People Weekly Notable Donald Cheney , associate professor of biology, presented a talk on genetic engineering of marine algae at the sixth annual International Congress of Plant Molecular Biology in Quebec, Canada. Steven Morrison , chair of the economics department, testified before the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on the proposed merger of United Airlines and US Airways. His work on single airlines controlling fares at hub airports was cited in a USA Today article on the proposed United-US Airways merger.
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Richard Lapchick , director of the Center for the Study of Sport in Society, was quoted in a July 12 USA Today article on the recent parental brawl at a boy's hockey game in Reading that led to the death of Michael Costin of Lynnfield. We get reports of fights between adults at their kids' sporting events all the time. Lapchick was also quoted in a July 11 Washington Post article on the same topic. Sooner or later, something's like this was going to happen. His son becomes a signal of his own failure as a husband and a father.