SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE
CBS News featured online the 2012 Syracuse University Commencement address delivered by College of Visual and Performing Arts alumnus Aaron Sorkin ’83. The Post-Standard highlighted the address in an article reporting that Sorkin will write the screenplay for a movie on the life of Apple founder Steve Jobs.
A research brief recently issued by the Institute for Veterans and Military Families was mentioned by Stars & Stripes, Digital Journal and Veterans Today: Military & Foreign Affairs Journal. The research, which cites that treating families of veterans with PTSD for psychological stress also increases treatment success rates for veterans, was originally published in Aggression and Violent Behavior (2004). It was conducted by researchers at the University of Missouri-St. Louis and the Department of Veterans Affairs Trauma Recovery Program. The IVMF issues veteran and military family-focused research briefs every Friday.
The Post-Standard and O’Dwyer’s PR News reported on Larry Kramer ’72, alumnus and adjunct professor of media management at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, being named president and publisher of USA Today.
The Central New York Business Journal reported on Whitman School of Management Dean Melvin Stith joining the board of directors at Aflac, Inc.
FACULTY QUOTES
Rick Burton, Falk Professor of Sport Management, Falk College, was quoted in the LA Times recently on Time Warner’s efforts to become the dominant sports programmer in Los Angeles.
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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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