Comments by David M. Crane, professor of practice in the College of Law, were included in Associated Press and AllAfrica.com stories on the defense testimony of former Liberian leader Charles Taylor at the Special Court for Sierra Leone.
The Post-Standard and Business Wire reported on the expansion and U.S. Small Business Administration support of the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV), created at the Whitman School of Management. A photo of Mike Haynie, EBV founder and assistant professor of entrepreneurship in the Whitman School, appeared with the Post-Standard article. Syracuse University’s EBV was also mentioned in a Tallahassee Democrat article on veterans’ issues.
SU’s decision not to consider using Kindle e-book readers until the device is made more accessible to the visually impaired was covered in news reports by national and regional media including theAssociated Press; Inside Higher Ed (second item); ABC, CBS, Fox and WB networks; and WBAL-AM radio in Baltimore, Md.
Robert Thompson, director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, spoke with WTOP radio in Washington, D.C., about the debut of the new TBS late-night talk show with George Lopez.
An interview with Mary Karr, Jesse Truesdell Peck Professor of Literature in The College of Arts and Sciences, on her new memoir, “Lit,” was published in the Huffington Post.
Janis Mayes, associate professor of African American studies in The College of Arts and Sciences, was reported in the Miami Herald (fourth item) as a participant in the African Diaspora Panel book talk with the 2009 Miami Book Fair International.
SU Press author Norman Gershman appeared on CBS News “Sunday Morning” to discuss his SU Press book, “Besa: Muslims Who Saved Jews in World War II;” the documentary film, “God’s House;” and his dedication to casting light upon the courage of Albanians who sheltered Jews. Gershman was also featured in a Wall Street Journal article about the documentary and new book.
Mary Goodwin, associate director of Light Works/Community Darkrooms, was quoted in a CNYLink review of the Deana Lawson “Corporeal” exhibition currently on display at Light Work.
Sanford Sternlicht, professor of English in The College of Arts and Sciences, was featured in a News 10 Now report on the Holocaust.
Today’s exhibition of a portion of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in Goldstein Auditorium was reported briefly in the Post-Standard.
Some of the earliest memories of joining the Orange family begin the day new students move onto campus. During Syracuse Welcome 2021, faculty and staff are invited to join the Orientation Leaders, Goon Squad and the Office of First-Year and Transfer Programs (FYTP) in continuing the kick-off tradition of greeting and moving new students into their residence halls. A variety of volunteer times…
Horace Campbell, professor of political science and African American Studies in the Maxwell School, was quoted by The LA Times for the article “Who killed Haiti’s president? Plot thickens as Moise’s guards come under scrutiny” as well as in France…
Chris Faricy, associate professor of political science in the Maxwell School, was interviewed by the Wall St. Journal for the article “Democrats Focus on Turning Tax Talk Into Action.” Faricy discussed the possibility of new tax bills, saying, “A lot…
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…
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