2010 September 03-October 30
Joshua Spivak, a research fellow at Wagner College’s Carey Institute for Government Reform, wrote an opinion essay, “Two Independents Could be the Key to the Next Congress,” that appeared online on Reuters’ “Great Debate” blog.
Read the op-ed essay on Reuters Great Debate Sep 8 NewsdayNewsday’s Dan Janison mused upon gubernatorial candidate Andrew Cuomo’s Labor Day op-ed essay in the N.Y. Daily News, in which Cuomo pledged to put into practice the lessons learned from former Gov. Hugh Carey as depicted in Wagner College Prof. Seymour Lachman’s new political biography of Carey, “The Man Who Saved New York.”
Read Dan Janison's op-ed essay in Newsday Sep 9 New York 1Rob Franek, the author of the Princeton Review’s “Best 373 Colleges,” shares with NY1’s Parenting correspondent Shelley Goldberg some great tips for finding a college that has a great career services center and can help students find a job. In particular, Franek plugged Wagner College, especially for its focus on experiential learning.
Watch the New York 1 feature about the Princeton Review Sep 10 Fellowship of Christian Athletes’ magazineAshley Burns wrote a story for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes’ magazine, Sharing The Victory, about 20 Wagner FCA members who visited Staten Island University Hospital’s pediatric ward to cheer up the young residents.
Read the story in Fellowship of Christian Athletes’ magazine Sep 11 Wall Street JournalIn the weekend Wall Street Journal, Jacob Gershman wrote about how gubernatorial candidate Andrew Cuomo was taking a major portion of his political playbook from the example of former Gov. Hugh L. Carey as portrayed in the new political biography, “The Man Who Saved New York,” co-authored by Wagner College Professor Seymour Lachman.
Read about Andrew Cuomo in the Wall Street Journal Sep 15 New York Nurse magazineIn its September 2010 issue, New York Nurse magazine featured Wagner College nursing professor Margaret Governo in its “Member Spotlight.”
Read the story in New York Nurse magazine Sep 17 Irish EchoIn the Irish Echo, the largest circulation Irish-American national weekly newspaper, Peter McDermott reviews Prof. Lachman’s biography of Irish-American former Gov. Carey.
Read the review in the Irish Echo Sep 19 Staten Island AdvanceThe Staten Island Advance profiled the community leaders being honored at Wagner College’s 2010 DaVinci Society scholarship dinner.
Read the profile about the DaVinci Society honorees Sep 19 The Buffalo NewsBuffalo News book critic Robert J. McCarthy wrote a laudatory review of Prof. Lachman’s biography of Hugh Carey.
Read the Buffalo News review of the biography Sep 20 BingMicrosoft’s Bing Travel page included Wagner College in an online slideshow of “Scenic Colleges and Universities.”
See the Bing Travel Slideshow Sep 21 Staten Island AdvanceStaten Island Advance education writer Amy Padnani reported that Wagner College was one of six learning institutions nationwide to win a Higher Education Civic Engagement Award from the Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars.
Read the Advance story about the Award Sep 22 Staten Island AdvanceAdvance columnist Carol Ann Benanti highlighted upcoming events in Wagner College’s DaVinci Society observance of Italian Heritage & Culture Month.
Read about Italian Heritage & Culture Month Sep 22 AOL NewsCarey Institute fellow Joshua Spivak’s op-ed essay, “The Third-Party Mirage,” was published in the online AOL News.
Read the op-ed essay on AOL News Sep 22 Evangelical Lutheran Church in AmericaThe news service of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America cited our recent civic engagement award.
Read the story in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America news service Sep 22 Science NewsA story in the magazine Science News shed light on the Inca practice of sacrificing children, citing a report on a 2004 dig led by Wagner College anthropologist Gordon McEwan at an Inca site called Choquepukio, located about 30 kilometers east of the Inca capital.
Read the story in Science News Sep 24 Long Island Business NewsThe Long Island Business News reviewed Prof. Lachman’s biography of Hugh Carey.
Read the Long Island Business news review Sep 29 Staten Island AdvanceAdvance columnist Carol Ann Benanti wrote about Wagner College theater grad Renee Marino’s debut in the company of the Broadway revival of “West Side Story.” She also wrote more about activities planned for the Wagner College DaVinci Society observance of Italian Heritage and Culture Month.
Read about the alumni in West Side Story Sep 29 Broadway WorldBroadwayWorld.com previewed Wagner Theater’s 2010-11 season.
Read the Broadway World preview of the season Oct 7 Staten Island AdvanceThe Advance Weekly Entertainment section (AWE) did a cover story on our newest theater professor, Tony Award-winning actor Michele Pawk, and previewed the 2010-11 theater season in the section’s high-profile centerspread.
Read the Advance Weekly Entertainment story about Michele Pawk Oct 7 Reuters “Great Debate”Carey Institute fellow Joshua Spivak looked at “Why Obama Isn’t Sweating the Midterms” in this Reuters “Great Debate” essay.
Read the op-ed essay on Reuters' Great Debate blog Oct 8 San Diego Union TribuneJoshua Spivak wrote an op-ed essay for the San Diego Union Tribune, “Dumping the Veep: An American Tradition.”
Read the op-ed essay in the San Diego Union Tribune Oct 9 Staten Island AdvanceA staff-written brief in the Advance previewed a campus seminar on the controversy over building mosques in two NYC neighborhoods.
Read the brief on the campus seminar Oct 10 Staten Island AdvanceSociology professor Laura Martocci served as an expert source for “Living With Bigotry,” a moving account by Advance reporter Amy Padnani of the torment a young Staten Island man suffered at the hands of several fellow students for his Muslim heritage.
Read the story about the community forum Oct 15 WNYCWNYC’s Brian Lehrer interviewed Prof. Lachman about his Carey biography.
Listen to the WNYC interview Oct 15 Staten Island AdvanceThe Advance previewed the debate scheduled for the following week at Wagner College between the two main candidates for Congress from Staten Island.
Read the Advance preview about the debate Oct 18 ReutersJoshua Spivak examined the puzzling question of why White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emmanuel would leave the second-most-powerful job in the country to run for mayor of Chicago.
Read the Reuters op-ed essay Oct 19 Staten Island Advance & New York 1Two news stories were produced on a Wagner College panel discussion of mosque building in New York City: one in the Staten Island Advance, and one on New York 1. The college posted a complete video of the discussion on its own website.
Read the Advance story about the panel Watch the New York 1 story about the panel discussion Watch Wagner's complete video of the discussion Oct 21 Staten Island AdvanceAdvance reporter Kiawana Rich wrote the front-page story about the previous night’s candlelight vigil and march by 200 Wagner community members to memorialize 10 young men who had recently committed suicide after being teased or bullied in connection with their perceived sexual identities.
Read the story about the candlelight vigil Oct 24 Staten Island AdvanceFollowing up on an earlier story about a Staten Island murder-suicide that had relied on the expert insight of Wagner College psychology professor Miles Groth, Advance crime reporter John Annese reported that half of Staten Island slayings involve parents and their children. Again, Dr. Groth contributed expert insight to the story.
Read the original story about the tragedy Read John Annese's story about the crime trend Oct 26 Staten Island AdvanceThe Advance ran a story on a Wagner College appearance by nationally syndicated cartoonist Leigh Rubin, creator of the “Rubes” comic strip.
Read about Cartoonist Leigh Rubin in the Advance Oct 26 CBC RadioPedro Mendes, host of the brand-new CBC Radio show “Manthropology,” briefly interviewed Wagner College psychology professor Miles Groth during a segment on “Educating Men.”
Listen to the CBC Radio show "Manthropology" Oct 26 PlaybillPlaybill’s online magazine announced plans for a staged reading of the Stanley Drama Award-winning play, “The Restoration of Sight,” in Wagner’s Stage One studio theater.
Read the Playbill announcement about the reading Oct 27 Staten Island Advance &Three news stories — one on the front page of the Staten Island Advance, and two news videos — described the lively debate held the night before between the two major candidates for Staten Island’s seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Read about the debate in the Advance See the two video clips of the debate Oct 28 Staten Island AdvanceAdvance education columnist Diane Lore wrote about Wagner College professors Lori Weintrob and Stephen Presskill, who helped educate students from I.S. 49 (Dreyfus Intermediate School) in Tompkinsville about Hero Park, the land for which was donated by school namesakes Berta and Louis Dreyfus in 1920.
Read Diane Lore's story in the Advance Oct 28 Staten Island AdvanceThe Advance ran a story on the recent $2.8 million gift to Wagner College from the estate of Herbert Vaughan Jr. ’34, which is helping cover the cost of the exterior renovation of Main Hall.
Read the story about the $2.8 million gift Oct 28 PlaybillA story in the online version of Playbill reported that Wagner College theater professor (and Tony Award-winning actor) Michele Pawk will be appearing over the winter break with Obie Award winner Reed Birney, Tony nominee Celia Keenan-Bolger and NAACP Award nominee Victor Williams in the Playwrights Horizons world premiere of Adam Bock's "A Small Fire."
Read the Playbill story about Michele Pawk Oct 30 WNYCOver the Halloween weekend, New York NPR affiliate WNYC ran a story by Brock Johnson about the Staten Island ship graveyard — the “boneyard” — in the Arthur Kill, one of Wagner College art professor Bill Murphy’s favorite places to sketch and paint. Murphy was one of the sources for the story.
Read the print version of the story Listen to the audio story on WNYC