A Minute With... http://illinois.edu/lb/imageList/72 News Bureau at Public Affairs is pleased to bring you these brief interviews with Illinois faculty experts on timely issues in the news. The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has a world-class faculty, many of whom are experts on socially important topics related to their fields of scholarship and are regularly interviewed by the media. News media and others can find faculty experts on myriad topics by contacting the News Bureau at (217) 333-1085, or going to www.new.uiuc.edu. Richard L. Kaplan, expert on taxation and retirement http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/63341 Business Political http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/63341 Fri, 18 May 2012 12:00:00 CDT A Minute With... State retirees prepare to pay their own health premiums Angela Lyons, consumer economics expert http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/63336 Business Education Political http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/63336 Tue, 15 May 2012 08:00:00 CDT A Minute With... Will the next economic bust be caused by student loans? Sara R. Benson, expert on sexual orientation and the law http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/63203 Lifestyle http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/63203 Fri, 11 May 2012 16:00:00 CDT A Minute With... Obama supports same-sex marriage. Now what? Larry Di Girolamo, expert in remote sensing using satellites http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/63142 Agriculture http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/63142 Wed, 09 May 2012 08:00:00 CDT A Minute With... What happens if the US does not replace aging weather satellites? Nathan Gunn, opera star and voice professor http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/63047 Art Entertainment http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/63047 Mon, 07 May 2012 08:00:00 CDT A Minute With... Is that guy on 'The Voice' really a good opera singer? Robin Hall, expert on parks and recreation http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/62834 Environment Lifestyle Political http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/62834 Tue, 01 May 2012 08:00:00 CDT A Minute With... Should Illinois charge a user fee at state parks? Jay Kesan, expert on technology law http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/62705 Business Legal http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/62705 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 08:00:00 CDT A Minute With... Striking a balance between Internet freedoms and cybersecurity Expert Aaron Hager on herbicide-resistant weeds http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/62406 Agriculture http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/62406 Wed, 18 Apr 2012 08:00:00 CDT A Minute With... What's the potential impact of herbicide-resistant weeds on agriculture in the U.S.? Carole Palmer, expert on informatics and data curation http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/62055 General Science http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/62055 Tue, 10 Apr 2012 08:00:00 CDT A Minute With... What can be discovered by mining 'big data' Anna Dilger, meat science expert http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/61777 Agriculture Business Health http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/61777 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 08:00:00 CDT A Minute With... What the media call 'pink slime' is not new or dangerous John Kindt, expert on business and legal policy http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/61521 Business Economics http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/61521 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 08:00:00 CDT A Minute With... What's the danger in putting the state lottery online? Dorothy Espelage, expert on educational psychology and bullying http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/61569 Education http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/61569 Thu, 29 Mar 2012 08:00:00 CDT A Minute With... New documentary shows the complexity of dealing with a "Bully" Kurt T. Lash, expert on constitutional law http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/61334 Legal http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/61334 Thu, 22 Mar 2012 08:00:00 CDT A Minute With... Will the Supreme Court rule the federal health care mandate unconstitutional? Sheldon Jacobson, expert in statistics and computer science http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/60863 Entertainment Lifestyle http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/60863 Fri, 16 Mar 2012 08:00:00 CDT A Minute With... A scientist's view of NCAA tournament brackets Jonathan Makela, expert on 'space weather' http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/60957 Environment http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/60957 Wed, 14 Mar 2012 17:00:00 CDT A Minute With... Why we can expect to see more activity like the recent solar flares Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi, historian and expert on the Middle East http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/60813 Political http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/60813 Fri, 09 Mar 2012 08:00:00 CST A Minute With... <p>Interpreting Iran's recent national elections&nbsp;</p> David Gay and Chris Lehmann, National Atmospheric Deposition Program http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/60144 Environment http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/60144 Tue, 28 Feb 2012 08:00:00 CST A Minute With... How much radioactivity is (literally) raining on the U.S. from the Fukushima reactor failures? Timothy Larson, earthquake expert http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/60303 Environment Science http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/60303 Sat, 25 Feb 2012 08:00:00 CST A Minute With... Tuesday's temblor reminder: New Madrid zone's 'big one' is coming due Eric Snodgrass, expert on atmospheric sciences http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/59853 Agriculture Economics Science http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/59853 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:00:00 CST A Minute With... Weird, warm winter weather: What does it portend? Randall Sadler, expert on second language acquisition http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/59654 General Political http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/59654 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:00:00 CST A Minute With... If candidates for public office must be fluent in English, who decides what 'fluent' means? Sundiata Cha-Jua, expert on African-American history http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/59144 Education Entertainment http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/59144 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 07:30:00 CST A Minute With... 'Red Tails': Why the story of the Tuskegee Airmen is still important Michael LeRoy, collective bargaining and labor expert http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/59410 Business Economics http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/59410 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:15:00 CST A Minute With... Will Indiana's new "right-to-work" law create more jobs? Sheldon Jacobson, expert on statistics related to travel http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/58856 Economics Health Local http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/58856 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:00:00 CST A Minute With... How automobile use can indicate obesity rates in the U.S. Dennis Baron, linguistics expert http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/59102 General Political http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/59102 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:15:00 CST A Minute With... A linguist's analysis of the State of the Union Fred Giertz, expert on the Illinois economy http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/58852 Agriculture http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/58852 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 08:00:00 CST A Minute With... One year after a big hike in state personal and business tax rates Asef Bayat, expert on Middle East social movements and politics http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/58629 General Political http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/58629 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 07:45:00 CST A Minute With... The 'Arab Spring,' and where it goes next James Nowlan, expert on Illinois politics http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/58628 Economics Political http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/58628 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 08:00:00 CST A Minute With... 2012: Still seeking solutions on gambling, pensions, economy Werner Baer, expert on Latin American industrialization http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/58854 Agriculture Economics http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/58854 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 08:00:00 CST A Minute With... Brazil's rising economic power and what it means to the U.S. John Kindt, expert on business and legal policy http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/58599 Business Economics http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/58599 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 08:00:00 CST A Minute With... Why a recent DOJ ruling could hurt the economy by expanding Internet gambling Robert Lawless, expert on consumer credit and bankruptcy http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/58388 Business Economics http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/58388 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 08:00:00 CST A Minute With... Given the stagnant economy, why is the number of bankruptcies falling? Leanne Knobloch, expert on interpersonal communication and conflict resolution http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/57786 General Lifestyle http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/57786 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 08:00:00 CST A Minute With... Gather the family for the holidays (but leave old conflicts in the past) Anna Stenport, expert on Scandinavian studies http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/57669 Art General http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/57669 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 07:00:00 CST A Minute With... "Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" a window into modern Sweden Craig Gundersen, consumer economy expert http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/57668 Agriculture Lifestyle Political http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/57668 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 08:00:00 CST A Minute With... The upside of school lunch programs Don Fullerton, expert on energy policy http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/57703 Agriculture Business Economics Environment Political http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/57703 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 08:00:00 CST A Minute With... Is energy independence a realistic goal for the U.S.? political scientist Milan Svolik http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/56900 Political http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/56900 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 08:00:00 CST A Minute With... As other Arab dictators fall, how is Assad holding on in Syria? William Bernhard, expert on EU politics, banking, and markets http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/56694 Economics Political http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/56694 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 08:00:00 CST A Minute With... What makes Europe's debt crisis so unwieldy? education accountability expert Katherine Ryan http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/56348 Education Political http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/56348 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 17:00:00 CDT A Minute With... Why Illinois - and many states - may seek a waiver to No Child Left Behind labor and unions expert Monica Bielski Boris http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/56000 Business Economics Political http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/56000 Fri, 28 Oct 2011 08:00:00 CDT A Minute With... Should organized labor join forces with the 'Occupy' protesters? taxation expert Richard Kaplan http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/55788 Legal Political http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/55788 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 08:00:00 CDT A Minute With... Will the congressional 'super-committee" agree to spending cuts by its deadline? Daniel Gilbert, expert on the labor history of professional baseball http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/55833 Business Lifestyle http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/55833 Thu, 20 Oct 2011 08:00:00 CDT A Minute With... Are MLB negotiations headed for another lockout? sustainable electronics expert Willie Cade http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/55269 Business Environment http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/55269 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 08:00:00 CDT A Minute With... Before you buy that new device, think about e-waste issues collective bargaining expert Michael LeRoy http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/55603 Business Lifestyle http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/55603 Mon, 10 Oct 2011 08:00:00 CDT A Minute With... Why the NBA lockout could be a long, bitter dispute food safety expert Bruce Chassy http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/55303 Agriculture Business Health http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/55303 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 08:00:00 CDT A Minute With... Why more inspections are not the way to increase food safety learning technologies expert Vanna Pianfetti http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/54979 Education http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/54979 Thu, 22 Sep 2011 08:00:00 CDT A Minute With... Could social media become an educational technology in classrooms? school choice expert Chris Lubienski http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/54556 Education Political http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/54556 Tue, 13 Sep 2011 08:00:00 CDT A Minute With... Can a voucher system like Indiana's improve educational outcomes? aviation security expert Sheldon Jacobson http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/54408 General http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/54408 Sun, 11 Sep 2011 08:00:00 CDT A Minute With... <p>Are there still holes in aviation security, ten years after 9/11?&nbsp;<img src="https://illinois.edu/lb/files/2011/04/08/32877.png" alt="video available" width="16" height="16" /></p> tax policy expert Richard Kaplan http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/54499 Economics Political http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/54499 Fri, 09 Sep 2011 15:00:00 CDT A Minute With... Will President Obama's jobs plan work? corporate governance expert Ruth Aguilera http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/54411 Business http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/54411 Thu, 08 Sep 2011 05:00:00 CDT A Minute With... When should a seriously ill CEO reveal their illness to shareholders? investment expert David Sinow http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/54134 Business Economics http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/54134 Wed, 31 Aug 2011 08:00:00 CDT A Minute With... investing in today's turbulent market economics expert Seung-Hyun Hong http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/53865 General Political http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/53865 Wed, 24 Aug 2011 08:00:00 CDT A Minute With... How can the U.S. Postal Service stem its losses?