RMU in the News
Friday, March 1, 2013
A monthly selection of media coverage of Robert Morris University during the previous month.
February 2013
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette published a front-page story about RMU's textbook reserve program:
http://tinyurl.com/bv6tckq
The Post-Gazette included RMU in stories about online degree programs and nontraditional students, with the latter focusing on RMU's programs for veterans:
http://tinyurl.com/atf7k28
http://tinyurl.com/am279yk
The Post-Gazette and Pittsburgh Tribune-Review documented RMU's participation in the federally funded National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute:
http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/business/technology/ohio-center-exemplifies-obamas-latest-plan-675292/
http://triblive.com/business/headlines/3031720-74/manufacturing-printing-acutronic#axzz2M2gE7wvv
University Business featured the Wheatley Center in a round-up of innovative learning spaces:
http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/c9afeceb#/c9afeceb/36
The Beaver County Times tapped the expertise of Frank Flanegin for a story about natural gas expansion:
http://tinyurl.com/cdyy9ob
The Post-Gazette included RMU in a story about physical education:
http://tinyurl.com/btq6dzx
President Dell'Omo was interviewed by Sy Holzer for the PNC Business Journal:
http://www.kqv.com/audioarchives/PNC%20Business%20Journal%20020513%20(2).mp3
The Pittsburgh Business Times tapped the expertise of Elizabeth Stork for this article about how to position yourself as an expert:
http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/print-edition/2013/02/01/proactive-positioning-yourself-expert.html
Several media outlets reported on the appointment of new business school Dean John Beehler:
http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/blog/morning-edition/2013/02/john-beehler-named-to-lead-rmu.html
http://triblive.com/business/businessbriefs/3465762-74/beehler-business-dean#axzz2KhDLjqBh
http://moon.patch.com/articles/new-school-of-business-dean-steps-in-at-rmu
http://tinyurl.com/ar9h6jf
http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/business/personal/dateline-pittsburgh-for-the-week-of-21713-675678/
The Post-Gazette cited the Black Male Leadership Development Institute in an article about Esther Bush and the Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh:
http://tinyurl.com/d257tuh
RMU's efforts to educate employees about saving for retirement merited mention in a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review article about that subject:
http://triblive.com/business/headlines/3370222-74/investment-education-future#axzz2LvhmKxNc
The Beaver County Times wrote about RMU student Michael Funyak's effort to save the first industrial atom smasher:
http://tinyurl.com/abtpkua
The Huffington Post mentioned the Bayer Center for Nonprofit Management in this article about female tech leaders:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/07/women-nonprofit-leaders_n_2529768.html
Patch.com published an article about Michael DiLauro's documentary La Mia Strada:
http://tinyurl.com/c2wjzaa
Patch.com wrote about the participation of RMU students in Pittsburgh Musical Theater's Children of Eden:
http://tinyurl.com/cxxuwn6
Also appearing in the news media during February, but not available online, were stories on KDKA-TV about RMU sport management grads working for the two teams in Super Bowl XLVII and the top-20 ranking earned by RMU's online information systems degrees by U.S. News and World Report.
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