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NBC’s Voice of the Olympics Mike Tirico ’88: Memorable Olympic Moments and a Love for All Things Orange (Podcast)
When the Olympic Games begin later this month, one of the University’s best-known alums will be front and center. In many ways it’s a role Mike Tirico ’88 knew he wanted at an early age. “My mom will tell you,…
What’s Happening in CNY: Celebrating National Ice Cream Day
You scream, I scream, we all scream for ICE CREAM! Calling all lovers of this tasty frozen treat. Did you know that Sunday, July 21, is National Ice Cream Day? In honor of this special holiday, we put together a…
Teaching the Global Power of Sport, Olympics Through a Communication Lens
Historically, the Olympics have provided countless memorable athletic achievements—the Miracle on Ice men’s hockey team upsetting the Soviet Union at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York; the Dream Team capturing gold at the 1992 Summer Olympics in…
Are We Overlooking Justice Implications for the Olympics 2024 Sustainability Goals?
The 2024 Summer Olympics will begin in two weeks, with much of the attention focused not only on the sporting contests, but also the efforts of organizers to cut down on the carbon footprint of the event. Farhana Sultana is…
IDJC’s ElectionGraph Launches Searchable Database, New Report Tracking ‘Inauthentic Influencers’
A new searchable database allows the public to examine groups running social media ads that mention U.S. presidential candidates, including secretly coordinated pages that are running identical videos or messages. The work is the result of comprehensive research through the…
Remembering a Maxwell Torchbearer: Michael O. Sawyer
While many have helped to shape the Maxwell School’s first 100 years, perhaps no one person embodies the spirit, mission and purpose of the school as thoroughly as beloved alumnus and professor Michael O. Sawyer. Sawyer spent almost his entire…
Maxwell’s First Female Full-Time Professor Was an ‘Indomitable Presence’
Marguerite J. Fisher G’42 joined the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs faculty in August 1943, as war raged across the globe. While the war necessitated women’s entry into the workforce, roles remained limited. Fisher, the first female promoted…
Whitman School Names Inaugural Albert and Betty Hill Professor
The Martin J. Whitman School of Management has recently named Professor Natarajan Balasubramanian the inaugural Albert & Betty Hill Professor, effective July 1. With a Ph.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles, Balasubramanian joined the Whitman School in 2009….
University Remembers Silicon Chip Pioneer, Trans Activist Lynn Conway H’24
Lynn Conway H’24, a renowned computer scientist who received an honorary degree during the University’s Commencement in May, died June 9 in Michigan. She was 86. Conway, who revolutionized global information technology by inventing methods for designing Very Large Scale…
Museum Studies Program Receives Funding from Fisher Price for Major Digitization Project
The museum studies program in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ School of Design has received a $28,000 grant from Buffalo-based Fisher-Price, Inc. to fund the coordination and digitization of the View-Master™ archive. View-Master™ was first introduced at the…