<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/releases/2019/ceyda-mumcu.php" dsn="blogs"><type>Internal</type><external_link/><featured/><category>University News</category><pubDate>01/18/2019</pubDate><title>Expert on Marketing Sports to LGBTQ Community Discusses Power of Sports to Unite</title><description>Ceyda Mumcu, an authority on fan behavior, told NBC News that inviting Melissa Etheridge, a lesbian icon, to sing the national anthem at Sunday’s AFC championship game between the New England Patriots and the Kansas City Chiefs has the potential to change hearts and minds.</description><hide-description/><author>Dave Cranshaw, Office of Marketing &amp; Communications</author><author-details/><hide-author/><date>January 18, 2019</date><image><img src="https://newhaven.edu/_resources/images/business/news/2019/mumcu-afc.jpg" alt="Image of Ceyda Mumcu"/></image><image-caption>Ceyda Mumcu, Ph.D.</image-caption><hide-image/><tags><tag>News</tag><tag>news-all</tag><tag>news-releases</tag><tag>year-2019</tag></tags></item>