SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE
The New York Times reviewed the New York City presentation of “Cry for Peace: Voices from the Congo,” a documentary theater piece in the Ping Chong & Company’s Undesirable Elements series. The Syracuse Stage’s Kyle Bass, adjunct professor of drama in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, collaborated with Ping Chong on the piece, based on interviews with members of the Syracuse area Congolese community.
Media coverage of memorial events for Bassel Shahade, the Syracuse University graduate student and Fulbright Scholar killed in Syria, includes reports on YNN, 9WSYR, CNY Central and WRVO.
Local and regional coverage of Syracuse International Film Festival events includes several stories in the Post-Standard, here, here and here, and an article in the Rome Observer.
Further coverage of “Common Ground for Peace” and the “One World Concert” with the Dalai Lama at SU includes: a San Jose Mercury News photo gallery, World Entertainment News Network, two different reports on WRVO, and the Post-Standard.
SU is included in a U.S. News & World Report article on college majors in new media.
The San Diego Metro‘s Daily Business Report, third item, notes the area’s entrepreneurship and small business management symposium hosted by the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV) and corporate partner Humana. Jared Lyon, EBV National Program Manager at the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF), and IVMF Board Member and EBV-SU Class of 2008 graduate Brian Iglesias (U.S. Marine Corps), owner of Veterans Expeditionary Media, will participate.
The Post-Standard noted Chancellor Cantor is included among the individuals and groups named in the amici curiae (friend of the court) brief in the Fisher v. University of Texas affirmative action related case before the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday.
The Post-Standard reviewed the Syracuse Stage presentation of “Moby Dick.”
The Central New York Business Journal reported on the SU 2013 Raymond von Dran IDEA Awards student venture competition, featuring a new track for Healthy IDEAs. St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center and Welch Allyn, a medical device manufacturer, are sponsoring the track.
FACULTY QUOTES
A Christian Science Monitor article on reaction to the Biden-Ryan debate quotes Robert Thompson, director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.
Eric Kingson, professor, School of Social Work in the Falk College, was quoted on Social Security in a Huffington Post story about the Biden-Ryan debate. Kingson was also quoted about Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security in a Post-Standard story on the downtown Syracuse march to show support for protecting those programs.
Dear Students and Families: Although it feels a bit more like winter today, there are now less than 30 days until the end of the spring semester. I hope you spent yesterday’s Wellness Day resting and recharging in anticipation of…
The annual Remembrance and Lockerbie Scholar Convocation will be held virtually on Friday, April 30, at 4 p.m. ET. The convocation honors the achievements of the 2020-21 Remembrance and Lockerbie Scholars, and pays tribute to the Syracuse University students, Lockerbie…
The 104th Chancellor’s Review Award Ceremony will be streamed live at 2:30 p.m. April 23. The review is an annual tradition that showcases Army and Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) cadets from Syracuse University and its partner schools…
In his remarks to the University Senate, Chancellor Kent Syverud gave an overview of COVID-19 vaccination progress and Commencement, as well as highlighting recent academic honors received by faculty and students. Thanks, Professor Haddix. Our University is often blessed to…
The Division of Enrollment and the Student Experience and the Office of Diversity and Inclusion are hosting Let’s Talk About Current Issues support sessions for students and staff, offering a space to share thoughts, feelings and experiences as they process…
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