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Syracuse University News is produced by the Communications team in the Division of Marketing and Communications. Our office is located in the Nancy Cantor Warehouse, 350 W. Fayette St., Syracuse, NY 13202. To contact a member of the media relations staff, email media@syr.edu. If you need to contact someone concerning internal communications or SU Today, send an email to internalcomms@syr.edu.

Syracuse University News is updated daily with stories about the people, events and scholarship occurring on campus, in the City of Syracuse, at our regional locations throughout the country and across the globe. Syracuse University News also contains listings of University events, campus announcements, faculty and student news, and highlights from local, national and international press coverage. Visit our submission page to suggest a story idea or submit a campus announcement or calendar listing.

Three times a week during the academic year (and twice a week during the summer and winter breaks) staff curate and compile a summary of news from across campus in the form of an electronic newsletter, SU Today. To receive SU Today in your inbox, provide your email in the Subscribe to SU Today box on this page.

In addition to producing Syracuse University News and SU Today, the staff provides:

  • media relations for the University and central administration, including identifying and pitching newsworthy stories, op-eds and faculty experts; fielding incoming press queries; staging press conferences; supervising news and film crews visiting campus; collaborating with communications officers in the schools and colleges; and managing the hometown news program;
  • news writing, editing and distribution services;
  • communications counsel and support for Universitywide projects and special events; and
  • distribution of campuswide announcements, Public Safety notices and other critical messages to the University community.

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Office of News Services Staff

Jeff Stoecker

Vice President and Chief Communications Officer
  • 315.443.0190
  • jastoeck@syr.edu
Jeff Stoecker joined Syracuse University in April 2020 as vice president and chief communications officer. Stoecker oversees all day-to-day operations of all communications functions at the University, including executive and internal communications and media relations. He also serves as the University’s primary spokesperson. Jeff leads the development of the University’s communications platform around issues facing Syracuse University, and higher education as a whole, and is focused on building on the momentum and success of the communications team.

Sarah Scalese

Senior Associate Vice President for Communications, Division of Marketing and Communications
  • 315.443.8085
  • sescales@syr.edu
As senior associate vice president for communications, Sarah oversees internal communications and media relations in the Division of Marketing and Communications. In collaboration with University leadership, Sarah develops plans and technologies that broaden the University’s internal and external communications, while improving its overall public relations effectiveness.

Prior to joining Syracuse University in 2014, Sarah held leadership positions at Racepoint Global and Schneider Associates, both of which are Boston-based integrated marketing communications firms. She formerly served as director of communications for the Massachusetts House Minority Leader. Before transitioning into public relations, she produced and wrote newscasts for network affiliates in Boston; Albany, New York; and Jacksonville, Florida.

She earned a bachelor’s degree in communications from Jacksonville University. Sarah and her husband, Justin Gravius ’04, reside in Marcellus and are avid Orange sports fans.

Roxanna Carpenter

Communications Assistant
  • 315.443.3043
  • rocarpen@syr.edu
A lifelong artist, Roxanna is a 1973 graduate of SU's College of Visual and Performing Arts with a bachelor of fine arts in illustration. She grew up in north central Pennsylvania in the small burg of Montoursville, more than two hours from everything. After college and for nearly 30 years, she worked as a graphic artist and typographer, first in Seattle then Syracuse, before joining SU. She now works with people, words and images through News Services, providing administrative support and visual creativity. Her art finds expression in gingerbread and in paint. Roxanna’s creative passions also include quilting, t'ai chi and haiku.

Josh Grossman

Director of Media Relations, Washington, D.C.
  • 202.227.9250
  • jmgrossm@syr.edu
Josh is a fifth generation graduate of Syracuse University. His family has a long history locally, as they have been residents of the city of Syracuse for over 100 years. Prior to his role at the University, he was vice president of Meridian Hill Strategies, a public affairs and consulting firm in Washington, D.C. In that role, Josh was charged with leading public relations, communications, marketing and advocacy efforts for the firms clientele base. The focus of that work centered around homeland security, transportation, technology, clean-energy and health care policy. In addition, Josh has worked for local television affiliates in New York, Maryland and California, as both a reporter and producer, as well as a freelancer for national and local magazines and newspapers. He has also served as a consultant for production companies and educational non-profits in the areas of media consulting and strategic communications.

Kathleen Haley

Director of Internal Communications
  • 315.443.5420
  • kmhale02@syr.edu
Kathleen writes stories about University life for the Syracuse University News site and assists in creating content and communication strategies for special projects, events and programs. She enjoys finding those hidden gems among the many compelling stories on campus. A Syracuse University graduate with degrees in newspaper journalism and political science, she worked at a couple of daily newspapers as a beat reporter for many years before returning to the University. Kathleen has read Jane Austen’s “Persuasion” too many times to count and enjoys biking and hiking.

Keith Kobland

Media Relations Manager
  • 315.443.9038
  • kkobland@syr.edu
As media relations manager, Keith facilitates media requests involving the Syracuse University community assists with production of multimedia content for SU News. Keith graduated from SUNY Geneseo and spent three decades as a Syracuse broadcast reporter before arriving on the SU Hill, bringing a journalist’s perspective to the position along with extensive knowledge of local media. During his career, he’s covered some of the biggest stories to involve the University. Keith and his wife, Marybeth, are the proud parents of a son and daughter. Along with his media relations duties, Keith is a proud adjunct faculty member at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.

Daryl Lovell

Media Relations Manager
  • 315.380.0206
  • dalovell@syr.edu
As media relations manager, Daryl oversees national media outreach for Syracuse University, with a special focus on STEM subjects, retail industry topics and the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) and the Office of Veteran and Military Affairs (OVMA). She previously worked as a media relations specialist at Cornell University from 2015 to 2018. She started her career in the broadcast journalism industry, working at TV stations in Elmira, New York; Syracuse and Toledo, Ohio. She has held active roles in the National Association of Black Journalists, is a member of the Public Relations Society of America and has a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Missouri. As a proud native Detroiter, she is now happy to call Central New York home with her family.

Jen Maser

Senior Internal Communications Specialist
  • 315.443.5301
  • jlmaser@syr.edu
Jen is a recent addition to the SU News team as a senior internal communications specialist focused on telling stories of the people, places, and things that make Syracuse University a special place for so many. Her previous experience includes managing internal and external communications in numerous industries, including health care, architecture/design and the nonprofit realm. Jen earned a bachelor’s degree in communications studies from SUNY College at Brockport and lives in Seneca Falls with her partner and a mutt named Jersey. In her free time she enjoys hiking, camping, yoga and curling up with a good book.

Ellen James Mbuqe

Director of News and Public Relations
  • 315.443.1897
  • ejmbuqe@syr.edu
A passionate communicator, Ellen oversees national media relations outreach for Syracuse University. She earned her journalism degree from Penn State University and recently completed an MBA from Ohio University. She started out as a crime reporter in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, before transitioning into nonprofit, arts and higher education media relations. A recent transplant to Central New York, Ellen enjoys exploring the great outdoors with her husband and children, rooting for the Steelers, and visiting museums when she gets the chance.

Matt Michael

Media Relations Specialist
  • 315.443.2990
  • mmicha04@syr.edu
As media relations specialist, Matt works with the media relations team to facilitate student, local, regional and national outreach for Syracuse University. Matt graduated from Pennsylvania State University with a bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism and spent nearly two decades as an award-winning journalist for the Syracuse Post-Standard. After leaving the newspaper to pursue a career in media relations/public relations, Matt worked for three Syracuse-area non-profit organizations, including the American Red Cross, before arriving at SU. Born in Pennsylvania, Matt has lived in the Syracuse area since 1989 and he and his wife, Robin, are proud parents of four children.

Kelly Rodoski

Senior Communications Manager
  • 315.443.5381
  • kahoman@syr.edu
Kelly focuses on public relations activities for Hendricks Chapel and such University initiatives as the University Lectures, Connective Corridor and Near Westside Initiative, Pan Am 103, and the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration. Kelly has been a member of SU News since 1999 and previously was editor of the Syracuse Record. A native of Rome, N.Y., Kelly is a 1992 graduate of SU’s College of Arts and Sciences who has traveled to 40 of the 50 states and abroad but has only ever lived in Central New York. She loves to spend time with her family, travel and watch SU sports.

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