SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE
A research study on the economic mobility of children affected by parental divorce, co-authored by Leonard Lopoo, associate professor of public administration in the Maxwell School, is featured on The Economist and on Pew Charitable Trusts and PhysOrg.com web sites. The study results were also covered by the the Washington Times and National Review.
Dick Case’s Post-Standard column featured Marvin Druger, professor emeritus of biology in The College of Arts and Sciences, and his new memoir “The Misadventures of Marvin,” published by Syracuse University Press.
The Post-Standard noted that Roosevelt Wright, associate professor in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, will receive a Community Service award at the upcoming NAACP Syracuse/Onondaga Freedom Awards Banquet.
Saturday’s Say Yes to Education family leadership conference held at the University’s Life Sciences Complex was briefly reported by the Post-Standard.
The School of Architecture is featured in a Syracuse.com video focusing on computer-controlled fabrication of shade screens for the Marcellus Street green home on the city’s near west side.
A video posted on Syracuse.com about the High School Press Day at the Newhouse School features an introduction and comments by Charlotte Grimes, Knight Chair in Political Reporting at the Newhouse School.
An Associated Press story about women working as professional rock-climbing guides mentions the Outing Club at Syracuse University.
FACULTY QUOTES
School of Information Studies Dean and Trustee Professor Elizabeth D. Liddy’s views on natural language processing in search engines of the future are noted in a Washington Post article about the history and future of techniques and algorithms used by search programs on the Internet.
Robert Thompson, director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture in the Newhouse School, is quoted in an ABC News story on fan reactions following the last episode of “Lost”; a Wall Street Journal article on “Lost” final episode viewership; and Christian Science Monitor and WTOP-Washington, D.C. radio stories on the legacies and final broadcasts of “Law and Order,” “Lost” and other TV dramas.
An in-depth discussion of the relationship between humans and animals will be the second in the University’s spring 2019 Interfaith Dialogue Dinner Series, “Common and Diverse Ground: Raising Consciousnesses by Acknowledging the ‘Hidden’ Things that Divide Us,” on Thursday, Feb….
Programs and units across campus have been engaging in assessment activities to support student learning and enhance campus operations. After spending time on campus last spring, the Middle States accreditation site visit team commended the University’s efforts. The result was…
Syracuse University is aware of media reports about students receiving credit for internships with the Syracuse Peace Council, which sponsored a public forum at an off-campus site last month at which inflammatory comments about Israel and Palestinian groups were made…
In an average year, the Enrollment Management Processing office receives about 37,000 undergraduate applications. Graduate applications number around 13,000-15,000. Over a million supporting documents must be processed as well. Each application needs to be assembled and sent to the offices…
This year’s Take Back the Night, an annual march, rally and speak-out event, is scheduled for Wednesday, March 27, at 7 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel. Take Back the Night is observed throughout the world as an event that unites communities…
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