SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE
An NPR “All Things Considered” piece featured the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV) as a means of giving veterans a new professional start. Mike Haynie, EBV founder and executive director of the Institute for Veterans and Military Families, spoke with NPR, in addition to EBV program graduates from the University of Connecticut and SU.
The Post-Standard reported on Douglas Biklen, dean of the School of Education, being named winner of the UNESCO/Amir Jaber al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah Prize to Promote Quality Education for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities. Biklen will receive the prize, awarded every two years, today in a ceremony hosted by the Government of Kuwait.
FACULTY QUOTES
Media Line quotes Mehrzad Boroujerdi, director of the Middle Eastern Studies Program in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and The College of Arts and Sciences, on Iran’s parliamentary elections on Friday.
Next Gov quotes Milton Mueller, professor in the iSchool, on ICANN’s (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) management of the domain-name system.
A Post-Standard opinion piece by Aaron Menenberg, graduate student in international relations at the Maxwell School, examines the reaction to the recent desecration of several copies of the Quran in Afghanistan.
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The next “ADA Live!” podcast on Wednesday, March 3, will feature Curt Decker, founder and executive director of the National Disability Rights Network (NDRN). Decker will discuss the history of the Protection and Advocacy (P&A) System, some important legislation they…
Dear Students, Families, Faculty and Staff: The landscape of federal, state and local policy guidance related to the COVID health emergency continues to evolve at a rapid pace. We are following these policy changes and amended public health guidelines very…
Recent COVID-19 relief legislation has allowed the University to continue to offer faculty and staff flexibility in managing their 2020 and 2021 Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs). Effective immediately, faculty and staff have additional options for their FSAs including the ability…
Dear Students, Faculty and Staff: I am deeply saddened to share news of the passing of Noah Buntain, a doctoral candidate in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. Noah, who was originally from Iowa, joined the University community in…
Dear Students and Families: As we enter the final days of February, I am writing to share our weekly update about activities on the calendar this weekend. The team and I are grateful for your continued participation; these events and…
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