SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE
A New York Times article highlights Chancellor Nancy Cantor as being among the leaders of the revitalization of Syracuse’s Near West Side. The article focuses on the work that the University is doing in collaboration with Home Headquarters and area businesses to redevelop properties in the area.
SU’s Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) is mentioned in a Star-Telegram editorial on the issue of deporting students living in the U.S. illegally after being brought in as children. TRAC information is also cited in a Patriot Ledger editorial on the truths behind immigration deportations.
The Post-Standard, WSYR-AM, WSYR-TV, and other local and national media outlets reported on alumnus Sean O’Keefe and his son, SU sophomore Kevin O’Keefe, surviving a plane crash on an Alaskan mountainside yesterday.
The Associated Press reported on the efforts of government officials to recover the medical files of convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi. A Buffalo News editorial advocated for a probe into his compassionate release a year ago.
FACULTY QUOTES
David M. Crane L’80, professor of practice in the College of Law, was quoted on MSNBC on the Pentagon’s trial of child soldier Omar Khadr at Guantanamo Bay. He is also quoted in BBC News Magazine on the war crimes trial of Liberian President Charles Taylor.
Marek Kos, research associate in the Department of Physics in The College of Arts & Sciences, was recently quoted in BBC News and Canada’s National Post on improved detection of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles, which make up dark matter.
R&D Magazine reported on the research by College of Arts & Sciences professors Scott Pitnick, John Belote and Mollie Manier that highlights previously unobservable events occurring between insemination and fertilization by genetically altering fruit flies.
Scott Manning Stevens, associate professor and director of Native American and Indigenous studies in the College of Arts & Sciences, was quoted in the Rochester First story “Celebrating Indigenous People’s Day in Rochester.” Stevens says that education about Native American…
Almantas Palubinskas, a PhD student in the Whitman School of Management, was interviewed for the Cincinnati Public Radio story “As Drones Become More Common, Privacy Concerns Arise.” Palubinskas, whose research focuses on how regulations affect different innovations and their impact…
Abel R. Gomez, a PhD candidate of communities and identities religion in the College of Arts of Sciences, wrote a commentary for The Conversation titled “Indigenous Peoples Day comes amid a reckoning over colonialism and calls for return of Native…
Whitney Phillips, assistant professor of communication and rhetorical studies in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, was interviewed by CBS Sunday Morning for the story “Q and the ABCs of spreading conspiracy theories.” Phillips, an expert in disinformation, explains…
Scott Manning Stevens, associate professor and director of Native American and Indigenous studies in the College of Arts & Sciences, was quoted in the News Channel 9 story “Celebrating Indigenous People’s Day.” Stevens says that many students are never taught…
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