li>\n<li>Interview #2 &#8211; Had enough hockey yet? We talk <a href=\"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=14276\">hockey and hockey equipment<\/a> with Kelly Lockwood, associate professor of kinesiology and Troy Crowder, retired NHL player.<\/li>\n<li>Interview #3 &#8211; Chat with Fanny Dolansky, associate professor of classics, about a recent paper of her on girls, dolls and adult ideals in ancient Rome, which was the <a href=\"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=26176\">co-winner of the 2014 Barbara McManus Prize<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Feb. 27: <\/strong><em>Hamilton Spectator<\/em> &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespec.com\/news-story\/4386429-a-toast-to-halting-the-spread-of-lung-cancer\/\">Brock and Mac study shows wine is effective halting the spread of lung cancer<\/a>&#8221;<br \/>\nFeaturing comments by Litsa Tsiani, associate professor of health sciences.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Feb. 27:<\/strong> <em>The Escapist<\/em> &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.escapistmagazine.com\/articles\/view\/tabletop\/11001-From-Home-Dungeon-to-Published-Game-Barrowmaze-is-a-Success\">From Home Dungeon to Published Game, <em>Barrowmaze<\/em> is a Success<\/a>&#8221;<br \/>\nStory about <em>Barrowmaze<\/em>, <a href=\"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=23961\">a role-playing game developed by<\/a> Greg Gillespie, associate professor of communication, popular culture and film.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Feb. 27: <\/strong><em>Cogeco-TV<\/em> (Niagara) &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tvcogeco.com\/niagara\/gallery\/the-source\/6774-february-source-stories\/85571-research-celebration\">Research Celebration<\/a>&#8221;<br \/>\nLocal TV coverage of Brock&#8217;s second annual research celebration.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Feb. 28:<\/strong> <em>AM 1010 CFRB<\/em> &#8220;John Moore in the Morning&#8221;<br \/>\nFiona Hunter, professor biological sciences, was a guest on the &#8220;John Moore&#8221; radio show where she discussed the impact of this winter&#8217;s cold temperatures on mosquitos and black flies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Feb. 28: <\/strong><em>Cogeco-TV<\/em> (Niagara) &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tvcogeco.com\/niagara\/gallery\/the-source\/6774-february-source-stories\">Watermark<\/a>&#8221;<br \/>\nStory about the Brock University Film Series&#8217; <a href=\"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=26546\">Niagara premiere of the documentary<\/a> <em>Watermark <\/em>by renowned Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky who is from St. Catharines.<\/p>\n<p><strong>March 1:<\/strong> <em>Cogeco-TV<\/em> (Niagara) &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tvcogeco.com\/niagara\/gallery\/the-source\/6830-march-source-stories\/85607-cuvee-grand-tasting\">Cuv\u00e9e Grand Tasting<\/a>&#8221;<br \/>\nCoverage of the Cuv\u00e9e Grand Tasting event, featuring comments by Brian Hutchings, Vice-President, Finance and Administration, about the Brock&#8217;s Cool Climate Oenology and Viticulture Institute (CCOVI) <a href=\"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=26699\">taking over the organizational role of the Cuv\u00e9e gala.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>March 3:<\/strong> <em>St. Catharines Standard \/ Welland Tribune \/ Niagara Falls Review<\/em> &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stcatharinesstandard.ca\/2014\/03\/03\/non-hardy-vines-take-a-beating-this-winter\">Non-hardy vines take a beating this winter<\/a>&#8221;<br \/>\nFeaturing comments by Kevin Ker, research associate with CCOVI.<\/p>\n<p><strong>March 3:<\/strong> <em>Omni-TV<\/em> (Mandarin edition) &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.omnitv.ca\/on\/cmn\/videos\/3287408598001\/\">China Taiwan News<\/a>&#8221;<br \/>\nTV interview with Charles Burton, associate professor, Political Science, about the terrible incident at the Kunming Railway Station in China.<\/p>\n<p><strong>March 4:<\/strong> <em>Toronto Star<\/em> &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/life\/2014\/03\/04\/red_wine_stops_lung_cancer_cells_study_finds.html\">Red wine stops lung cancer cells, study finds<\/a>&#8221;<br \/>\nFeaturing comments by Litsa Tsiani, associate professor of health sciences.<\/p>\n<p><em>For more examples of Brock faculty news appearances, please check out the &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/research-at-brock\/research-at-brock\/research-at-brock\/researchers-in-the-news\">Researchers in the news<\/a>&#8221; section of Research Services website.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Media Talk&#8221; is a recurring summary of select Brock faculty, staff and student appearances in the media. 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