SU in the News: Thursday, April 22, 2010

SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE

The Wall Street Journal (subscription required), Atlanta Journal Constitution, Associated Press, New York Times, and Post-Standard reported on PepsiCo’s new on-the-go recycling initiative, which will directly benefit the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV), a national program created and managed in the Whitman School of Management.

The Los Angeles Times cited statistics from SU’s Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) in an article on deportation and immigration enforcement of illegal immigrants.

The Central New York Business Journal reported that the Syracuse University students business venture, Ag 4 Africa, is a finalist in the Dell Social Innovation Competition. The brainchild of one alumnus and two current Whitman School of Management students, Ag 4 Africa is a rural development model for Sub-Saharan Africa.

Alejandro Garcia, professor in the School of Social Work in the College of Human Ecology, was featured in the Syracuse New Times for the exhibit “Treasures of the People: The Folk Art of Mexico,” featuring works from his collection.

FACULTY QUOTES

Robert Thompson, director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, commented in the Democrat & Chronicle about people from Rochester.

Jeremy Shiffman, associate professor of public administration at the Maxwell School, commented in the Canadian Medical Association Journal on allocating health research money.

Leonard Burman, Daniel Patrick Moynihan Professor of Public Affairs in the Maxwell School, commented in the Seattle Times on value-added taxes and federal deficit reduction.

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