2015 November 10-February 15
On Friday, Dec. 5, New York 1 reporter Stephanie Officer talked with Wagner College Provost Lily McNair and two student leaders, Black Student Union President Jarrid Williams and My Sistah’s Keeper President Kerri Alexander, who reflected upon the Staten Island grand jury’s decision not to indict an NYPD officer in the death of Eric Garner.
Watch the NY1 story on the Garner/NYPD Decision Dec 6 USA TodaySenior reporter Rick Hampson cited Wagner professors Abe Unger and Lori Weintrob in the perspective piece he wrote to follow up on the Eric Garner decision.
Read the story on the Eric Garner decision here Dec 14 Staten Island AdvanceSports columnist Jim Waggoner wrote a tribute to retiring head football coach Walt Hameline, “Hameline Did It by the Books,” announcing that Hameline had been named Advance Sportsman of the Year.
Read the column about Walt Hameline Jan 14 Staten Island AdvanceReporter Zak Koeske included Wagner College data in a story, “College Majors that Pay Off: Most Popular Aren’t Most Lucrative.”
Read Zak Koeske's story Jan 14 Staten Island AdvanceReporter Tracey Porpora consulted with Wagner College economics professor Mary Rose Leacy for her story, “Impossible to Get Ahead: Rising Costs Clobber Middle-Class Families.”
Read Tracey Porpora's story Jan 16 Staten Island AdvanceTracey Porpora published another installment in her series, “For Graduates, Hard Row to Hoe,” with insight from Geoffrey Hempill, director of Wagner College’s Center for Academic and Career Engagement.
Read the story featuring Geoffrey Hempill Jan 22 Staten Island AdvanceRob Bailey, editor of the Advance Weekly Entertainment section — AWE, for short — wrote a review of Chris Spollen’s current exhibition in the Wagner College Gallery, “Rocket Ships to Robots and other Various Machinations of the Imagination.”
Read the review of Chris Spollen's exhibition Jan 23 New York 1New York 1 visited Chris Spollen’s exhibition in the Wagner College Gallery and produced this preview.
Watch the New York 1 story about the exhibition Feb 1 CSA NewsThe monthly newsletter of the Council of School Supervisors and Administrators contained a brief about the Wagner College Chai Society’s Holocaust survivors documentation program and a visit with students from a Staten Island middle school to the Grymes Hill campus.
Read the CSA News story Feb 5 Staten Island AdvanceEducation columnist Diane Lore wrote about Wagner College’s appearance in the latest Princeton Review college ranking product, “Colleges That Pay You Back: The 200 Best Value Colleges and What It Takes to Get In,” which was released on Feb. 3.
Read Diane Lore's story about the Princeton Review Feb 15 Staten Island AdvanceAWE editor Rob Bailey previewed the Wagner College Theatre’s new production of “Monty Python’s Spamalot.”
Read the story about Monty Python's Spamalot CAREY INSTITUTE FOR GOVERNMENT REFORM Nov 10 Olean (N.Y.) Times HeraldJust days after the crushing Democratic defeat in 2016’s midterm elections, Joshua Spivak, research fellow with Wagner College’s Hugh L. Carey Institute for Government Reform, argued that Democrats should demonstrate their commitment to good governance over partisan rivalry by renouncing their right to filibuster bills in the U.S. Senate.
Read the essay in the Olean Times Herald Dec 25 New York ObserverJoshua Spivak published an op-ed essay, “Why Republicans Will Likely Boot Out Michael Grimm.”
Read the essay in the New York Observer Jan 22 Washington PostWhile Mitt Romney very publicly pondered the possibility of a third White House run, Joshua Spivak wrote an op-ed for the Washington Post: “One-quarter of presidents lost before they won, but Mitt Romney won’t be among them.”
Read the essay in the Washington Post Jan 23 WNYC's 'Brian Lehrer Show'The day after Preet Bharara charged New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver with corruption, New York public radio host Brian Lehrer sought insight into Silver’s arrest from former New York State Senator Seymour Lachman, founder and dean emeritus of Wagner College’s Hugh L. Carey Institute for Government Reform.
Listen to the WNYC interview Feb 1 Las Vegas Review-JournalJoshua Spivak, a nationally recognized authority on recall elections, wrote an op-ed on Nevada’s current recall campaigns.
Read the essay in the Las Vegas Review-Journal Feb 1 Los Angeles TimesJoshua Spivak wrote an op-ed about the current field of contenders for next year’s GOP presidential nomination.
Read the essay in the Los Angeles Times Feb 3 Albany Times UnionAfter the downfall of Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, Joshua Spivak argued that the next speaker should pursue a reform agenda in Albany.
Read the essay in the Albany Times Union Feb 15 Buffalo NewsBuffalo News Washington bureau chief Jerry Zremski interviewed Seymour Lachman about Preet Bharara’s continuing investigation into Albany corruption.
Read the story in the Buffalo News