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Moving forward, looking back / Genesis of Fairfield U. campus a minor miracle

admin — Wed, 22 May 2013 19:02:14 +0000

What would Fairfield be like if we had a corporate headquarters on North Benson Road or a hillside full of McMansions instead? Who knows. But the Jesuits, perhaps with some divine assistance, have delivered unto us a cultural and educational asset and a driver of the town’s economy. With dissenting opinions duly noted from those of us enduring student misbehavior in the beach neighborhood, I think we’re the richer for it. Go Stags!

Published in Fairfield Citizen News on 5/21/13

Fairfield University awards 861 diplomas at commencement ceremony

admin — Wed, 22 May 2013 19:00:59 +0000

Fairfield University awarded diplomas to 861 undergraduate students at the 63 commencement exercises on May 19, as 5,000 family members and friends watched on Bellarmine Lawn.

Published in Fairfield Sun on 5/21/13

Fairfield U. awards 1,200 degrees

admin — Wed, 22 May 2013 19:00:07 +0000

Fairfield University awarded more than 1,200 undergraduate and graduate degrees during commencement exercises on Sunday. During the 63rd undergraduate commencement on a sometimes drizzly Bellarmine Hall lawn, 861 bachelors degrees were awarded before a crowd of about 5,000 family members and friends. At a separate ceremony in Alumni Hall, more than 400 graduate degrees and certificates were awarded.

Published in Fairfield Citizen News on 5/31/13

Stephen Colbert, Arianna Huffington among this weekend’s commencement speakers

admin — Wed, 22 May 2013 18:59:14 +0000

New York Times Obituaries Editor William P. McDonald will receive an honorary degree at Fairfield University in Connecticut.

Published in The Poynter Institute on 5/20/13

2013 Fairfield University graduation

admin — Wed, 22 May 2013 18:57:46 +0000

Coverage of Fairfield’s 63rd commencement exercises.

Published in Connecticut Post, Greenwich Time, Danbury News Times, Stamford Advocate on 5/19/13

Fairfield University’s 63rd commencement

admin — Wed, 22 May 2013 18:56:44 +0000

A segment on Fairfield’s undergraduate commencement at which 861 students received diplomas.

Appeared on News 12 Television on 5/19/13

Fairfield University software engineering faculty member discusses cyber security

admin — Wed, 22 May 2013 18:55:24 +0000

Wook-Sung Yoo, Ph.D., associate professor of software engineering at Fairfield University’s School of Engineering, comments on the importance of cyber security. Dr. Yoo has been awarded more than $1.2 million in grants, including grants from the NASA Kennedy Space Center. Extensively published, his research interests include web technology, health informatics, and artificial intelligence. He serves on the National Science Foundation’s Small Business Innovation Research panel.

Published in Targeted News Service via Acquire Media NewsEdge on 5/17/13

Resource for journalists writing about social media and the financial industry

admin — Thu, 16 May 2013 16:49:02 +0000

Ying Zhang, Ph.D., assistant professor of Finance at Fairfield University’s Dolan School of Business, explains below how social media effects financial markets. He has written such published papers as, ‘Do Internet stock message boards influence trading?’ and ‘Online-talk, Does it matter?’ He researches investments, asset pricing, behavioral finance, and portfolio management. “Unarguably, social media is playing an important role in modern life…”

Published in Equities.com, Targeted News Service on 5/13/13

12 on Schools: Fairfield University Business Plan Competition

admin — Thu, 16 May 2013 16:47:56 +0000

A profile of the Dolan School of Business’s university-wide contest. The segment featured interviews with Alex Boothe, a marketing and management major who was part of the winning ‘inCognito’ team competing in the Social Enterprise track, and Christopher Mandly, an international business major who was runner-up in that category for his idea for solar powered iPhone cases.

Appeared on News 12 TV News on 5/13/13

Business Plan Competition winners interviewed by WPKN

admin — Thu, 16 May 2013 16:46:13 +0000

Jim Motavalli interviewed student winners and Dolan School of Business faculty member Dr. Chris Huntley, co-chair of the competition with Dr. Mukesh Sud. Eighteen teams competed. The ‘SenseFit’ and ‘inCognito’ teams – made up of students from the Dolan School and the School of Engineering – took home $10,000 and $5,000 in start-up funds respectively, in the ‘Venture’ and ‘Social Enterprise’ categories. Interviewed were electrical engineering major Darren Mondezie, co-designer of ‘inCognito climate controlled hats’ for cancer patients, and Bernardo Navarro, an accounting and economics major who was part of the ‘SenseFit’ team that designed a health and fitness monitor.

Appeared on WPKN Radio on 4/30/13

Cuba’s Faded Glory

admin — Mon, 13 May 2013 19:41:02 +0000

Jill Deupi, Ph.D., J.D., director of the Bellarmine Museum of Art at Fairfield, wrote an intriguing piece on a recent educational trip to Cuba that is part of the museum’s new program promoting cultural exchange. “Yes, Cuba is a place that assaults the senses, that embodies paradox and defies logic,” she wrote.

Published in Fairfield Magazine in May/June 2013

Fairfield School of Nursing to receive Spotlight Award

admin — Wed, 08 May 2013 18:37:57 +0000

Fairfield (Conn.) University will be honored with a 2013 Senator Paul Simon Spotlight Award for creating an international program that is benefitting a community in Nicaragua and educating both Nicaraguan and Fairfield students.

Appeared on Nurse.com, Gannett Company on 5/6/13

New Haven rallies for Solanlly & Chastity

admin — Wed, 08 May 2013 18:36:37 +0000

The team effort worked: On Wednesday, the students, who left HSC in January to join an early college program, returned to their high school to share good news. “We”re going to Fairfield!”

Published in New Haven Independent on 5/3/13

The dangers of prepaid debit cards

admin — Thu, 02 May 2013 16:51:21 +0000

Some consumers are considering dumping their bank and instead using prepaid debit cards as an alternative to a traditional checking account. The reasons for doing so vary, but convenience and a desire to control spending are among the top motivators. However, the decision to embrace prepaid debit cards can be fraught with danger, according to Nikiforos T. Laopodis, associate professor of finance at Fairfield University’s Dolan School of Business in Connecticut.

Published on Fox Business News website; Bankrate.com on 5/1/13

SEC’s ‘OK’ on social media taken as validation

admin — Thu, 02 May 2013 16:49:57 +0000

Michael Tucker, a finance professor at Fairfield University’s Dolan School of Business, says that while the SEC’s announcement opens another outlet to inform investors, it is only a “big deal” if companies actually use it. “Not everyone accesses social media,” Tucker said. “It is a closed environment. What makes it moot is that there will be plenty of people out there willing to pass along anything divulged on social media to the general public.”

Published in Hartford Business Journal on 4/29/13