SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE
Gulf News (U.A.E.) reported on the upcoming joint exhibition, “Reconnecting East and West: Islamic Ornament in 19th-Century Works from the Dahesh Museum of Art and Syracuse University” in June in Dubai.
The Tallahassee Democrat mentions the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV) founded at the Whitman School in a feature on the consortium EBV program at Florida State University.
Anthony Rotolo, assistant professor of practice in the iSchool, is mentioned in Publishers Weekly for his Twitter-driven course in information technology.
Poynter.org reported on the new funding for News21, of which the Newhouse School is a participating member.
A WSYR “Bridge Street” (view clip) segment this morning featured Suzanne Thorin, dean of libraries and University librarian, discussing the recent donation by alumnus Ted Koppel, original anchor of the ABC News program “Nightline,” of videotapes and other broadcasting career items to the Syracuse University Library.
The Post-Standard previewed that the Carmelo K. Anthony Basketball Center will be a featured stop on the first ever “CNY GREENBUILT: Sustainable Building Showcase” tour, Saturday, June 18.
FACULTY QUOTES
CNN quotes Robert Thompson, director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, on media coverage of the Casey Anthony trial. Thompson also participated in the New York Times blog “Room for Debate,” which looked at transgressions committed on digital social media.
Syracuse University alumnus Rami Khouri ’70, G’98, director of the Issam Fares Institute of Public Policy and International Affairs at the American University of Beirut and editor-at-large of the Beirut-based Daily Star newspaper, is quoted in a Guardian article on political developments following the unrest of the Arab spring.
The Jewish Chronicle published an opinion piece by Menachem Z. Rosensaft, distinguished visiting lecturer at Syracuse University College of Law, on the aging cohort of Holocaust survivors and the family units that act as attesters.
The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) quotes David Cay Johnston, distinguished visiting lecturer in the College of Law, on taxes and wealthy Americans.
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Three professors have been named Meredith Professor Faculty Fellows. Part of the Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professorship Program, the Faculty Fellows program was launched this year. Fellows will work in partnership with the Center for Teaching and Learning…
The Syracuse WorkForce Run was held at Onondaga Lake Parkway Tuesday, bringing together workers from across Central New York for a night of food, fun, fitness and friendly competition among area employers. This year’s event, which raised funds for Ronald…
Oren Lyons Jr. ’58, H’93 and Roy Simmons Jr. ’59, H’14 formed a lifelong friendship that stems from their days starring for the Syracuse University men’s lacrosse team from 1955-58. Recently, Lyons and Simmons were honored with the Alfie Jacques…
Katherine McDonald, professor of public health and senior associate dean for research and administration in the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics, will join Syracuse University’s Office of Research in a new role as associate vice president…
Chancellor Kent Syverud has appointed Dean Mark Lodato of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications as academic dean representative to the Board of Trustees. In addition, Andrea Rose Persin, assistant dean of budget, finance and administration in the College…
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