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SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE

A Sunday feature on the Whitman School of Management fall 2011 Entrepreneurship Bootcamp includes profiles of recent graduates of the six week intensive course. Tom Lumpkin, the Chris J. Witting Chair in Entrepreneurship at Whitman, is quoted.

reported on the South Campus groundbreaking for the new Â鶹ƵµÀUniversity Library storage facility.

A blog posting about the number of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) cases filings nationwide cites information from SU’s Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC ) and notes the FOIA Project at TRAC.

The reported on New York State awarding College Access Challenge Grants, including a grant to SU on behalf of Say Yes to Education for college coordinators in four city high schools.

A Monday Post-Standard look at revitalization efforts in the Near Westside neighborhood features profiles of Near Westside Initiative (NWSI) board members and . The articles also quote Marilyn Higgins, vice president of community engagement and economic development at SU, and mention the 601 Tully multi-use building renovated by artist Marion Wilson, director of community initiatives in the visual arts at the School of Education, as an economically sustainable gallery enterprise.

Maarten Jacobs, NWSI director, is quoted in a Friday report on Signature Music, a nonprofit music education program recently moved to the Delavan Center on the Near West Side as part of the neighborhood’s revitalization.

FACULTY QUOTES

Robert Thompson, director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, is quoted in a article on the Oprah Winfrey Network and its new fall programming; in on the televised manslaughter trial of Dr. Conrad Murray, physician to Michael Jackson; in a story on journalism, newscasters and celebrity; and in the Bergen (N.J.) on new female-centric television shows.

John Wolohan, professor in the Department of Sport Management in the Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics, authored a blog post in discussing the Americans with Disabilities Act and alleged discrimination in the case of a Fulton, N.Y., high school student with Tourette syndrome who was prevented from trying out for the varsity football team.

Don Dutkowsky, professor of economics at the Maxwell School, is quoted in a report on unemployment and unfilled jobs.

Christy Ashby, assistant professor of teaching and leadership in the School of Education, is quoted in a story about Japanese teachers visiting New York’s Sandy Creek school district to learn about inclusive special education.

David Rubin, professor and dean emeritus at the Newhouse School, authored a guest column in Saturday’s on the academic advantages of SU’s move to the Atlantic Coast Conference.

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