For more information, please contact:
Gwen Osborne, director of public affairs, (312) 906-5251
ADVISORY TO PRODUCERS, COLUMNISTS AND ASSIGNMENT, LEGAL, PLANNING, BUSINESS, AND DAYBOOK EDITORS
CHICAGO--August 9, 2006--Chicago-Kent College of Law, the Stuart Graduate School
of Business and the Center for Financial Markets have experts available to discuss current issues.
To reach any of our experts, call Gwen Osborne, director
of public affairs, at (312) 906-5251. Copies of press releases and earlier advisories are available
on our Web site: http://www.kentlaw.edu/news/advisory.
The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) is holding its 37th annual convention in Chicago this week. Professor Martin H. Malin, director of Chicago-Kent’s Institute for Law and the Workplace and the author of Individual Rights Within the Union, is available for interviews. His number is (312) 906-5056. Stuart Graduate School of Business Dean Harvey Kahalas is also available for interviews. Prior to joining IIT this year, Dean Kahalas served as dean, professor and executive director of the Institute for Organizational and Industrial Competitiveness at the School of Business Administration at Wayne State University in Detroit. His number is (312) 720-0044.
Experts are available to assist with stories related to the fifth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C., and their impact on the U.S. economy, civil liberties, the military, international relations, privacy, immigration policies and financial markets. They can also discuss issues related to the USA Patriot Act, workplace discrimination, human rights, transportation security, electronic surveillance and student visas.
Tour de France winner Floyd Landis says anti-doping officials have an agenda and have misrepresented the evidence against him, making it more difficult for him to clear his name. However, Landis has no explanation for how the synthetic testosterone found in two separate tests got into his system. Sports attorney and Chicago-Kent adjunct professor Eldon L. Ham is available for interviews. His number is (312) 876-'0590.
Chicago-Kent’s Immigration Law Clinic is seeking those who need legal assistance with immigration, asylum and nationality matters. The clinic is supervised by Professor Matthew I. Bernstein, whose practice includes advising corporations, nonprofit organizations and individuals in all areas of immigration law, including professionals; aliens of extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts and business; individuals seeking immigration benefits for family members; and individuals threatened with removal from the United States by the government. Professor Bernstein is available for interviews about the Immigration Law Clinic. He is also available to speak with organizations about immigration issues.
Downtown Campus Events
August 17-18: "Technology in Health Care in the 21st Century: Trends, Advances, Management & Challenges—What We Know and What We Need to Study" is the theme of the 5th annual Hospital of the Future conference hosted by Stuart Graduate School of Business’ Center for the Management of Medical Technology and co-sponsored by the Association for Health Care Technology and Management. Keynote speakers include Chicago public health commissioner Dr. Terry Mason, Medical Records Institute CEO C. Peter Waegermann, and Dr. William Yasnoff, founder and managing partner of National Health Information Infrastructure Advisors. For more information, please contact conference co-chairs professors Eliezer Geisler, (312) 906-6532, or Nilmini Wickramasinghe, (312) 906-6578, or visit the conference Web site: http://hof.stuart.iit.edu/.
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