Sheldon Howard Jacobson, Ph.D.
University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
In the News (2012)
(24
August 2012) Sheldon H. Jacobson’s research is featured in a radio interview on
Science360
radio.
(22 August
2012) The news article “RSO Follows Election Using Professor’s Website,”
appeared in the Daily
Illini, featuring the Election Analytics
website. See also Stltoday.com.
(8 May
2012) Sheldon H. Jacobson was quoted in the Reuters news stories, “U.S. airport security could detect Qaeda device:
officials” and “Would-be suicide bomber was U.S. informant”.
Over 6000 national and international media outlet reported the story.
(8 May 2012) The news article "Automobiles
can increase obesity, study says,” appeared in the Deseret News (Salt Lake
City, Utah) on 8 May 2012, featuring research that was reported in Jacobson, King, and Yuan (2011).
(30 April
2012) Sheldon H. Jacobson was quoted in the Reuters news stories, “As America's waistline expands, costs soar.” Over 120 national media outlet picked up the
story, including MSNBC, CNBC, Fox News,
Huffington Post, Forbes, Baltimore Sun, Chicago Tribune, Orlando Sentinel, Sun
Sentinel, Toronto Sun, Edmonton Sun, Winnipeg Sun, Ottawa Sun, Calgary Sun, several
public and commercial radio stations, and others.
(March 7, 2012) (University
of Illinois) A Minute with
Computer Science Professor Sheldon H. Jacobson, discusses what every
person should know when putting together their bracket for the Men’s Division I
NCAA basketball tournament, commonly know as March Madness.
(see the web site, bracketodds,
for more information). See also mentions
and discussions in the Chicago Tribune: Hoops
+ = Winners?, Business
Week, and Discovery
News (via MSNBC.com), and the Opinion Letter in USAToday.
(January 31, 2012) (University
of Illinois, National Science Foundation) Risk-based
Passenger Screening Could Make Air Travel Safer.
(January 19, 2012) (University
of Illinois) A Minute with
Sheldon H. Jacobson, expert on statistics related to travel, discusses
how the recent leveling off of obesity rates may be associated with the
leveling off of how much Americans are driving.