SU/SUNY-ESF Commencement webcast available, text of speeches posted onlineMay 15, 2007Sara Millersemortim@syr.edu
On Sunday, May 13, more than 15,000 people gathered at the Carrier Dome for Syracuse University’s 153rd Commencement exercises, and the 110th Commencement exercises for the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. The webcast of the joint ceremony is now available for viewing at http://commencement.syr.edu.
Additionally, the text of the following speeches have been posted to the Syracuse University News website (http://sunews.syr.edu):
Commencement address delivered by SU Chancellor and President Nancy Cantor (http://sunews.syr.edu/story_details.cfm?id=4138)
Message on behalf of the 2007 University Scholars, delivered by Maria V. DeFazio, a dual major in English and graphic arts in The College of Arts and Sciences and S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications (http://sunews.syr.edu/story_details.cfm?id=4137)
Keynote address by memorist and Pulitzer Prize winner Frank McCourt (http://sunews.syr.edu/story_details.cfm?id=4130)
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Dana Spiotta, associate professor of English in the College of Arts and Sciences, was featured in The New York Times for the article “Dana Spiotta Loves Coming Across Jokes in Really Old Books.” Spiotta, whose new novel, Wayward, came out…
Jonathan Martinis, senior director for law and policy at the Burton Blatt Institute was interviewed for The New Yorker article “Britney Spears’s Conservatorship Nightmare.” Martinis provides context for the lack of rights given to those in conservatorships, saying, “The rights…
Mike Haynie, Vice Chancellor for Strategic Initiatives and Innovation and IVMF founder and executive director, wrote commentary for USA Today entitled “How business leaders can prepare for work life after the pandemic: Read Maya Angelou.” Haynie spoke about leadership, saying,…
Nina Kohn, the David M. Levy Professor of Law and Faculty Director of Online Education in the College of Law, was quoted in a CNN article “Conservatorships explained: What they are and who they’re supposed to help,” as well as…
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