SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE

1010WINS radio in New York City mentioned the iSchool's Social Media Program's No. 1 ranking in the Student Services and Technology category of the U.S. News and World Report Top Online Education Programs for 2012.

Employment data issued by the Institute for Veterans and Military Families was cited in a Huffington Post Impact news story on 2012 being the year of the veteran and military spouse.

A Seattle Post-Intelligencer blog features the Operation Endure & Grow program, an online training experience for National Guard and Reserve members and their families focused on the fundamentals of launching and/or growing a small business, offered by the Institute for Veterans and Military Families in cooperation with the U.S. Small Business Administration. The program was founded in 2010 at the Whitman School and is now operated by the IVMF.

Syracuse iSchool Professor David Lankes is mentioned in American Libraries Magazine for his participation in the American Library Association's Midwinter Meeting Jan. 20-24 in Dallas.

A Post-Standard feature on the employment outlook for soon-to-be college graduates and local college career advisers quotes Karen McGee, assistant dean for student affairs at the Newhouse School, and Mirza Tihic, director of employment programs at the Institute for Veterans and Military Families. Tihic offered specific job-seeking advice for veterans.

The Post-Standard reported that Pete Sala, senior associate director of athletics and managing director of the Carrier Dome, has been named to the board of directors for the Syracuse Chiefs.

FACULTY QUOTES

Inside Higher Ed quotes Harvey Teres, professor of English in The College of Arts and Sciences, on first-year reading programs in higher education.

Jeffrey Stonecash, professor of political science in the Maxwell School and College of Arts and Sciences, is quoted in YNN about the importance of the first primary of the election.

Thomas Dennison, professor of practice in public administration in the Maxwell School, is quoted in the Post-Standard on local doctors shifting hospital locations for orthopedic surgeries.

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