SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE
1010WINS radio in New York City mentioned the iSchool’s Social Media Program’s No. 1 ranking in the Student Services and Technology category of the U.S. News and World Report Top Online Education Programs for 2012.
Employment data issued by the Institute for Veterans and Military Families was cited in a Huffington Post Impact news story on 2012 being the year of the veteran and military spouse.
A Seattle Post-Intelligencer blog features the Operation Endure & Grow program, an online training experience for National Guard and Reserve members and their families focused on the fundamentals of launching and/or growing a small business, offered by the Institute for Veterans and Military Families in cooperation with the U.S. Small Business Administration. The program was founded in 2010 at the Whitman School and is now operated by the IVMF.
Syracuse iSchool Professor David Lankes is mentioned in American Libraries Magazine for his participation in the American Library Association’s Midwinter Meeting Jan. 20-24 in Dallas.
A Post-Standard feature on the employment outlook for soon-to-be college graduates and local college career advisers quotes Karen McGee, assistant dean for student affairs at the Newhouse School, and Mirza Tihic, director of employment programs at the Institute for Veterans and Military Families. Tihic offered specific job-seeking advice for veterans.
The Post-Standard reported that Pete Sala, senior associate director of athletics and managing director of the Carrier Dome, has been named to the board of directors for the Syracuse Chiefs.
FACULTY QUOTES
Inside Higher Ed quotes Harvey Teres, professor of English in The College of Arts and Sciences, on first-year reading programs in higher education.
Jeffrey Stonecash, professor of political science in the Maxwell School and College of Arts and Sciences, is quoted in YNN about the importance of the first primary of the election.
Thomas Dennison, professor of practice in public administration in the Maxwell School, is quoted in the Post-Standard on local doctors shifting hospital locations for orthopedic surgeries.
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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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