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Health & Society

Education Activist Jonathan Mooney to Deliver Milton Lecture Oct. 19

Thursday, October 6, 2016, By Rob Enslin

Jonathan Mooney—a noted writer, learning activist and social engineer interested in improving the lives of marginalized groups—will deliver this fall’s Milton First-Year Lecture in the College of Arts and Sciences. Drawing on his own life experiences and those of others…

Business & Economy

Whitman School Holds 67th Annual Salzberg Memorial Lecture Program

Thursday, October 6, 2016, By Kerri D. Howell

The Martin J. Whitman School of Management’s H.H. Franklin Center for Supply Chain Management is hosting its annual Salzberg Memorial Lecture Program on Thursday, Oct. 13, from 2-5 p.m. in the Whitman School’s Lender Auditorium. Established in 1949, the annual…

Health & Society

New Stuttering Lab Resurrects Strong SU Research Tradition

Wednesday, October 5, 2016, By Elizabeth Droge-Young

Victoria Tumanova’s stuttering research lab in the communications sciences and disorders department resumes a long SU tradition of research on the subject. Tumanova, along with two undergraduate and two graduate students, explores the causes and persistence of stuttering in children…

Campus & Community

Join the Club: Active Minds

Wednesday, October 5, 2016, By Kathleen Haley

Heading to college is a huge transition. Some may struggle to adjust. Members of Active Minds, such as Jenesis Gayden ’18, wants other students to know there are many resources that can help.

STEM

iSGO Presents Symposium: Women in Information Management

Tuesday, October 4, 2016, By News Staff

The iSchool Student Graduate Organization (iSGO) is hosting a free symposium on Monday,  Oct. 10, which will feature a panel of five women representing prestigious organizations that include IBM, EY and Charter Communications. These influential women will be speaking on their experiences as women working in male-dominated fields. This…

STEM

3D Printing Evangelist Bre Pettis Launches University Lectures Season

Monday, October 3, 2016, By Kevin Morrow

Pettis led MakerBot, a global leader in 3D printing technology, as CEO from its beginning in 2009. Now, as chief innovation officer of Bold Machines, he is pushing 3D printing in striking new directions.

Campus & Community

National Pan-Hellenic Council Hosts Panel with Renowned Social Justice Leaders

Friday, September 30, 2016, By Shannon Andre

On Wednesday, Oct. 5, the National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) is hosting a panel discussion featuring civil rights leader, author and historian Mary Frances Berry, NAACP Chairman Roslyn McCallister Brock and social activist the Rev. Osagyefo Uhuru Sekou. The panel begins…

Arts & Culture

The Perfect Existence: Pedro Cuperman, Scholar, Point of Contact Founder, Dies at 80

Thursday, September 29, 2016, By Rob Enslin

Hector Torres ’84 and Anne Marie Prucha ’87 owe their marriage to Pedro Cuperman, the eminent Argentine scholar who died in Buenos Aires on July 12 at age 80. It all began on the first day of class in the…

Campus & Community

United Way Campaign Aims to Be a ‘Game Changer’

Tuesday, September 27, 2016, By News Staff

Following the most successful United Way campaign in campus history in 2015, Peter Sala, vice president and chief campus facilities officer, and Dr. Ruth Chen, professor of practice in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, will again co-chair the…