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Chancellor Zimpher’s Press Conference with SUNY Student Media
Chancellor Zimpher held her first webcast press conference exclusively for student journalists on March 11. The Chancellor was seen by more than 59 individuals at nearly 30 locations (including Florida and Colorado, which makes me hope some diligent journalists were watching while on Spring Break). She answered questions ranging from campus safety, to tuition, to budget concerns, to being the first female Chancellor.
The webcast was moderated by David Belsky, SUNY Student Assembly Director of Communications and Binghamton graduate student. You can watch question-by-question on YouTube or on the SUNY Web site.
Announcing “Research Quarterly” - An e-newsletter about SUNY Research
We are developing a quarterly electronic newsletter that will showcase how SUNY research contributes to New York State’s economic development and how SUNY’s applied research solves today’s problems. Each story will aim to show how SUNY research/technology translates into dollars for the state or the nation and/or how the research is solving a pressing problem. The audiences for this newsletter are state and federal legislators, funding agencies, peer VPs of research, and the media.
The topic of the first e-newslwetter will be Energy. SUNY researchers are leading the way to a smarter, more secure and cleaner energy future through innovative approaches to renewable and alternative fuels, energy production, and energy conservation. Using state-of-the-art facilities and working with strategic partners, faculty scientists are exploring solar, wind, biomass geothermal, micro turbine, fuel cell and other technologies.
Focused on these research areas:
· Solar
· Energy storage
· Fuel cells
· Wind and bio-energy/fuels
Please submit stories, press releases, articles, background and web-quality photos by April 3 or earlier to:
Jill Adams, science writer, at juadams@verizon.net
Website: http://www.jilluadams.com
Portfolio: http://jilluadams.blogspot.com/
You are Invited to SUNY’s 60th Anniversary Scholarly Conference
SUNY & the Promise of Public Higher Education in America: A Scholarly Conference on SUNY's 60th Anniversary, will take place April 3 – 5 at the University at Albany. You are invited to attend to hear former Chancellor’s discuss public higher education with the goal of raising SUNY's profile on historians' horizon and informing a new generation of New Yorkers about their university. The conference will generate a book to be published by the SUNY Press. Registration for the conference has been extended to March 20 and you may register online.
Articles of Note:
The 6 New Rules of College Admissions (The Daily Beast)
Leaping Hurdles & Blazing Trails On Court (New York Times)
Well-Regarded Public Colleges Get a Surge of Bargain Hunters (New York Times)
Private College Taking Tuition to Public Level to Compete (The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Market Endangers State-Run Prepaid Tuition Plans (The Associated Press)
Williams College's Applications Drop 20% as Economy Takes Toll (Bloomberg)
Megan Galbraith
Director of Communications
The State University of New York
518-443-5311
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