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Arts & Culture

Going Places

Monday, August 21, 2017, By Rob Enslin

Santiago Quiñones ’90 has a knack for being in the right place at the right time—a quality that has served him well in television and film. Thus, it is fitting that he began his career as a location scout, tasked…

Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse Students Win at NABJ Salute to Excellence Awards

Wednesday, August 16, 2017, By Lani Rich

The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) held its annual gala in New Orleans on Aug. 12, announcing the winners of its Salute to Excellence Awards, which included three Newhouse School students. According to the NABJ, “The Salute to Excellence…

Arts & Culture

Bill Werde Named Director of the Bandier Program in Newhouse School

Tuesday, August 15, 2017, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Award-winning media professional Bill Werde has been named director of the Bandier Program for Music Business and the Entertainment Industries at Syracuse University. The program, established in 2006 and made possible through a generous gift from music industry executive Martin…

Campus & Community

Dave Bing ’66, H’06, NBA Legend, Former Detroit Mayor, Molds Next Generation of Leaders

Monday, August 14, 2017, By Rob Enslin

When David Bing ’66, H’06 delivers the keynote address at this fall’s Coming Back Together (CBT) gala, he will reflect on a rich and varied career in sports, business, politics and philanthropy. Do not expect Detroit’s former mayor, however, to…

Health & Society

Syracuse Shines at American Sociological Association Meeting in Montreal

Monday, August 14, 2017, By Rob Enslin

More than two-dozen researchers from the Department of Sociology are on the world stage at the American Sociological Association (ASA)’s 112th Annual Meeting in Montreal. The theme of this year’s meeting is “Culture, Inequalities and Social Inclusion Across the Globe.”…

Arts & Culture

SUArt Galleries Presents ‘Meant to Be Shared: Selections from the Arthur Ross Collection of European Prints’

Monday, August 14, 2017, By News Staff

The Syracuse University Art Galleries will present “Meant to be Shared: Selections from the Arthur Ross Collection of European Prints at Yale University Art Gallery,” on view beginning Aug. 17. Organized by Suzanne Boorsch, the Robert L. Solley Curator of…

Campus & Community

Excellus BlueCross BlueShield Selected as New Administrator for Syracuse University Medical Plans

Friday, August 11, 2017, By News Staff

Earlier this year, Syracuse University conducted an annual review of health care benefits to ensure high-quality coverage, excellent customer service and competitive rates. As part of this exercise to foster institution-wide excellence, the Office of Human Resources began reviewing and…

Campus & Community

Remembering William ‘Bill’ Pooler: He Made an Impact Locally and Around the World

Wednesday, August 9, 2017, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

As a sociologist, William “Bill” Pooler studied many different facets of society on the local, national and global levels. He was involved in dozens of diverse projects over his 45-year career, from developing reorganization procedures for an Onondaga County jail,…

Arts & Culture

Alumna Is First Woman to Get Full Philosophy Professorship at MSU Denver

Tuesday, August 8, 2017, By Renée K. Gadoua

As a doctoral student in philosophy, Carol V.A. Quinn G’02 studied Hebrew for two years and traveled to Israel, where she interviewed Holocaust survivors. She concedes she took a nontraditional approach to researching her dissertation, Considering the Nazi Data Debate:…

Health & Society

Mary Kiernan Inducted into American Academy of Chefs

Tuesday, August 8, 2017, By News Staff

In July, Associate Teaching Professor Mary Kiernan was inducted into the American Academy of Chefs (AAC), the honor society of the American Culinary Foundation (ACF). The ACF was established in 1929. Today, the professional chefs’ organization boasts 17,500 members and…