SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE
An NPR “All Things Considered” piece featured the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV) as a means of giving veterans a new professional start. Mike Haynie, EBV founder and executive director of the Institute for Veterans and Military Families, spoke with NPR, in addition to EBV program graduates from the University of Connecticut and SU.
The Post-Standard reported on Douglas Biklen, dean of the School of Education, being named winner of the UNESCO/Amir Jaber al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah Prize to Promote Quality Education for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities. Biklen will receive the prize, awarded every two years, today in a ceremony hosted by the Government of Kuwait.
FACULTY QUOTES
Media Line quotes Mehrzad Boroujerdi, director of the Middle Eastern Studies Program in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and The College of Arts and Sciences, on Iran’s parliamentary elections on Friday.
Next Gov quotes Milton Mueller, professor in the iSchool, on ICANN’s (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) management of the domain-name system.
A Post-Standard opinion piece by Aaron Menenberg, graduate student in international relations at the Maxwell School, examines the reaction to the recent desecration of several copies of the Quran in Afghanistan.
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ESPN College GameDay is coming to the Dome on Saturday, Feb. 23. College GameDay will broadcast live from the Dome from 11 a.m. to noon as well as during the pre-game and halftime of the Syracuse-Duke matchup that evening. ESPN’s…
On Valentine’s Day morning, the receiving area of the Syracuse University Bookstore in the lower level of the Schine Student Center was bustling. Fruit baskets lined one shelf. Other shelves held large bags called the Valentine’s Snack Attack—filled with cookies,…
The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) has awarded a STARS Silver rating to Syracuse University in recognition of its sustainability achievements. The Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS) measures and encourages sustainability in all aspects…
The Office of Health Promotion is hosting its popular Soul program once again for the spring semester, including SoulSearch, SoulTalk, SoulScape and SoulfulEats. Each program aims to help students work toward personal growth and find deeper connection with one another….
Chancellor Kent Syverud discussed several issues at Wednesday’s meeting of the University Senate. He addressed revisions to the faculty manual, adverse weather announcements and his experience while visiting Medellín, Columbia, last week. Below are the Chancellor’s remarks given at the…
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