SU in the News: Friday, October 8, 2010

SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE

SU’s Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) is featured in American Thinker on the issue of the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency withholding immigration information from TRAC.

The Post-Standard briefly previewed “The Quintet of the Astonished” by SU alumnus Bill Viola, which debuts at the Everson Museum—a new site for the Urban Video Project.

The Post-Standard mentioned the “Cotton.From Blue to Green” denim drive, which begins today on campus as a way to collect old jeans that can be recycled into home insulation.

Today’s memorial service at Hendricks Chapel for retired SU professor Norman Balabanian is mentioned in the Post-Standard.

As part of a story on Columbus Day events, the Post-Standard included the panel discussion, “Legacies of Columbus,” in Grant Auditorium at the Syracuse University College of Law.

Rev. Tiffany Steinwert, dean at Hendricks Chapel, is quoted in the Post-Standard on a recent interfaith prayer service for the Gulf Coast region.

WSYR-AM interviewed Gustav Niebuhr, associate professor of religion and media in The College of Arts and Sciences and Newhouse School, on the campus events featuring Daisy Khan.

The Oct./Nov. issue of CNY Business Exchange features articles on several of SU’s community members and programs. Included in the issue is:

–a feature on the plants used for the green roof at the SyracuseCoE headquarters;

–a column by Chancellor Emeritus Kenneth Shaw on preparing for meetings;

–a column by Mitch Franklin, assistant professor of accounting in the Whitman School, on green technology and small business development;

–an article by Patrick Penfield, assistant professor of supply chain practice at the Whitman School, on what businesses should consider when developing a “green” plan;

–a quote from Melissa Cadwell, marketing manager in SU’s Sustainability Division, about SU’s recycling practices;

–a photo feature from the August launch of the Toyota Prius Plug-in cars, which are being tested at SU and the SyracuseCoE;

–a photo feature from Sandbox Demo Day at the Syracuse Technology Garden;

–a brief on the announcement by the SyracuseCoE of five upstate companies that have received grants from the Commercialization Assistance Program;

–a review by Mitch Franklin of the green website GreenTechnology.org.

FACULTY QUOTES

The Honolulu Star Advertiser quotes Robert Thompson, director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, on the
TV program “Hawaii Five-0.”

Menachem Z. Rosensaft, distinguished visiting lecturer at Syracuse University College of Law, authored an “On Faith” column for the Washington Post on Hasidic master Simhah Bunim Bonhardt.

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