SU in the News: Thursday, December 16, 2010

SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE

Southern Maryland online cited a report from SU’s Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) in an article on Baltimore’s immigration court.

The Post-Standard reported on the $3.5 million gift from John D. Reilly III ’69, G’70 and his wife, Patricia M. Reilly, to the College of Human Ecology toward construction of a new campus child care and educational center.

The Post-Standard previewed today’s open house to announce the completion of renovations at the Lincoln Supply Warehouse building on the Near Westside, and the official announcement of the building’s commercial and residential tenants.

The Post-Standard profiled Larry Elin, associate professor in the Newhouse School, for his early contributions toward creating “Tron.”

Gary Shaheen, Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) senior vice president, was a guest on Newsradio 570 WSYR’s Jim Reith Show. Shaheen discussed Start-Up NY, an innovative program that helps entrepreneurs with disabilities launch their own businesses.

FACULTY QUOTES

Robert Thompson, director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, is quoted in an MSNBC column on infomercials.  He is also quoted in the Modesto Bee on reality TV’s place in prime time slots.

Gary Engelhardt, professor of economics in the Maxwell School, is quoted in a Heritage.org blog on Medicare entitlement.

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