Mehrzad Boroujerdi, director of the Middle Eastern Studies Program in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, is quoted in an Associated Press article on anticipated launch of a new government-backed Iranian news agency called Atlas.
Robert Thompson, director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, appeared on CNN ’s “Reliable Sources” to discuss Sarah Palin’s new book. He also spoke with CBS radio about cursing in network television and was quoted in a Washington Post article on diversity of programming in Web television. Additionally, Thompson was quoted in a St. Petersburg Times story on political campaigning through social media.
James Watts, professor of religion in The College of Arts and Sciences, and Suzanne Thorin, University Librarian and dean of the Library, are quoted in a Chronicle of Higher Education story on the SU Library’s plan to move some of its print books to a downstate repository.
The new memoir, “Lit,” from Mary Karr, Jesse Truesdell Peck Professor of Literature in The College of Arts and Sciences, was reviewed in New York Times, Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, Va.) and Pittsburgh Tribune Review articles.
Bryce Hand, professor emeritus, is quoted in a Post-Standard story on debate over the process of hydrofracking, drilling for natural gas in the Marcellus shale. Donald Siegel, earth sciences professor in The College of Arts and Sciences, and John Robinson, professor emeritus, will join Hand in a town of Marcellus presentation on the issue.
John P. Gross Jr., practitioner-in-residence in the College of Law, is quoted in a Post-Standard story on one juror’s post-trial comments about the Alan Jones trial and verdict.
Henry Mullins, earth sciences professor in The College of Arts and Sciences, was interviewed in a Post-Standard story on his new book about technology and overpopulation.
Robert Colley, associate dean of University College, is quoted in a Sunday Post-Standard article on Syracuse-area art galleries and museums.
The Warehouse and Near West Side Initiative were mentioned in a Post-Standard story on the Red House neighborhood relocation of SubCat Music Studios from Skaneateles.
Scott Lathrop, clinical professor of marketing practice in the Whitman School of Management, is quoted in a Post-Standard article on the marketing of bottle redemption centers.
A photo of SU Remembrance Scholar Shannon McCool accompanies a brief Post-Standard article on the rose-laying ceremony, remembrance for Pan Am flight 103 victims.
The Post-Standard reported briefly on the death of a Syracuse University undergraduate student.
Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern, associate professor of food studies in Falk College, was interviewed for the Syracuse.com story “Why aren’t NY farm workers in the Covid-19 vaccine line?” Minkoff-Zern, an expert on the intersections of food and social justice, comments on the…
Gladys McCormick, associate professor of history in the Maxwell School, was quoted in the Al Jazeera story “Biden to broaden US-Mexican relations, keep immigration at top.” McCormick, an expert on US-Mexico relations, believes that Mexican president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador…
Dennis Deninger, professor of practice in Falk College and the Newhouse School, was quoted in the Associated Press story “The long game: COVID changed the way we play, watch, cheer.” Deninger, an expert on sports television and media, believes that…
Robert Thompson, Trustee Professor of television, radio and film and director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture in the Newhouse School, was quoted in The Wall Street Journal story “Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Ratings: Oprah Interview…
Christa Kelleher, assistant profession of earth environmental science in the College of Arts and Sciences, was quoted in the Newsweek article “7 Women Scientists Who Defied the Odds and Changed Science Forever.” Kelleher, an expert on hydrology, comments particularly on…
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