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    2018 April 30-September 20

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    GENERAL COVERAGE May 3 Amsterdam News

    A Harlem, New York weekly newspaper profiled Wagner College student athlete Miracle Nwobu.

    Read the Amsterdam News story
    May 8 Multiple Publications

    On May 8, historic Tuskegee University announced that Wagner College Provost Lily D. McNair had been named as its first female president, with her term officially beginning on July 1. Below are links to several of the news stories announcing her selection:

    • May 8, Opelika-Auburn News, Wagner College’s McNair named Tuskegee’s first female president
    • May 8, WIAT-TV, Tuskegee University names Dr Lily D McNair president
    • May 8, WSFA, WBRC & WTVM, Tuskegee University names first female president in 136-year history
    • May 9, Associated Press, Tuskegee names first permanent female president
    • May 9, Diverse Magazine, Tuskegee Names Lily D McNair as President
    • May 10, US Black Engineer magazine, Women making history at HBCUs (Lily McNair)

    Read the Opelika-Auburn News story Read the WIAT-TV story Read the WSFA, WBRC & WTVM stories Read the Associated Press story Read the Diverse Magazine story Read the US Black Engineer Magazine story
    May 12 Staten Island Advance

    The lead story in the May 12 issue of the Staten Island Advance was Wagner College’s biggest event of the year: commencement.

    Read the extended story and see the pictures
    May 18 Washington Post

    The Washington Post published an editorial letter by Wagner College art history professor Laura Morowitz commenting on an op-ed essay by Eugene Robinson about the myth of “real Americans,” as opposed to “those of us who live and work in diverse urban communities, [read] international sources and [engage] in work that affects people around the world,” in the words of Dr. Morowitz.

    Read her letter and see link
    May 20 Advance

    The Sunday paper’s weekly “Social Calendar” featured the Wagner College Chai Society’s upcoming Community Mitzvah Awards.

    See the illustrated story
    Jul 18 DipNote

    An article published on DipNote, an official blog of the U.S. State Department, highlighted the service activities of this year’s Mandela Washington Fellows program for young African leaders studying at U.S. colleges and universities this summer, including those at Wagner College.

    Read the DipNote article
    Jul 26 Daily Mail & Times of London

    In May, a scholarly journal called Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences published a study by Wagner College sociology professor Chien Liu entitled, “A Theory of Sex Difference in Changes in Marital Sexual Satisfaction.” A few weeks later, the study drew the attention of a reporter at one of the U.K.’s major illustrated tabloids, the Daily Mail, which ran a story titled, “Cheating Men can Blame their Brain: Males are Hardwired for Promiscuity say Experts.” The next day, the Times of London ran its own version on the front page, titled, “Fancy That: Men’s Brains Hardwired for Promiscuity.”

    Read "Cheating Men can Blame their Brain" Read "Fancy That: Men's Brains Hardwired for Promiscuity"
    Aug 1 Brooklyn Daily & WPIX-11

    Wagner College adjunct art professor Isabelle Garbani designed a customized version of the Milton Bradley board game, “Life” — but Garbani’s version was meant specifically to highlight the challenges faced by immigrants. On Aug. 1, Julianne McShane of the Brooklyn Daily published her story about the game, titled “Facts of ‘Life’: Ridge Artist’s Take on Classic Board Game Spotlights Immigrants’ Experiences.” A couple of days later, local TV station WPIX-11 aired its own story about Garbani’s game

    Visit the game's website Read the Brooklyn Daily article Watch the story about the game
    Sep 13 Advance

    The AWE section’s calendar ran briefs two weeks in a row for a gallery reception for Sage Reynolds’s exhibition in the Wagner Union Gallery, “A Life with Paper, Paint & Metal.”

    See the Sept. 13 brief See the Sept. 20 brief
    Sep 20 Advance

    Advance reporter Tracey Porpora profiled Wagner College nursing student Brianna Bove in this front page story, focusing on Bove’s battle with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Bove plans to become a nurse practitioner oncologist through her studies on Grymes Hill.

    See the story about Brianna Bove
    Sep 20 Advance

    Advance society columnist Carol Ann Benanti wrote about the upcoming scholarship and awards dinner held each year by Wagner College’s DaVinci Society. Among this year’s honorees is Wagner College President Richard Guarasci, who is retiring next June.

    Read Benanti's story in the Advance
    COLLEGE RANKINGS Aug 8 Advance

    In August, the Princeton Review released its annual best colleges guide, which featured Wagner College — and our theater program was ranked #5 on the Best College Theaters list.

    Read about the Princeton Review
    Sep 12 Advance

    The local paper ran a brief reporting that Wagner College had been ranked in the top 25% of regional universities in the latest U.S. News & World Report “Best Colleges” guide. U.S. News had also listed Wagner as a “best buy.”

    Read about Wagner's ranking
    WAGNER COLLEGE THEATRE May 6 Advance

    Philip Straniere ’69 M’73, retired Staten Island civil court and supreme court judge, previewed the upcoming 50th anniversary gala of the Wagner College Theatre, scheduled for later that week. During his undergraduate years at Wagner, Straniere had been president of the intramural Varsity Players theater club.

    Read about the 50th anniversary
    May 16 Advance

    Victoria Priola wrote a story about Wagner College Theatre alumnus Alex Boniello ’13 taking a major role in the huge Broadway smash musical, “Dear Evan Hansen.”

    Read about Alex Boniello
    May 17 Tams-Witmark Blog

    Jim Colleran wrote “ ‘Hair’ at Fifty: A Conversation with the Wagner College Theatre Cast” for the website of the licensing company that owns the musical, “Hair,” which celebrated its 50th anniversary with a performance this spring by the Wagner College Theatre.

    Read the Tams Witmark piece
    Jun 4 New Yorker

    A story in the June 4 issue of the New Yorker featured Wagner College Theatre adjunct dance professor and former Rockette Mary Six Rupert.

    Read about Mary Six Rupert
    Jul 26 Advance

    The AWE section ran a second story on Wagner College grads starring in the Broadway hit, “Dear Evan Hansen,” highlighting the addition of Wagner College Theatre alumna Olivia Puckett as a featured performer alongside WCT alum Alex Boniello.

    Read about Alex Boniello and Olivia Puckett
    Aug 9 Advance

    The AWE calendar listed the Hemlock Theatre production of “The Hunchback of Notre Dame,” being produced in our Stage One studio theater.

    Read about Hemlock's production
    HOLOCAUST CENTER Jun 14 Advance

    Wagner College history professor and Holocaust Center director Lori Weintrob was featured in a news story about a Holocaust remembrance event at the Staten Island Jewish Community Center.

    Read about the Holocaust remembrance event
    Sep 17 Advance

    A Sept. 16 celebration at Wagner College, sponsored by our Holocaust Center, brought Holocaust survivors together with Wagner students to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.

    Read about the celebration
    HUGH L. CAREY INSTITUTE FOR GOVERNMENT REFORM Apr 30 American Lawyer

    Joshua Spivak, a public relations executive and a senior fellow at the Hugh L. Carey Institute for Government Reform at Wagner College, is an internationally recognized authority on recall elections. In this article for American Lawyer magazine, Spivak examines the history of judicial recall elections.

    Read the American Lawyer op-ed
    May 1 The Hill

    Joshua Spivak writes an op-ed essay that explores the history of his subject, as he has done many times over the years. This time, his subject is “fusion tickets” — the unusual practice employed in New York state of allowing candidates to run under multiple party banners.

    Read the Hill essay
    Jun 6 Associated Press

    An AP story on a California judicial recall election cited expert commentary by Joshua Spivak.

    Read the Associated Press story
    Jun 6 Wall Street Journal

    Joshua Spivak was sought out by a Journal reporter for insight on the California judicial recall election in the case of the judge who sentenced a Stanford University student athlete to a six-month imprisonment following a sexual assault conviction.

    Read the Wall Street Journal story
    Jun 7 Bloomberg Law Podcast

    Bloomberg reporter June Grasso interviewed Joshua Spivak about the California judicial recall election.

    Listen to the Bloomberg Law Podcast
    Aug 20 politics.co.uk

    Joshua Spivak wrote an op-ed for a U.K. political news website about attempts to recall U.K. parliamentarian Ian Paisley Jr., son of the notorious Rev. Ian Paisley, a key figure in the Troubles of recent Northern Ireland history. Paisley Jr. was accused of accepting favors from the Sri Lankan government in return for lobbying activity.

    Read the politics.co.uk essay
    Sep 5 The Hill

    Joshua Spivak wrote a historical survey of the role of superdelegates in the Democratic Party’s presidential nominating process, saying that changes being proposed to limit their role until after a first ballot made sense.

    Read Joshua Spivak's essay on the Hill
    Prof. Abe Unger May 31 Advance

    Abe Unger, an associate professor and director of urban programs in our Department of Government and Politics, provided expert commentary for a story on new warehousing businesses making their home on Staten Island’s West Shore.

    Read the Advance story
    Jun 8 silive

    A story posted on the Staten Island Advance website, silive.com, mentioned that Wagner College political science professor Abe Unger was one of the featured speakers at the keynote breakfast for the Green & Clean Festival 2018, an event dedicated to “a sustainable Staten Island.” Unger has been an adviser to various Staten Island groups on development issues.

    Read about the Green & Clean Festival
    Jul 1 Washington Monthly

    A story on business improvement districts, their benefits and their liabilities, briefly mentioned Wagner professor Abe Unger, author in 2016 of a major study, “Business Improvement Districts in the United States: Private Government and Public Consequences,” published by Palgrave Macmillan.

    Read the Business Improvement Districts study Read the Washington Monthly story
    Jul 9 silive

    A story on the Advance website examined the local manifestation of a national trend in the reinvention of shopping malls. Wagner urban studies professor Abe Unger was one of the story’s sources.

    Read the silive story
    Jul 11 N.Y. Jewish Week

    Abe Unger is not only a political science professor at Wagner College; he is also the campus rabbi, as well as spiritual leader of the Congregation Ohav Zedek synagogue in Bayonne, N.J., and author of the upcoming book, “A Jewish Public Theology: G-d and the Global City” (in press by Lexington Books, an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield). In an op-ed essay published in the Jewish Week newspaper, Unger examines the diminution of American Jewish life.

    Read about "A Jewish Public Theology" Read the Jewish Week essay
    Aug 16 silive

    The Advance posted on its website a story about Staten Island’s East Shore Local Development Corporation, whose project manager is Wagner College professor Abe Unger.

    Read about the East Shore
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