Date: 10/31/2005

A documentary by Grace Provenzano, associate professor of journalism and mass communications, will air on PBS stations across the country on or around Veterans Day. In the Bay Area, KCSM-TV will air the half-hour program, "The Jeeter Bug: Mission Over Iwo Jima," on Nov. 11, at 7:30 p.m. Dozens of other PBS stations nationwide have already posted the program on their Web sites, reports Provenzano. The tale of an Army Air Force bomber crew, forced to land their crippled plane during one of the key island battles of World War II, was one of only five documentaries accepted for presentation at the AEJMC national convention. In addition, as the future chair of the international division of the Broadcast Education Association, Provenzano will present the program at next spring's national BEA convention, and there will also be screenings at this year's Jasper Poppy Film Festival. Contact Provenzano at gprovenzano@casa.sjsu.edu.

Three faculty members from the urban and regional planning department presented papers at the 46th Annual Conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, held in Kansas City. Dayana Salazar, department chair, presented "Students in the 'Hood: Everybody is a Winner," which documents the successes, challenges and lessons learned from the university's service learning partnership with the city. Contact Salazar at salmar@pacbell.net.

Assistant Professor Shishir Mathur presented "The Effect of Impact Fees on the Price of Existing Single Family Housing," which, using an inventory of single-family housing sale transactions in the 38 cities and towns within King County, Washington, provides new evidence on the effects of impact fees on housing prices. Contact Mathur at shishir.mathur@sjsu.edu.

Professor Asha Weinstein’s "Traveler or Pesky Impediment to Travel" Pedestrians and Traffic Regulations in the U.S. and France, 1870-1930," analyzes the evolution of traffic regulations in France and the United States from 1870 to 1930. Weinstein's research determines when and how the two countries first began to regulate pedestrians. Contact Weinstein at asha.weinstein@sjsu.edu.

Mary Jo Gorney-Moreno, associate vice president of academic technology, and Assistant Professor Malu Roldan presented at the Educause 2005 National Conference, which was attended by more than 7,000 higher education information technology professors. They spoke on "Course Transformation Using Microsoft OneNote Powered Tablet PCs." In addition, an article on Roldan's community mapping project for underrepresented community members in planning and development decisions, a project launched in 2003, appeared in the Christian Science Monitor, Oct. 12 issue. Contact Roldan at malu@sbcglobal.net and Gorney-Moreno at mj.gorney-moreno@sjsu.edu.