SU in the News: Friday, April 1

SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE

C-SPAN’s “Today in Washington” (view clip) features the recent appointment of James Steinberg, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State, as dean of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, and University Professor of Social Science, International Affairs and Law. A Washington Post politics blog also mentions the appointment of Steinberg, and Sherburne Abbott’s appointment as Syracuse University’s vice president for sustainability initiatives and University Professor of Sustainability Science & Policy. The San Antonio Express also reported on the news, and the Boston Globe included comments by Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry about Steinberg’s appointment.

The Las Vegas Sun cited a recent report from SU’s Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) in an article on Nevada’s rate of mortgage fraud.

The April 2 issue of Billboard includes a feature, “Be True to Your School,” with College of Visual and Performing Arts’ alumni Bronagh Hanley and Elizabeth Pesnel speaking about their music education and alma mater.

The Post-Standard reported briefly on the Whitman School of Management being ranked in Bloomberg Businessweek’s sixth annual “The Best Undergraduate Business Schools.”

FACULTY QUOTES

John Palmer, University Professor in the Maxwell School, spoke with American Public Media’s “Marketplace” about AARP’s interest in the health care law.

Amanda Nicholson, assistant professor of retail management in the Whitman School, commented in the Post-Standard on the vitality of Syracuse’s  ShoppingTown Mall.

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