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Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse PR Program Named Finalist in PRWeek Awards Competition

Thursday, December 7, 2017, By Wendy S. Loughlin

The public relations program in the Newhouse School has been named a finalist for the PRWeek Award in the Outstanding Education Program category. Finalists in all PRWeek Award categories were announced Dec. 6. Newhouse’s PR program was named by PRWeek…

Campus & Community

Advisory Work Group on Staff Climate Matters Formed

Wednesday, December 6, 2017, By News Staff

The new Advisory Work Group on Staff Climate Matters will begin meeting this month to address areas identified by staff in the Universitywide survey Climate Assessment Survey conducted during the Spring 2016 semester. Staff participating in the advisory work group…

Campus & Community

LISSA Holiday Media Drive to Benefit Golisano Children’s Hospital

Wednesday, December 6, 2017, By J.D. Ross

Students in the Library and Information Science Student Assembly (LISSA) at the School of Information Studies (iSchool) are conducting a holiday media drive to benefit the Family Resource Center at Upstate Medical University’s Golisano Children’s Hospital. The Family Resource Center provides health information materials, computer-based…

STEM

Costello Staniec Named Chair Of Civil & Environmental Engineering

Monday, December 4, 2017, By Matt Wheeler

Associate Professor Andria Costello Staniec has been selected as chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering in the College of Engineering & Computer Science. Costello Staniec’s teaching and research are focused on applied environmental microbiology and engineering education. She holds a bachelor’s…

STEM

Soundarajan Named SIAM Science Policy Fellow

Monday, December 4, 2017, By Matt Wheeler

Assistant Professor Sucheta Soundarajan has been named a Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) Science Policy Fellow based on her interest in expanding participation in computer science among youth in rural areas. The SIAM Science Policy Fellowship Program helps early career researchers…

STEM

Driscoll Named Fellow of AAAS

Friday, December 1, 2017, By Matt Wheeler

Charles T. Driscoll, University Professor of Environmental Systems and Distinguished Professor in Civil & Environmental Engineering in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, has been named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Election as a AAAS…

Arts & Culture

VPA Junior Named YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund National Merit Scholarship Finalist

Thursday, November 30, 2017, By Erica Blust

Annie Carson, a junior fashion design major in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ School of Design, was named one of eight 2018 National Merit Scholarship finalists by the YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund (FSF), an international nonprofit organization composed of…

New York Times

Media Expert Thompson Explains Ken Shapiro’s Legacy

Wednesday, November 29, 2017, By Sawyer Kamman

Child TV star Ken Shapiro passed away last week at the age of 75. His satirical style helped usher in shows like Saturday Night Live, and his legacy remains to this day. In the New York Times, pop culture expert…

Campus & Community

Cameron MacPherson Named as University’s First Mitchell Scholar

Tuesday, November 28, 2017, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

MacPherson is one of only 12 U.S. students selected from more than 300 applicants for the award this year. He will use the award to study intercultural theology at Trinity College, Dublin.

Media, Law & Policy

Inaugural Otey and Barbara Scruggs Graduate Scholars Named

Friday, November 17, 2017, By Edy Semaan

The Maxwell School has named two graduate students as the inaugural Otey and Barbara Scruggs Graduate Scholars:  John R. Barruzza, a Ph.D. candidate in the history department; and Chelsea M. Thomas, a student in the master of public administration (M.P.A.)…