Robert Thompson, director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, was quoted in an Associated Press story on the passing of Ray Browne, a pioneer in the study of popular culture; in a San Diego Union-Tribune article on the practice of turning classic children’s books into edgy films that can be marketed to adult as well as family demographics; and in a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review story on Halloween trends.
An Associated Press report includes Syracuse University in a consortium of researchers winning a U.S. Department of Energy grant to study development of wind energy.
The College of Visual and Performing Arts faculty show in the XL Project gallery was reviewed in Sunday’s Post-Standard “Stars” Magazine.
Thomas Wolfe, senior vice president and dean of student affairs, spoke with WSYR-AM about SU’s move to offer co-ed residential options for students.
Al Sauer, director of SU’s Parking and Transit Services, spoke about the expansion of SU’s Zipcar car-sharing program with WSYR-AM.
A letter by Christopher Weiss, counselor in the Office of Supportive Services, defending the Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP) from state budget cuts, appeared in the Post-Standard.
Grant Reeher, professor of political science in the Maxwell School and College of Arts and Sciences, co-authored an opinion piece in the Sunday Post-Standard on the Citizens’ Agenda for Downtown Syracuse.
Harvey Kaiser, former SU senior administrator, was quoted in a Post-Standard story on the Adirondack castle built by Ed Leary.
Ray Wimer, professor of retail practice in the Whitman School, was interviewed for the International Business Times piece “Can JC Penny Perform a Magic Act As It Emerges From Bankruptcy?” Wimer, an expert on the retail industry, says that the…
Mark Pollitt, adjunct professor in the School of Information Studies, was interviewed for the TODAY story “How the FBI is following a digital trail of evidence to track down capitol rioters.” Pollitt spent a thirty year career working for the…
Shubha Ghosh, the Crandall Melvin Professor of Law in the College of Law, was quoted in the Katie Couric Media piece “Did President rump’s Ban from Twitter Violate Free Speech? The experts say not exactly.” Ghosh, an expert in antitrust…
Scott Landes, associate professor of sociology in the Maxwell School, was quoted in The Washington Post story “People with disabilities desperately need the vaccine. But states disagree on when they’ll get it.” Landes, an expert on the sociology of disability,…
Luvell Anderson, associate professor of philosophy in the College of Arts and Sciences, wrote commentary in the Boston Review titled “Whiteness Is the Greatest Racial Fraud.” Anderson, who studies the philosophy of race, uses the piece to discuss the concept…
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