SU Professor Robert Thompson "most quoted academic in the US" (Buffalo: schools)

[bellafinzi]

According to this Deseret News | Oft-quoted professor a veritable ambassador of pop culture article Syracuse University Professor for Television and Popular Culture, Robert Thompson is (might be) "the most quoted academic in the United States."

Welcome to the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications

Is Syracuse taking advantage of all this publicity?

I do NOT think so!

The photo displayed behind Robert Thompson in most interviews is less than impressive.

The other day I happened to come across Robert Thompson on CNN and the photo of the Newhouse I building clearly seen behind him looked as if it was taken in the 1980s. Yuck!

Here's photo of Newhouse I taken more recently:
http://www.southfloridasyracuse.com/...s_Newhouse.jpg

I find it hard to understand why Syracuse University wouldn't want to update those background pictures in their studios and showoff Syracuse in the best possible light.

Don't get the mentality of most people here.... Where is the pride?

[phaelon56]

Where is the pride? You'll see it in places like this forum as well as in a variety of blogs and also off the Web among tens of thousands of us who are either Syracuse natives or proud to now call it home. But we can't control what SU chooses to do in positioning itself as a sports school rather than trying to raise its level of visibility as an academic institution.

Proud to say that although I was so young I only remember sketchy details I sat on the lawn below Crouse hall with my parents as we watched Newhouse One being dedicated by LBJ - and listened to him deliver the historic Gulf of Tonkin speech.

My grandfather was an active promoter of business development in Syracuse from the late 20's through the early 60's when he retired. It was his adopted town not his birthplace. But he was all about Syracuse pride and its potential as a good place to do business and raise a family. He instileld that in me and my opinions haven't changed although the way we'll see growth is different than it once was.

[RollsRoyce]

Originally Posted by phaelon56

Where is the pride? You'll see it in places like this forum as well as in a variety of blogs and also off the Web among tens of thousands of us who are either Syracuse natives or proud to now call it home. But we can't control what SU chooses to do in positioning itself as a sports school rather than trying to raise its level of visibility as an academic institution.

Proud to say that although I was so young I only remember sketchy details I sat on the lawn below Crouse hall with my parents as we watched Newhouse One being dedicated by LBJ - and listened to him deliver the historic Gulf of Tonkin speech.

My grandfather was an active promoter of business development in Syracuse from the late 20's through the early 60's when he retired. It was his adopted town not his birthplace. But he was all about Syracuse pride and its potential as a good place to do business and raise a family. He instileld that in me and my opinions haven't changed although the way we'll see growth is different than it once was.

It's before my time, but I believe Channel 5 used to run an ad campaign or jingle on their newscast saying "Stand up and tell them you're from Syracuse." Although it may sound hokey, I wish small things like this could be done today. It seems the most ardent cheerleaders of Syracuse are of the baby boomer generation and older. What happens when these people die off or retire down south? Based on my experience, I've found the younger people in this area are the most negative and have the mentality of, "I'm stuck in Syracuse because that's where my family is" or "once I graduate from hs/college I can't wait to leave." I never heard these types of things in the NY area while growing up. Although NYC is such a large place with plentiful opportunities, it certainly has its drawbacks. It often makes me jealous of places like Rochester, Buffalo, and NYC, as it seems so many of their residents have such pride in their communities and are defensive when they are put down. They accept their hometown for its strengths and weaknesses.

[Jeromeville]

Please understand that Syracuse University does not have any coordinated master promotion mechanism for pushing their star professors nationally. They are too busy saving downtown with all their initiatives, and packing people into the Dome for that sort of academic promotion. All the different schools in SU have their own PR people and the right hand literally doesn't know what the left hand is doing. It is very disjointed and disorganized.