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Media Tip Sheet: Russian Invasion of Ukraine – One Year Later

Monday, February 13, 2023, By Vanessa Marquette

February 24, 2023 will mark one year since Russia invaded Ukraine. Four of our Syracuse University faculty experts shared their thoughts about the upcoming anniversary. Please see their names, titles, and quotes below. If you are interested in interviewing any…

Campus & Community

Faculty and Staff: Enter to Win Two Tickets and Transportation to Cheer on the Orange in the Pinstripe Bowl Dec. 29

Thursday, December 8, 2022, By News Staff

To show appreciation and celebrate its faculty and staff, Syracuse University is offering a chance to win tickets to cheer on the Syracuse football team in the Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl. Winning faculty and staff members, plus a guest,…

NBC News

The Problem With Ghee Trending on TikTok

Monday, October 3, 2022, By Julia Mazzer

Sudha Raj, teaching professor and director of the graduate program in the Department of Nutrition and Food Studies in Falk College, was interviewed for the NBC News story “Influencers are eating ghee by the spoonful. Brands are responding with whitewashed…

Campus & Community

Abby Kasowitz-Scheer Appointed Head of Learning and Academic Engagement at Syracuse University Libraries

Monday, September 12, 2022, By Cristina Hatem

Abby Kasowitz-Scheer was recently appointed head of Syracuse University Libraries’ department of Learning and Academic Engagement. She has been with the Libraries for 21 years, serving as head of Instructional Services and then Learning Commons librarian (later called Reference and…

Campus & Community

Riders Sought for Annual Meals on Wheels Fundraiser

Monday, July 11, 2022, By John Boccacino

Syracuse University is sponsoring the 2022 Alley Cat Ride, a fundraiser for Meals on Wheels of Syracuse, this Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The ride will begin at the Syracuse Center of Excellence (SyracuseCoE). Bicycle riders will deliver…

Campus & Community

From Burma to ’Cuse: Custodial Supervisor Pawehmoo ‘Ma’ Thawtheet Pursues Growth, Learning and the American Dream

Tuesday, July 5, 2022, By Jen Plummer

Pawehmoo Thawtheet, known affectionately as “Ma” by friends and colleagues, came to Syracuse by way of Thailand in the fall of 2007. A native of Burma (now known as Myanmar) and member of the Karen ethnic group, Thawtheet spent the…

Media Tip Sheets

Media Tip Sheet: Consequences of China Lockdown

Thursday, May 19, 2022, By Vanessa Marquette

As the intense lockdowns continue in China, one of our Syracuse University professors weighed in on possible consequences they may have on the economy. Dimitar Gueorguiev is an associate professor of political science at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and…

Health & Society

Jillian Scheer Named Inaugural Cobb-Jones Professor of Clinical Psychology

Thursday, December 2, 2021, By Dan Bernardi

When Janet Gretchen Jones’ wife Faith (“Chris”) Maltby Cobb ’51, G’66, G’74 (Ph.D.) passed away in 2018, Jones considered different ways to honor her partner’s legacy. Out of all the different institutions and organizations her wife was involved with throughout…

WPIX-TV (New York)

Mike Richards is out as producer of ‘Jeopardy!’ and ‘Wheel’

Wednesday, September 1, 2021, By Lily Datz

Robert Thompson, Trustee Professor of radio, television and film and director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture in the Newhouse School, was interviewed by WPIX-TV (New York) for the article “Mike Richards is out as producer of…

Associated Press

“The long game: COVID changed the way we play, watch, cheer.”

Monday, March 8, 2021, By Lily Datz

Robert Thompson, Trustee Professor of television, radio and film and director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture in the Newhouse School, was quoted in the Associated Press story “The long game: COVID changed the way we play,…