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    2016 February 10-May 05

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    GENERAL COVERAGE Feb 18 Staten Island Advance

    Advance education writer Diane Lore reported that Wagner College was seeking nominations for its annual educators’ awards program.

    Read Diane Lore's Staten Island Advance Story
    Feb 24 New York Times

    Reporter Matt Chaban wrote about the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission’s decision to pursue landmark status for 30 properties throughout the five boroughs, out of 95 nominations that had been languishing on the commission’s agenda for as much as half a century. (Wagner College’s Cunard Hall was released from the landmarking process, 50 years after its nomination was initially filed with the LPC.)

    Read Matt Chaban's New York Times story
    Feb 24 New York 1

    Black World War II veteran and Staten Island community leader William Morris Jr. spoke to a combined set of three history classes at Wagner College about his experiences during the war. The New York 1 story was reported by Jennifer Likonsky.

    Watch the New York 1 story about William Morris Jr.
    Feb 25 BBC Radio 5 Live

    On Feb. 25, 2016, Wagner College business professor Richard LaRocca was interviewed by journalist Rhod Sharp on the program, “Up All Night,” on BBC Radio 5 Live. The subject: some of the complications that might arise out of Britain’s exit from the European Union.

    Listen to the BBC Radio 5 Live interview
    Mar 5 Univision

    A recent study found that guardrails could transfer bacteria from respiratory and skin infections. Univision Noticias reporter Peggy Carranza interviewed Wagner College biology professor Javier Rivera-Guzman for this story, which aired on the March 5 edition of the Spanish-language national news broadcast.

    Watch the Univision story
    Mar 9 El Universal (Colombia)

    The main daily newspaper in Cartagena, Colombia, published a story about a Wagner College class visit to sites associated with Nobel Prize-winning novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

    Read the El Universal (Colombia) story in Spanish or English
    Mar 11 Advance

    Maura Grunland reported on a fire that destroyed a home rented by several members of the Seahawk baseball team while the team was on the road during Spring Break.

    Read Maura Grunland's story
    Mar 17 Advance

    Anthony DePrimo reported that the New York City Fire Department had deemed the fire that destroyed the home of several Wagner College baseball players “suspicious.” He also reported on a crowd-funding campaign raising money to help the players who’d lost their home.

    Read Anthony DePrimo's story
    Mar 22 Advance

    Nicholas Woodman reported on a tabletop exercise Wagner College conducted with officials from the New York City police and fire departments to evaluate preparedness for an active-shooter scenario.

    Read the story on preparations
    Apr 7 Staten Island Business Trends

    The local monthly business publication reported on the upcoming Presidential Economic Symposium lecture at Wagner College being given by Kurt Landgraf ’68 H’08.

    Read the Staten Island Business Trends story
    Apr 8 Huffington Post

    In his religion blog, Wagner College government professor and campus rabbi Abraham Unger reflects on “What American Jews Need.” “Nothing less than a restatement of Diaspora Jewish identity is in order for a generation coming of age as global citizens,” he writes.

    Read Rabbi Abraham Unger's Story
    Apr 15 Scroll (India)

    Wagner College government professor Cyril Ghosh blogs about the Indian Supreme Court's contradictory rulings about the rights of transgender citizens.

    Read Cyril Ghosh's essay
    Apr 22 Chronicle of Higher Education

    Kevin Bott’s appointment as the inaugural dean of civic engagement at Wagner College was reported.

    Read the announcement on the Chronicle of Higher Education
    May 1 Advance

    Former Advance associate managing editor Claire Regan ’80, now a special-projects freelancer, wrote this front-page story for the Sunday Advance about Port Richmond High School, highlighting Wagner College’s partnership with the school.

    Read Claire Regan's story about Port Richmond High School
    May 3 New York 1

    Aaron Dickens reported on a program at the John W. Lavelle Prep School on Staten Island conducted by Wagner College’s Holocaust Education and Programming Center.

    Watch the Holocaust Remembrance Program
    May 5 NBC News

    Reporter Raul Reyes consulted Wagner College modern languages professor Margarita Sanchez for help in understanding the American celebration of Cinco de Mayo.
    The NBC News story was based, in part, on an earlier story posted in the Wagner College Newsroom, written with the help of Prof. Sanchez.

    Read Raul Reyes' story Read the original Wagner College Newsroom Cinco de Mayo
    CAREY INSTITUTE FOR GOVERNMENT REFORM Feb 10 CNBC

    In the aftermath of the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary, Joshua Spivak, a senior fellow at Wagner College’s Hugh L. Carey Institute for Government Reform, wrote an op-ed essay, “Time to Replace Iowa and New Hampshire.”

    Read the CNBC essay about the aftermath
    Feb 12 MSNBC

    Luke Russert interviewed Joshua Spivak about the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary and whether they are helping or hurting the election system. The live interview was part of Russert’s program, “The Briefing,” which airs each Friday morning on MSNBC’s Shift streaming website.

    Watch the MSNBC interview
    Feb 23 The Hill

    Joshua Spivak took a look at the likelihood Antonin Scalia’s death, and the consequent vacancy on the Supreme Court, would affect swing voters in this year’s national elections. “A significant portion of possible swing voters are what is called ‘low-information’ voters,” he wrote. “They are not paying attention to the major issues in the campaign.”

    Read Joshua Spivak's op-ed essay on The Hill
    Feb 29 CNBC

    In this op-ed essay, Joshua Spivak looked at Hillary Clinton’s “ace in the hole” for beating Bernie: the Democratic superdelegates.

    Read Joshua Spivak's CNBC essay
    Mar 15 Daily Mail (U.K.)

    Joshua Spivak reflected on the “Dump Trump” movement being pushed by elements of the Republican establishment in the U.S.

    Read Joshua Spivak's Daily Mail (U.K)
    Mar 23 CNBC

    Saying that “the GOP convention is going to be a hot mess,” Joshua Spivak looked at historical comparisons to another chaotic presidential nominating convention: the Democratic Convention of 1924.

    Read Joshua Spivak's op-ed essay
    Mar 31 Tech Crunch

    Joshua Spivak, a nationally recognized expert on recall elections, wrote this op-ed essay about an Austin, Texas recall and initiative effort in response to Uber and Lyft ride-sharing services.

    Read Joshua Spivak's Tech Crunch essay
    Apr 8 Crain's New York Business

    Joshua Spivak reflected on the renewed relevance of New York’s presidential primary race to the national election.

    Read the Crain's New York Business op-ed essay
    Apr 9 Huffington Post

    In the HuffPo Politics blog, Carey Institute director Stephen Greenwald looks at the 2016 presidential race through the prism of entertainment programming in an op-ed essay, “The Real Politicians of America: A New Reality Show.”

    Read Stephen Greenwald's op-ed essay in the Huffington Post
    WAGNER COLLEGE THEATRE Feb 19 Broadway World

    The Wagner College Theatre announced winners in its 2016 Stanley Drama Award competition.

    Read the Stanley Drama Award winners announcement
    Mar 1 Broadway World

    Report on an original dramatic work being premiered at the Wagner College Theatre’s Stage One studio theater, “New York Lands.”

    Read the story on New York Lands in Stage One
    Mar 30 Broadway World

    A story about the WCT’s upcoming production of “A Chorus Line,” being directed by Tony Award-winning actor Michele Pawk.

    Read Broadway World's story on A Chorus Line
    Apr 15 Advance

    Arts & entertainment editor Rob Bailey reviewed the WCT production of “A Chorus Line” in midrun.

    Read Rob Bailey's review of A Chorus Line
    Apr 18 N.Y. Theatre Guide

    Mariana Howard writes a strong, positive review of the WCT production of “A Chorus Line.” “It is, and always has been, a show about human stories. This truth was honored by the outstanding cast of Wagner College’s production … currently running on their Main Stage,” she wrote.

    Read Mariana Howard's review of A Chorus Line for the N.Y. Theatre Guide
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