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Recent Media Appearances by Empire State University Experts (Last Six Months)
- 1/24/25: Ian Reifowitz, SUNY distinguished professor, MSN: Trump has no ‘groundswell of support’ for his policies as he ‘doesn’t work for the American people’
- 1/22/25: Silvia Mejia, director of Spanish language programs, Radio Kingston/La Voz: New Bachelor’s Degree Completely in Spanish, Communication Between Bilingual Families, and Changing School Names
- 1/20/25: Ian Reifowitz, SUNY distinguished professor, Spectrum News 1: What Trump’s second term could mean for the New York GOP
- 1/15/25: Njoki Mwarumba, assistant professor, WXXI: Dialogue on Disability: Disaster preparedness often excludes people with disabilities; how do we prevent tragedies?
- 1/2/25: Gayle Stever, professor, New York Times: When Your Terminal Illness Makes You a Tik Tok Star
- 12/25/24: Gayle Stever, professor, Washington Post: Hope Walz’s pragmatic videos are helping Democrats mourn — and carry on
- 12/23/24: Shaun Richman, program director, MSN: Trump and the Labor Movement: How the New Administration Might Target Workers
- 12/21/24: Libby Tsibulsky, director of Health and Wellness programs, The Daily Gazette: Curbing campus hunger: food pantry programs work to meet growing need
- 12/4/24: Libby Tsibulsky, director of Health and Wellness programs, WXXI: SUNY Empire’s virtual food pantry marks one year of feeding students
- 12/01/24 — The Saratogian: Veteran and Military Resource Center marks one year at Empire State University
- 11/27/24 — The Post-Star: Empire State University celebrates alumni milestone
- 11/26/24 — 13WHAM: Bright Spot: A milestone graduate
- 11/17/24 — Gayle Stever, professor, Far Out Magazine: Who are we to grieve stars? The psychology behind parasocial misery
- 11/08/24 — Gayle Stever, professor, The Globe and Mail: The pure, infectious joy of Swiftiedom
- 11/06/24 — Christopher Whann, associate professor, Daily Maverick: Panel weighs in on Trump’s election victory and what it means for America, SA, the world
- 11/01/24 — Gayle Stever, professor, National Geographic: What are parasocial relationships doing to our brains?
- 11/01/2024 — Ian Reifowitz on France 24: Trump tries to appeal to Arab and Muslim voters
- 10/29/2024 — President Lisa Vollendorf on The Rant podcast
- 10/13/24 — Nan Travers, Director of Center for Leadership in Credential Learning, Best Colleges: As University of Texas System Expands Free Online Certificates, Students Super-Charge Degrees
- 10/09/2024 — Tom Mackey, professor, Tea for Teaching: Teaching Digital Storytelling
- 10/07/24 — President Lisa Vollendorf on Look Media Resource
- 09/24/24 — Njoki Mwarumba, assistant professor, CNN: Hurricanes have changed. The way we prepare for them should, too
- 09/23/24 — President Lisa Vollendorf, Presidents Forum: Lisa Vollendorf on Higher Education Access and Reform