9/11 Anniversary Experts Available
Florida State University
Indiana U. experts discuss politics, protest, media coverage, influence of women on the election, and other issues related to the Democratic National Convention.
A Texas Tech scientist who studies the disease warns the public to take precaution to keep from getting sick.
American University experts are available for comment
Thomas D. O’Rourke, an expert on the impact of earthquakes and hurricanes on infrastructure and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Cornell University, comments on the potential impact of Hurricane Isaac on the New Orleans infrastructure.
Three engineering experts at Johns Hopkins University can talk about how the storm could cause coastal damage and power outages, and affect hospital functionality.
Rohit Verma, professor of Service Operations Management at Cornell University’s School of Hotel Administration, comments on Google’s announcement this week that it plans to acquire travel guide company Frommer’s. “Frommer’s purchase will allow Google to include reliable expert opinion along with hotel searches. This new feature – along with Google Maps that allows users to see the location of each hotel – can potentially shift more share of hotel searches to Google from other sources such as online travel agencies Expedia, Travelocity and Orbitz, or customer review sites such as TripAdvisor,” said Verma.