Selected Media Coverage: Nov. 18, 2008

Wall Street Journal Online, 10/23/2008
Fun” Technologies Adopted Faster Than “Work” Ones

Deepa Chandrasekaran, assistant professor of marketing, discusses the world’s most innovative nations and the most strategic places to launch new products. The research also appeared on Ad Age and Wired blogs.

The Chronicle of Higher Education, 10/24/2008
Mothers in the Field

Joan Ramage Macdonald, assistant professor of geology, and a Lehigh ecology PhD candidate share lessons they learned while doing fieldwork with their babies in tow.

USA Today, 10/21/2008
Your Money: If your adjustable-rate mortgage is linked to LIBOR, brace yourself
Steve Thode, director of the Goodman Center for Real Estate Studies, says that borrowers will have a difficult time refinancing mortgages in a market that continues to decline.

Los Angeles Times, 10/25/2008
Progress in Kashmir

Rajan Menon cites some good news about the embattled territory of Kashmir in his Los Angeles Times op-ed.